Since TH-cam remove annotations that has the subtitles, this is what the annotations said before its removal: 0:17 - 0:34 : Interviewer : "On UFO's story, it sounds more like "the Treasure Ship has appeared!" than getting into a mess. On recent products, it seems the story is focused more on these unusual phenomena than actual trouble, is it correct?" 0:30 - 0:35 : ZUN : "Yes, I'm inclined that way since Fujinroku (TH 10). It's kinda hard to comprehend though." 0:38 - 0:48 : Interviewer : "The phenomenon itself isn't really a big deal, but the protagonists go for search to prevent predictable troubles, right?" 0:47 - 0:50 : ZUN : "Certainly." 0:53 - 1:05 : Interviewer : "I don't know if the theme of UFO really exists or not, but for instance, I found it very Touhou-ish on the conversations with Kogasa, who doesn't really have anything to do with the main story." 1:01 - 1:06 : ZUN : "Nhuhuhu, exactly." 1:05 - 1:18 : Interviewer : "Like the way to lead a life, the relationship between the humans and the youkai and comparison between inside and outside Gensokyo, I found it very gratifying." 1:20 - 1:25 : ZUN : "She isn't very desperate on leading her life." 1:23 - 1:42 : Interviewer : "And her chance to show off ends at stage 2. Then other characters come in... What exactly the theme of UFO? Is it something like weakened relationship among humans or like that?" 1:48 - 1:55 : ZUN : "That's exactly what I DON'T really feel like to represent." 1:55 - 2:00 : ZUN : "It's natural that this kind of theme to be mixed into the main story, though." 2:00 - 2:07 : ZUN : "The commonest thing I hate very much is, when I make a story on youkai, it's almost always associated with nature." 2:07 - 2:15 : ZUN : "It irritates me if the capper of the story ends up with something like "commune with nature"." 2:11 - 2:21 : ZUN : "Although the "Humans are bad" capper remains, but not in present Gensokyo, just like Kogasa said." 2:22 - 2:31 : ZUN : "Maybe she tried to imply humans are used to hate youkais in olden times, I mean I TRIED TO IMPLY haha." 2:34 - 2:50 : Interviewer : "This may sound too obvious for us, since we've talked several times, I remember you said that every boss on stage 1 was mere attachment for the stage itself." 2:50 - 3:00 : Interviewer : "But this time, Nazrin seems to be involved to the main story, compared to the other stage 1 bosses. Did this just happen?" 2:58 - 3:03 : ZUN : "Well, it happened." 3:01 - 3:08 : ZUN : "I felt like to put something surprising once in a while." 3:06 - 3:18 : ZUN : "Um, bosses on the first stage shouldn't be "too strong presence", but there ought to be some way to have them get involved to the story, in spite of they're "weak presence"." 3:17 - 3:25 : ZUN : "I thought an errand girl would fit the story, so I created her." 3:25 - 3:32 : ZUN : "Actually she's more like an illustrator of the story." 3:29 - 3:34 : ZUN : "*BEER*" 3:30 - 3:35 : Interviewer : "She was looking for "the treasure"." 3:34 - 3:40 : ZUN : "Right, the players find a relation between "the treasure" she's been looking for and "the Treasure Ship" floating above Gensokyo." 3:37 - 3:41 : ZUN : "*BEER*" 3:40 - 3:47 : ZUN : "It's a misleading information I dared to put on the first stage." 3:48 - 3:56 : Interviewer : "She's a mouse youkai. Is this because she's a envoy of Bishamonten(Vaisravana)?" 3:55 - 4:06 : Note : "Note: Vaisravana is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, who guards north. In Chinese Zodiac, mouse(子) symbolizes north too. So mouse is considered as an envoy of Vaisravana in China." 3:55 - 4:02 : ZUN : "Yes, I don't find it unnatural being a mouse as an envoy of Vaisravana." 4:05 - 4:11 : ZUN : "Aren't mice seem to be good at finding treasure?" 4:09 - 4:16 : ZUN : "They can go anywhere, it's just my imagination though." 4:21 - 4:27 : Interviewer : "I thought she was a refugee from the "sinking vessel"." 4:29 - 4:37 : ZUN : "Did you know wild rats hide into the space under the eaves when heavy rain/snow is about to approach?" 4:36 - 4:41 : ZUN : "They have keen senses." 4:43 - 4:48 : Interviewer : "That's why she's an excellent douser?" 4:45 - 4:50 : ZUN : "Yes, if you say "a way to look for something", it's dousing." 4:51 - 4:59 : Interviewer : "Regarding to her danmaku, it's really representing "the dousing", revolving crystals, for instance." 4:59 - 5:06 : ZUN : "Pendulums and... what do you call those bars?" 5:05 - 5:10 : Interviewer : "Um... dousing rods?" 5:07 - 5:12 : ZUN : "Yes, rods. These items." 5:09 - 5:16 : ZUN : "Actually I'm really interested in dousing, I wanna learn it. Nhuhu. *BEER*" 5:18 - 5:25 : ZUN : "Did you know that a Karakasa has NO further stories behind him?" 5:23 - 5:28 : Interviewer : "Really?" 5:23 - 5:30 : ZUN : "Yes, although he's a pretty well-known youkai, no background stories.." 5:30 - 5:42 : ZUN : "I feel like he's a major youkai. One-legged, putting a wooden clog, sticking out its tongue and one-eyed. Even though he has such a solid visual, but basically... no stories." 5:41 - 5:48 : Interviewer : "Maybe because Mizuki Sensei's work..." 5:43 - 5:52 : Note : "Note: They're talking about Mizuki Shigeru, a manga artist. Outstanding work: "Gegege no Kitarou"" 5:43 - 5:53 : ZUN : "Yes, I guess Mizuki Sensei's success have brought a Karakasa to be well-known." 5:54 - 5:59 : Interviewer : "So it's not a story like someone encountered a Karakasa and did something..." 6:00 - 6:05 : ZUN : "Correct. If you think it in the simple way, he must be a Tsukumo-gami." 6:00 - 6:13 : Note : "Note: Tsukumo-gami is an artifact that have reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and aware" 6:03 - 6:11 : ZUN : "It's still kinda iffy, but I couldn't find any further stories, really." 6:10 - 6:20 : Interviewer : "If we compare to old times, there are much more unbrellas to be left, on the train, for instance. I mean the Karakasa must hold much more grudge than ever before..." 6:20 - 6:27 : ZUN : "Exactly, and that's why one of her spellcards is related with train." 6:23 - 6:37 : ZUN : "We really tend to leave umbrellas on the train. The sales amount of umbrellas is as much as the number of umbrellas WE FORGET, isn't it?" 6:37 - 6:45 : ZUN : "We don't tend to take good care of them. it cannot be helped because we just forget." 6:43 - 6:48 : Interviewer : "Only if there is umbrella holder everywhere..." 6:44 - 6:52 : ZUN : "It's said since old times that an umbrella haven't transmuted at all." 6:51 - 7:03 : ZUN : "I'm waiting for someone to invent the other way to guard raindrops from the sky, since Edo era it hasn't changed functionally at all." 7:03 - 7:08 : ZUN : "But that may be why we tend to leave them on the train." 7:09 - 7:23 : ZUN : "Or rather, people should invent something new to protect against rain, then a Karakasa would become more popular youkai." 7:24 - 7:29 : ZUN : "Like "Mankind used to use this tool for weather protection."" 7:31 - 7:40 : ZUN : "I would've used bullets to form "that", I mean I in an earlier time, but what I used is a picture, which is more impactful. Especially his "face"." 7:41 - 7:47 : Interviewer : "There are TWO faces...? TWO Unzans?" 7:45 - 7:55 : ZUN : "Yes, two faces. Since he's made of clouds, he's free to expand/multiply himself. He can shrink himself while conversation." 7:53 - 7:58 : Interviewer : "Is he a Nyudo-cloud?" 7:53 - 7:58 : Note : "Note: Nyudo-cloud a nickname of Cumulonimbus cloud in Japan." 7:56 - 8:06 : ZUN : "Yes, he is. Nyudos too... have no further stories behind them." 8:09 - 8:21 : ZUN : "I guess someone found a face-like pattern on a thunderhead. In that way. It can transmute into any forms." 8:24 - 8:34 : ZUN : "Besides, when a Nyudo-cloud appears, tall, thick and with a face-like pattern on its surface, always accompanies with heavy rain and thunderstorm." 8:34 - 8:39 : ZUN : "Isn't it clearly-defined? It's a great aspect for a youkai, easy to understand." 8:40 - 8:45 : Interviewer : "What about Ichirin? What's her position?" 8:45 - 8:50 : ZUN : "Um, nothing. Nhuhu." 8:50 - 8:58 : ZUN : "I've rejected the ideas like the Nyudo to be on the stage without modification because of his size, so the character like her is needed." 8:54 - 8:58 : Interviewer : "Spokesperson?" 8:55 - 8:59 : ZUN : "Yes, spokesperson like Ichirin." 8:58 - 9:03 : Interviewer : "Can Unzan talk?" 9:01 - 9:08 : ZUN : "Yes, he can. He just tends to talk in whisper. When he's angry, he can thunder out." 9:08 - 9:16 : Interviewer : "A traditional old man. So it's not like he talks in only understandable to Ichirin." 9:16 - 9:21 : ZUN : "No. He's just shy." 9:27 - 9:37 : ZUN : "Regarding Ichirin, the story is going to relate with Buddhism, so I made her look like a nun." 9:41 - 9:48 : ZUN : "But Nyudo is already a Buddhist in the first place." 9:47 - 10:00 : ZUN : "On UFO, I made the story that has to do with Buddhism from the beginning." 9:50 - 10:01 : ZUN : "By doing so, ancient youkais will more well-defined. This time I chose Buddhism over Shinto." You're welcome.
As a programmer, developer and an avid enthusiast of alcohol, i to hope to one day aspire to rank and level of ZUN.... yes... Side note: Touhou games are incredibly addicting and fun while intoxicated.
Well now I know his voice. XD From this interview, he seems like someone who's really inside is own imaginary world. He talks about it like he's a the same time its creator and an inhabitant of it.
It seems that he talk like wanting to give and create some hole in each character story for the fan to make story from it. Well that's made touhou popular i'm very thankful to ZUN for it anyway >A
@CidHighwindFF7 I don't blame him. For every positive of a fandom there is a negative. Anyone who ever had a fandom knows that the negatives can be extremely depressing.
@JapanForSale IMO, those series have retained their top tier quality in all departments, because I can plainly see that the makers have both clear vision of what's truly good, and the talented people to realize that vision. Many studios nowadays are run just like a company, not like an art studio: the producers/directors don't know jack shit about substance, just hype HYPE HYPE!!!, or that the peons are there because they can't make it in a real studio and/or aren't even gamers to begin with.
@JapanForSale lol the thing is, l do try to read the narrative during the gameplay but at the same time my heart is pounding and my brain is thinking "oh god, what the hell am l gonna be facing next".
@1shoryuken Wow. You're a rare breed. I think 95% of all self-professed Touhou fans have never, or rarely ever, played the games before. They're just completely hooked on the fan-derivatives. I know I was like that for the longest time. I never knew the opposite existed. That's like picking out your favorite dish out of a 10 course meal, and discarding everything else. That's gotta make the chef wince.
@JapanForSale I think the creator/consumer relationship is mostly an abusive one by default, on both sides. It's usually best I think if creators just create for themselves and consumers do whatever they do with the result. I think that sorta has been ZUN's attitude for the most part. I think the way ZUN inspires people is more impressive then that he simply makes good games. And it's not just story, just look how the gameplay works it's way into non-shooter fangames.
@JapanForSale I would say it counts for all forms of art too. Movies, books, whatever. And it should not be said that a developer with vision always makes a good product. It's just that most of the time, developers know what they are doing more then fans do. I mean, lots of people would like ZUN to make a touhou RPG, but I don't think ZUN really has any knowledge of or love for RPGs. That is why he makes shooters. Trying new things is fine but if his heart isn't in it, how good could it be?
@JapanForSale The way I see it, bad games are bad games regardless of if they pander to fans or not. But good games can still become bad games if the developers are not allowed to do what they want or are too caught up in what the fans think. Good and bad are subjective of course, but the point is most of the time the less restrictions put on developers, the better. That doesn't mean fans should have no input, but if fans have a better idea for a game they should make it themselves.
@KilloZapit This is the best game industry convo I've ever had yet. I don't know whether to be glad or sad... :P Time/budget/personnel restrictions, or diluting what made the series great to begin with by catering too much to the now-massive fan base will ruin even the greatest franchises (take FF12/13/14?). But if there's 1 difference between a consistently good series vs. one that's gone sour, it is whether the developer truly has vision. Take Valve and HL; Bungie and Halo.
l only play Touhou for the gameplay, l mean, that's the whole reason why we play danmaku games... to dodge bullets. l don't really care for the story or the characters, but there's no denying that ZUN has a very creative imagination.
Si hay alguien que hable español y le interese touhou conozco un muy buen lugar para los fans de touhou espero nadie se moleste si dejo el link mcanime. net/group/touhou_project/68 hay que quitarle el espacio en blanco despues despues del punto y antes del net
6:52 ZUN waiting for someone to invent other way to guar ourselfs from the rain ..... -_- I know! how about a game that simulate rain grazing if you succed on luntic you don't need umbrella anymore. :)
@KilloZapit Well, while I agree that it's best if the creators stayed true to their intentions and made games how they liked it, it's also a double edged sword. Most often than not, developers will create games that're simply craptacular due to either incompetence, or not giving a damn about what the fans want. A great company survives by listening to customer demand, but lately there's been a lot, and I mean A LOT, of pandering to the lowest common denominators... aka, dare I meantion it, CoD??
@UltimateChaostorm To my understanding, ZUN really doesnt like interviews, and is a bit of a recluse. Japanese fans, much like American ones can be very negative, especially over small things, and can be very harsh toward creators. ZUN likes to avoid this.
No. It's like the best chef in the world putting an extreme amount of time and effort into a meal and defrosts a Friendly's cake he bought from the frozen section of ShopRite for dessert, and you push aside the meal and just eat the cake. All I like all the games. No other game has given me countless, satisfying hours of entertainment like Touhou has.The fan made stuff is unappealing to me, since it's not made by Zun and therefor inaccurate to the real series.
nice,annotations with the subtitles are gone
thank you youtube
Since TH-cam remove annotations that has the subtitles, this is what the annotations said before its removal:
0:17 - 0:34 : Interviewer : "On UFO's story, it sounds more like "the Treasure Ship has appeared!" than getting into a mess. On recent products, it seems the story is focused more on these unusual phenomena than actual trouble, is it correct?"
0:30 - 0:35 : ZUN : "Yes, I'm inclined that way since Fujinroku (TH 10). It's kinda hard to comprehend though."
0:38 - 0:48 : Interviewer : "The phenomenon itself isn't really a big deal, but the protagonists go for search to prevent predictable troubles, right?"
0:47 - 0:50 : ZUN : "Certainly."
0:53 - 1:05 : Interviewer : "I don't know if the theme of UFO really exists or not, but for instance, I found it very Touhou-ish on the conversations with Kogasa, who doesn't really have anything to do with the main story."
1:01 - 1:06 : ZUN : "Nhuhuhu, exactly."
1:05 - 1:18 : Interviewer : "Like the way to lead a life, the relationship between the humans and the youkai and comparison between inside and outside Gensokyo, I found it very gratifying."
1:20 - 1:25 : ZUN : "She isn't very desperate on leading her life."
1:23 - 1:42 : Interviewer : "And her chance to show off ends at stage 2. Then other characters come in... What exactly the theme of UFO? Is it something like weakened relationship among humans or like that?"
1:48 - 1:55 : ZUN : "That's exactly what I DON'T really feel like to represent."
1:55 - 2:00 : ZUN : "It's natural that this kind of theme to be mixed into the main story, though."
2:00 - 2:07 : ZUN : "The commonest thing I hate very much is, when I make a story on youkai, it's almost always associated with nature."
2:07 - 2:15 : ZUN : "It irritates me if the capper of the story ends up with something like "commune with nature"."
2:11 - 2:21 : ZUN : "Although the "Humans are bad" capper remains, but not in present Gensokyo, just like Kogasa said."
2:22 - 2:31 : ZUN : "Maybe she tried to imply humans are used to hate youkais in olden times, I mean I TRIED TO IMPLY haha."
2:34 - 2:50 : Interviewer : "This may sound too obvious for us, since we've talked several times, I remember you said that every boss on stage 1 was mere attachment for the stage itself."
2:50 - 3:00 : Interviewer : "But this time, Nazrin seems to be involved to the main story, compared to the other stage 1 bosses. Did this just happen?"
2:58 - 3:03 : ZUN : "Well, it happened."
3:01 - 3:08 : ZUN : "I felt like to put something surprising once in a while."
3:06 - 3:18 : ZUN : "Um, bosses on the first stage shouldn't be "too strong presence", but there ought to be some way to have them get involved to the story, in spite of they're "weak presence"."
3:17 - 3:25 : ZUN : "I thought an errand girl would fit the story, so I created her."
3:25 - 3:32 : ZUN : "Actually she's more like an illustrator of the story."
3:29 - 3:34 : ZUN : "*BEER*"
3:30 - 3:35 : Interviewer : "She was looking for "the treasure"."
3:34 - 3:40 : ZUN : "Right, the players find a relation between "the treasure" she's been looking for and "the Treasure Ship" floating above Gensokyo."
3:37 - 3:41 : ZUN : "*BEER*"
3:40 - 3:47 : ZUN : "It's a misleading information I dared to put on the first stage."
3:48 - 3:56 : Interviewer : "She's a mouse youkai. Is this because she's a envoy of Bishamonten(Vaisravana)?"
3:55 - 4:06 : Note : "Note: Vaisravana is one of the Four Heavenly Kings, who guards north. In Chinese Zodiac, mouse(子) symbolizes north too. So mouse is considered as an envoy of Vaisravana in China."
3:55 - 4:02 : ZUN : "Yes, I don't find it unnatural being a mouse as an envoy of Vaisravana."
4:05 - 4:11 : ZUN : "Aren't mice seem to be good at finding treasure?"
4:09 - 4:16 : ZUN : "They can go anywhere, it's just my imagination though."
4:21 - 4:27 : Interviewer : "I thought she was a refugee from the "sinking vessel"."
4:29 - 4:37 : ZUN : "Did you know wild rats hide into the space under the eaves when heavy rain/snow is about to approach?"
4:36 - 4:41 : ZUN : "They have keen senses."
4:43 - 4:48 : Interviewer : "That's why she's an excellent douser?"
4:45 - 4:50 : ZUN : "Yes, if you say "a way to look for something", it's dousing."
4:51 - 4:59 : Interviewer : "Regarding to her danmaku, it's really representing "the dousing", revolving crystals, for instance."
4:59 - 5:06 : ZUN : "Pendulums and... what do you call those bars?"
5:05 - 5:10 : Interviewer : "Um... dousing rods?"
5:07 - 5:12 : ZUN : "Yes, rods. These items."
5:09 - 5:16 : ZUN : "Actually I'm really interested in dousing, I wanna learn it. Nhuhu. *BEER*"
5:18 - 5:25 : ZUN : "Did you know that a Karakasa has NO further stories behind him?"
5:23 - 5:28 : Interviewer : "Really?"
5:23 - 5:30 : ZUN : "Yes, although he's a pretty well-known youkai, no background stories.."
5:30 - 5:42 : ZUN : "I feel like he's a major youkai. One-legged, putting a wooden clog, sticking out its tongue and one-eyed. Even though he has such a solid visual, but basically... no stories."
5:41 - 5:48 : Interviewer : "Maybe because Mizuki Sensei's work..."
5:43 - 5:52 : Note : "Note: They're talking about Mizuki Shigeru, a manga artist. Outstanding work: "Gegege no Kitarou""
5:43 - 5:53 : ZUN : "Yes, I guess Mizuki Sensei's success have brought a Karakasa to be well-known."
5:54 - 5:59 : Interviewer : "So it's not a story like someone encountered a Karakasa and did something..."
6:00 - 6:05 : ZUN : "Correct. If you think it in the simple way, he must be a Tsukumo-gami."
6:00 - 6:13 : Note : "Note: Tsukumo-gami is an artifact that have reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and aware"
6:03 - 6:11 : ZUN : "It's still kinda iffy, but I couldn't find any further stories, really."
6:10 - 6:20 : Interviewer : "If we compare to old times, there are much more unbrellas to be left, on the train, for instance. I mean the Karakasa must hold much more grudge than ever before..."
6:20 - 6:27 : ZUN : "Exactly, and that's why one of her spellcards is related with train."
6:23 - 6:37 : ZUN : "We really tend to leave umbrellas on the train. The sales amount of umbrellas is as much as the number of umbrellas WE FORGET, isn't it?"
6:37 - 6:45 : ZUN : "We don't tend to take good care of them. it cannot be helped because we just forget."
6:43 - 6:48 : Interviewer : "Only if there is umbrella holder everywhere..."
6:44 - 6:52 : ZUN : "It's said since old times that an umbrella haven't transmuted at all."
6:51 - 7:03 : ZUN : "I'm waiting for someone to invent the other way to guard raindrops from the sky, since Edo era it hasn't changed functionally at all."
7:03 - 7:08 : ZUN : "But that may be why we tend to leave them on the train."
7:09 - 7:23 : ZUN : "Or rather, people should invent something new to protect against rain, then a Karakasa would become more popular youkai."
7:24 - 7:29 : ZUN : "Like "Mankind used to use this tool for weather protection.""
7:31 - 7:40 : ZUN : "I would've used bullets to form "that", I mean I in an earlier time, but what I used is a picture, which is more impactful. Especially his "face"."
7:41 - 7:47 : Interviewer : "There are TWO faces...? TWO Unzans?"
7:45 - 7:55 : ZUN : "Yes, two faces. Since he's made of clouds, he's free to expand/multiply himself. He can shrink himself while conversation."
7:53 - 7:58 : Interviewer : "Is he a Nyudo-cloud?"
7:53 - 7:58 : Note : "Note: Nyudo-cloud a nickname of Cumulonimbus cloud in Japan."
7:56 - 8:06 : ZUN : "Yes, he is. Nyudos too... have no further stories behind them."
8:09 - 8:21 : ZUN : "I guess someone found a face-like pattern on a thunderhead. In that way. It can transmute into any forms."
8:24 - 8:34 : ZUN : "Besides, when a Nyudo-cloud appears, tall, thick and with a face-like pattern on its surface, always accompanies with heavy rain and thunderstorm."
8:34 - 8:39 : ZUN : "Isn't it clearly-defined? It's a great aspect for a youkai, easy to understand."
8:40 - 8:45 : Interviewer : "What about Ichirin? What's her position?"
8:45 - 8:50 : ZUN : "Um, nothing. Nhuhu."
8:50 - 8:58 : ZUN : "I've rejected the ideas like the Nyudo to be on the stage without modification because of his size, so the character like her is needed."
8:54 - 8:58 : Interviewer : "Spokesperson?"
8:55 - 8:59 : ZUN : "Yes, spokesperson like Ichirin."
8:58 - 9:03 : Interviewer : "Can Unzan talk?"
9:01 - 9:08 : ZUN : "Yes, he can. He just tends to talk in whisper. When he's angry, he can thunder out."
9:08 - 9:16 : Interviewer : "A traditional old man. So it's not like he talks in only understandable to Ichirin."
9:16 - 9:21 : ZUN : "No. He's just shy."
9:27 - 9:37 : ZUN : "Regarding Ichirin, the story is going to relate with Buddhism, so I made her look like a nun."
9:41 - 9:48 : ZUN : "But Nyudo is already a Buddhist in the first place."
9:47 - 10:00 : ZUN : "On UFO, I made the story that has to do with Buddhism from the beginning."
9:50 - 10:01 : ZUN : "By doing so, ancient youkais will more well-defined. This time I chose Buddhism over Shinto."
You're welcome.
Hey I m glad people like you exist, Zun is a charismatic person so find an interview with him is always pleasant
Thank you so much! You're amazing
thanks
Thank you
Is there any chance you could do this on the two other parts?
Rest in piece annotations. Now the subtitles are gone.
_"The sales amount of umbrellas is as much as the number of umbrellas WE FORGET, isn't it?"_
I like his way of thinking.
As a programmer, developer and an avid enthusiast of alcohol, i to hope to one day aspire to rank and level of ZUN.... yes... Side note: Touhou games are incredibly addicting and fun while intoxicated.
Thank you for the subtitles! ZUN basically just said this about Ichirin's role: "Unzan's hitbox" XD
Love the *beer* parts, lol.
I was waiting so badly to get this translated and here it is, thank you very much for your work
I'd love to understand what he was saying, but youtube nuked the subtitle annotations.
Well now I know his voice. XD
From this interview, he seems like someone who's really inside is own imaginary world. He talks about it like he's a the same time its creator and an inhabitant of it.
He's the god of Hakurei Shrine so...
It seems that he talk like wanting to give and create some hole in each character story for the fan to make story from it. Well that's made touhou popular i'm very thankful to ZUN for it anyway >A
Is that beer in a champagne glass
@CidHighwindFF7
I don't blame him. For every positive of a fandom there is a negative. Anyone who ever had a fandom knows that the negatives can be extremely depressing.
Aw, he's adorable. :)
@JapanForSale IMO, those series have retained their top tier quality in all departments, because I can plainly see that the makers have both clear vision of what's truly good, and the talented people to realize that vision. Many studios nowadays are run just like a company, not like an art studio: the producers/directors don't know jack shit about substance, just hype HYPE HYPE!!!, or that the peons are there because they can't make it in a real studio and/or aren't even gamers to begin with.
one man branched all of what we know today. no one compares.
Zun>all gaming compaines
Japanesse people have such awesome talents but this guy is on a new league on its own.
@JapanForSale lol the thing is, l do try to read the narrative during the gameplay but at the same time my heart is pounding and my brain is thinking "oh god, what the hell am l gonna be facing next".
Thank you so much for subbing this.
@1shoryuken Wow. You're a rare breed. I think 95% of all self-professed Touhou fans have never, or rarely ever, played the games before. They're just completely hooked on the fan-derivatives. I know I was like that for the longest time. I never knew the opposite existed. That's like picking out your favorite dish out of a 10 course meal, and discarding everything else. That's gotta make the chef wince.
ZUNさん、今と比べても全然変わってないな〜
this interviewer is a true fan
Me either maybe becasuse of the new frame that youtube implemented not all the videos have the button to enable/disable subs and/or anotatios
If Zun & Woz made a game... My head might explode out of the epicness.
omg thank you sooo much for subbing this
Nhuhu. *BEER*
I freaking love ZUN
@JapanForSale I think the creator/consumer relationship is mostly an abusive one by default, on both sides. It's usually best I think if creators just create for themselves and consumers do whatever they do with the result. I think that sorta has been ZUN's attitude for the most part. I think the way ZUN inspires people is more impressive then that he simply makes good games. And it's not just story, just look how the gameplay works it's way into non-shooter fangames.
"Tatsuya Yamaguchi 36 gets married to Japanese economy"
*WHAT*
@UltimateChaostorm Why is this strange man asking me all these questions? Doesn't he know it's bad to interrupt me while I'm on my 8 beer?
Can someone please translate this?
@Doyora you right !!
Without ZUN, we wouldn't have our precious 2hu, so at least give the man some damn credit.
今までのも上手いけど星蓮船からグンと画力が上がっていると思う
@JapanForSale I would say it counts for all forms of art too. Movies, books, whatever. And it should not be said that a developer with vision always makes a good product. It's just that most of the time, developers know what they are doing more then fans do. I mean, lots of people would like ZUN to make a touhou RPG, but I don't think ZUN really has any knowledge of or love for RPGs. That is why he makes shooters. Trying new things is fine but if his heart isn't in it, how good could it be?
He drinks Belgian beer in this interview, AND he named Flandre after my birth region! I'm so honored!
The man loves to drink, eh?
@JapanForSale The way I see it, bad games are bad games regardless of if they pander to fans or not. But good games can still become bad games if the developers are not allowed to do what they want or are too caught up in what the fans think. Good and bad are subjective of course, but the point is most of the time the less restrictions put on developers, the better. That doesn't mean fans should have no input, but if fans have a better idea for a game they should make it themselves.
In the annotations
ahh, imitating suika again...
can someone tell me what software he uses to do his animations cuz they look amazing O_O
Where are the subtitles?! :(
@KilloZapit This is the best game industry convo I've ever had yet. I don't know whether to be glad or sad... :P
Time/budget/personnel restrictions, or diluting what made the series great to begin with by catering too much to the now-massive fan base will ruin even the greatest franchises (take FF12/13/14?). But if there's 1 difference between a consistently good series vs. one that's gone sour, it is whether the developer truly has vision. Take Valve and HL; Bungie and Halo.
today I almost create another kogasa (i almost forgot my umbrella) lol
Same here, I can't see the subs..
Omfg! Finally! Now I know what ZUN looked like!
l only play Touhou for the gameplay, l mean, that's the whole reason why we play danmaku games... to dodge bullets.
l don't really care for the story or the characters, but there's no denying that ZUN has a very creative imagination.
Strange, I can't see the subs...
Ichirin kawaii sou
When he was talking about learning dousing, I thought he wanted to use it to search for *BEER*
OH ! He is drinking an Orval !! It's a beer which is made in Belgium, near my home =w=
Si hay alguien que hable español y le interese touhou conozco un muy buen lugar para los fans de touhou espero nadie se moleste si dejo el link
mcanime. net/group/touhou_project/68
hay que quitarle el espacio en blanco despues despues del punto y antes del net
I agree with you but it was not for touhou zun not exist or you think the chick that took only touhou
Thanks so much for the subs!! :) Will you sub the other parts as well?
He looks like something's bothering him.
yeah like seihou, it's another danmaku has a bit less bullets and is a bit faster though
Touhou is awesome but it sounds so sad and shallow in this interview!
ビール飲みたくなるなー
Props to you ZUN =D
ZUN is a little shy or is just my imagination?
He seems nervous.
6:52 ZUN waiting for someone to invent other way to guar ourselfs from the rain ..... -_-
I know! how about a game that simulate rain grazing if you succed on luntic you don't need umbrella anymore. :)
1 person lost on easy mode.
@laughingfurry
No, no reasonable person can blame him.
@KilloZapit Well, while I agree that it's best if the creators stayed true to their intentions and made games how they liked it, it's also a double edged sword. Most often than not, developers will create games that're simply craptacular due to either incompetence, or not giving a damn about what the fans want. A great company survives by listening to customer demand, but lately there's been a lot, and I mean A LOT, of pandering to the lowest common denominators... aka, dare I meantion it, CoD??
For some reason I had a burst of luaghter at that edit on 0:49, it's so weird!
ンフフwww
面白いですね。
He's a geek what do yo uexpect
@UltimateChaostorm
To my understanding, ZUN really doesnt like interviews, and is a bit of a recluse. Japanese fans, much like American ones can be very negative, especially over small things, and can be very harsh toward creators. ZUN likes to avoid this.
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His laugh xD
Aya boyfriend
Nhuhu...
Yes.
Also... you
@CV422
Beer
No. It's like the best chef in the world putting an extreme amount of time and effort into a meal and defrosts a Friendly's cake he bought from the frozen section of ShopRite for dessert, and you push aside the meal and just eat the cake. All I like all the games. No other game has given me countless, satisfying hours of entertainment like Touhou has.The fan made stuff is unappealing to me, since it's not made by Zun and therefor inaccurate to the real series.
5:43 You damn dirty lolicon!!!
😆🍻
ZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
神主受我一拜
*BEER*
of course ZUN would b drinking :D
:3
I love Touhou but I hate ZUN