Isamu Kamikokuryo, Art directing Final Fantasy

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Appreciate your quality content man very aesthetic, they are so cool.

Merci !

This is the fourth time I watch this documentary, thanks you so much :)

FF12 masterpiece!

what a legend

I fell in love with his worlds since final fantasy XIII. i cannot express how i feel when i see his artwork; he is my favorite artist out there. i wish i could create such beautiful things.

I'm imagining driving in Tokyo must be like playing Ridge Racer

A big thank you for this masterpiece. I wish you the best from Athens Greece

Wish more docs would use music tastefully like this one!

japan's geography is crazy, first he was at the city then the next thing you know hes in the middle of nowhere

his voice is asmr

Español pleaseeee

I was expecting to see how its exactly he made the art from the game like usual documentary buta is still good

Wow, this was fantastic, thank you!

Amazing video. who's music is it?

brah...

Thank you! <3

I se ff12, i click

Mihara-Yama, real life FF steppe 😳 I just imagined I was there walking or running with creatures around

this was wonderful. your channel is severely underrated. love your work!

When he entered, Final Fantasy's worlds became so much more vast and profound

声が落ち着く

Waht a beautiful film

This is a great interview it felt as if we are with isamu-san in real time hearing about his stories, and perspective in art as a medium and creativity and how he search for it and view it....

Inspiring. All of your videos are tbh.

Thanks Archipel for your work about art, God bless you. I'm from Brazil, but i love Japan.

This is truly fantastic. This man will never know the impact he had on my creativity and consequently, the art I produce. Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful world in your mind. Thank you for reminding us to see the beauty in the details. Your work will always have a special place in my heart 🙏

So weird that as he's talking about his creative process, and what inspires him, I already knew all those things in my heart. Final fantasy XII was one of the first ever games I played and truly LOVED. I spent so many hours in that game...I practically lived in that world, and melted with it. I truly believe I have pieces of this artist's ...soul or whatever you call the supernatural gems left in artwork by their creators... In me, because I totally get it. I feel it, I know it.

Excellent documentary. So amazing to see the artist behind the games I played.

Nothing really to say, but I enjoyed this video. Thanks for making and sharing it.

Thank you.

It's interesting contrasting what he's saying at 40 minutes with how Amano describes his artistic process. Amano says he doesn't experience much internal resistance, he's just vibin and keeps on goin. Kamikokuryo talks about feeling it relentlessly, battling himself lol.

Hope that he gets over his internalized negative self critique mentioned at the end. Only love

Il me faut un épisode sur Hideo Kojima 😭😭

God

❤❤❤❤❤❤ i found this at the perfect time of my life! Thank you for the inspiration ☺️

I agree with his take on diversity. In my opinion, especially when it comes to the arts, at least taking into consideration other perspectives can pay dividends in the end result. You don't necessarily have to change everything based on those opinions but at least seeing things from a different perspective helps add depth to your own vision.

I love it. Essential viewing for any serious students of concept art.

What brand is this sketch book?

Super interesting and so well shot and directed, I loved finding out more about the creative process and of course Final Fantasy!

He has such a calming voice. I wish to someday travel with somebody like him to watch him draw and get to know his creative process more in depth.

ありがとう❤️ 先生の日おめでとうございます❤️。

Lovely documentary. Thank you so much for sharing

I have loved every aspects that Kamikokuryo san expose, the way he interprets life and his approach to the work. Every work he made has a unique immersive world and from the beginning I’ve always fall in loved whit his ideas. Cheers from Italy❤️ 頑張ってください！

wonderful cinematography

Oh! The video mentions it in a subtitle and a bit in the narration, but that's Izu Oshima after the 20-minute mark! It's a large island that actually belongs to Tokyo and can be accessed from Takeshiba port (he mentioned going down to Kanagawa prefecture when he was young, but nowadays you can go straight from Tokyo).

I went with a friend two summers ago and it makes an easy and relatively cheap vacation if you live in/near Tokyo (only a few hundred USD to stay for a few days, including round-trip transport), and it's quite beautiful! Just feels a bit forgotten about compared to more popular areas nowadays, which can be both a pro and a con depending on your perspective.