{"id":31447,"date":"2024-05-24T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31447"},"modified":"2024-05-24T19:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:04:16","slug":"do-you-get-excited-every-time-you-see-something-pink-like-a-dragon-creator-talks-about-his-fight-for-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/do-you-get-excited-every-time-you-see-something-pink-like-a-dragon-creator-talks-about-his-fight-for-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDo you get excited every time you see something pink?\u201d Like a Dragon creator talks about his fight for freedom of expression\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former chief creative officer of Sega and creator of the Like a Dragon series Toshihiro Nagoshi recently appeared as a guest on the live documentary show Weekly Ochiai.<\/a> Discussing the beginnings of the series and how the first game Yakuza (2015) came to be, Nagoshi touches on some of the challenges that came with trying to be faithful to his vision and the game\u2019s adult themes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about how he managed to get Yakuza approved and released despite the depictions of hostess clubs, gambling and soaplands, Nagoshi comments that there were many occasions when the team had to \u201caddress ethical issues\u201d in the game. He then recalls an \u201cincredible episode\u201d from his days at Sega.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Toshihiro<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith locations related to prostitution, it\u2019s obviously out of the question to visually depict what goes on inside. So, I made it so that the character enters, meets the woman and the scene fades out to a completely pink screen,\u201d Nagoshi explains. However, it seems his attempt at swapping the deed with a visual euphemism was unacceptable for Sega: \u201cThis ended up being pointed out as an issue, and when I asked why, I was told that it\u2019s because the color pink is associated with sex. This escalated into a fight, with me going, \u2018You may think pink is sexual, but that\u2019s just your opinion. There are so many pink things in this world, do you get aroused every time you see them?\u2019 It was quite an amusing fight.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savage comebacks aside, Nagoshi explains that he had a good reason to fight for his decisions each time they were questioned: \u201cBut from my side, I wasn’t trying to push these things like a practical joke. These were things I considered to be acceptable after properly evaluating them based on my morals and values. That\u2019s why I remained stubborn and fought to the end.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more behind-the-scenes info about Like a Dragon, check out our article about how Sega initially rejected the proposal for the first game in the series<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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