{"id":37915,"date":"2024-10-03T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37915"},"modified":"2024-10-05T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T04:42:31","slug":"yuji-horiis-comments-on-dragon-quest-3s-censorship-were-mistranslated-and-maliciously-taken-out-of-context-according-to-statement-by-his-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/yuji-horiis-comments-on-dragon-quest-3s-censorship-were-mistranslated-and-maliciously-taken-out-of-context-according-to-statement-by-his-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments about Dragon Quest 3\u2019s censorship were mistranslated and maliciously taken out of context, according to statement by Yuji Horii and Torishima&#8217;s talk show account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Update (October 5, 2024 14:30 JST): Edited headline for accuracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official X account of \u201cKosoKoso H\u014ds\u014d Kyoku,\u201d the radio show hosted by Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and former Shonen Jump editor Kazuhiko Torishima, published a statement on October 3 addressing the controversy surrounding a recently aired talk show. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KosoKoso_hoso\/status\/1841681747786006615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>, comments made by participants were mistranslated and sensationalized by overseas media and social media users such as Elon Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program in question is the creator\u2019s talk show hosted during Tokyo Game Show 2024 and uploaded to YouTube earlier this week. The 90-minute-long discussion (now unpublished) was originally available only in Japanese, but a two-minute excerpt from it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saou0345\/status\/1840243748007219257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was uploaded to X<\/a> with English subtitles provided by a third party.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is insane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cMQ1ZNLoOF\">https:\/\/t.co\/cMQ1ZNLoOF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1840620975248785486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The post, containing Horii and Torishima&#8217;s comments regarding changes made to Dragon Quest 3\u2019s remake, quickly gained traction and was picked up by the media. As KosoKoso H\u014ds\u014d Kyoku later reported, even Elon Musk reposted the video. The post Musk shared to his followers included the headline \u201cJapanese Game Developers are frustrated at the forced ridiculous UN driven Globalist agenda compliance they have to include in their game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the resulting uproar, KosoKoso H\u014ds\u014d Kyoku shared the following: \u201cOn the afternoon of September 30 (Japan time), Mr. Musk reposted a video with English subtitles (mistranslated) of a program in which some of our members appeared. The following is a statement and request from the [talk show\u2019s] participants regarding the reposted video and related media reports.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kosokoso%E6%94%BE%E9%80%81%E5%B1%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kosokoso\u653e\u9001\u5c40<\/a> \u304b\u3089\u7686\u69d8\u3078<br><br>\u65e5\u672c\u6642\u9593\u306e 9\u670830\u65e5\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u30de\u30b9\u30af\u6c0f\u304c\u3001<br>\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u306e\u4e00\u90e8\u304c\u51fa\u6f14\u3057\u305f\u914d\u4fe1\u756a\u7d44\u306e<br>\u82f1\u8a9e\u5b57\u5e55\u4ed8\u304d(\u8aa4\u8a33)\u52d5\u753b\u3092\u8ee2\u8f09\u3057\u305f<br>\u6d77\u5916\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u3092\u30ea\u30dd\u30b9\u30c8\u3057\u305f\u4ef6\u306e<br>\u9a12\u52d5\u3068\u95a2\u9023\u5831\u9053\u7b49\u306b\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3066\u3001<br>\u51fa\u6f14\u8005\u304b\u3089\u7686\u69d8\u3078\u3054\u5831\u544a\u3068\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3067\u3059<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/maadspin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#maadspin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1H2ZzsLUqi\">pic.twitter.com\/1H2ZzsLUqi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3086\u3046\u574a&amp;\u30de\u30b7\u30ea\u30c8\u306eKosoKoso\u653e\u9001\u5c40 (@KosoKoso_hoso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KosoKoso_hoso\/status\/1841681747786006615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The attached statement gives specific examples of mistranslations, such as \u201cpuritan\u201d being translated as \u201csex education\u201d and alleges that \u201cparts of the comments made by the speakers have been deliberately cut out of context and quoted as if the speaker was expressing a negative opinion against a certain ideology or belief, and have been spread in a way that is far removed from the true meaning of the comments and the original content and message of the video in question.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the statement, KosoKoso H\u014ds\u014d Kyoku asks social media users and media to refrain from \u201carbitrarily extracting parts of comments and quoting them as comments that are in line with your own opinion for the purpose of reinforcing the legitimacy of your own opinion.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuji Horii and other creators&#8217; comments regarding changes made to Dragon Quest 3&#8217;s remake were mistranslated and taken out of context, according to the talk show&#8217;s official statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":37917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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