{"id":43726,"date":"2025-02-05T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43726"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:25:24","slug":"parasite-eve-and-chrono-trigger-director-makes-surprise-appearance-on-japanese-national-television-and-its-not-about-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/parasite-eve-and-chrono-trigger-director-makes-surprise-appearance-on-japanese-national-television-and-its-not-about-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasite Eve and Chrono Trigger director makes surprise appearance on Japanese national television, and it\u2019s not about games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Square Enix game creator Takashi Tokita is known for being the director of cult classics like the original Parasite Eve and Chrono Trigger. So, when he appeared on Japanese TV on February 2, many were probably hoping he would be talking about games. Rather, Tokita and his family appeared in a disaster prevention segment on national broadcaster NHK, surprising Japanese netizens and industry peers, including NieR creator Yoko Taro.&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\">\uff2e\uff28\uff2b\u306b\u30b9\u30af\u30a8\u30cb\u6642\u7530\u3055\u3093\u51fa\u3066\u308b\u2026\u2026\u3057\u304b\u3082\u9632\u707d\u756a\u7d44\u306b\u3002<\/p>&mdash; yokotaro (@yokotaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yokotaro\/status\/1885859651163689429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> Square Enix\u2019s Tokita is on NHK&#8230; but it\u2019s a disaster prevention program&#8230;\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\">NHK\u306e\u9632\u707d\u756a\u7d44\u306b\u306a\u305c\u304b\u6642\u7530\u8cb4\u53f8\u4e00\u5bb6\u304c\u51fa\u3066\u308b\u3093\u3060\u304c\u2026\uff57<\/p>&mdash; hama090 (@hama090) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hama090\/status\/1885858746880147851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> For some reason, Takashi Tokita and his family are appearing on a disaster prevention program on NHK.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 2000 active fault lines, Japan is known for its frequent earthquakes, and it is important to know what to do if a big one affects you. 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