{"id":45115,"date":"2025-03-04T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45115"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:53:24","slug":"metaphor-refantazio-director-katsura-hashino-receives-japanese-government-award-for-remarkable-contribution-to-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metaphor-refantazio-director-katsura-hashino-receives-japanese-government-award-for-remarkable-contribution-to-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino receives Japanese government award for remarkable contribution to art\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Atlus announced on March 3 that <strong>Metaphor: ReFantazio<\/strong>\u2019s creative producer and director Katsura Hashino has been selected for an award from the Japanese government\u2019s Agency for Cultural Affairs.&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\">\u3053\u306e\u305f\u3073\u300e\u30e1\u30bf\u30d5\u30a1\u30fc\uff1a\u30ea\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30bf\u30b8\u30aa\u300f\u306e\u6210\u679c\u3092\u8a55\u4fa1\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d<br>\u30a2\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u306e\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u30fb\u30c7\u30a3\u30ec\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u3067\u3042\u308b\u6a4b\u91ce\u6842\u304c<br>\u300c\u82b8\u8853\u9078\u5968 \u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u82b8\u8853\u90e8\u9580 \u6587\u90e8\u79d1\u5b66\u5927\u81e3\u65b0\u4eba\u8cde\u300d\u3092\u53d7\u8cde\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sq891Ag80y\">https:\/\/t.co\/Sq891Ag80y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30a2\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@Atlus_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atlus_jp\/status\/1896493716472492506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In recognition of his work on Metaphor: Refantazio, Hashino has been awarded \u201cThe Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology\u2019s Newcomer Award.\u201d It\u2019s a mouthful, but the award is presented each year to a maximum of two emerging domestic creators who are considered to have made tremendous contributions in the fields of art and media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the Newcomer Award was presented to Katsura Hashino and Kiyotaka Oshiyama, director of the hit animated film Look Back. Meanwhile, the even more prestigious Art Encouragement Prize was awarded to Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai and Detective Conan author Gosho Aoyama.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1683\" height=\"935\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1683px) 100vw, 1683px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241126-40459-header-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241126-40459-header-1.jpg 1683w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241126-40459-header-1-380x211.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241126-40459-header-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241126-40459-header-1-1536x853.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hashino came up with the original concept for Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s much praised story and took on the role of both director and producer, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metaphor-refantazio-and-persona-series-katsura-hashino-reveals-his-approach-to-directing-and-producing-i-want-to-oversee-the-creative-process-right-to-the-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">managing the precarious balance between creativity and practical issues<\/a> like budget and marketability. The JRPG has seen <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/atlus-is-one-of-our-most-successful-acquisition-deals-to-date-sega-sammy-reports-strong-sales-of-metaphor-refantazio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive financial success<\/a> and earned various acknowledgements, including a GOTY nomination, and the latest seal of approval comes straight from Japan\u2019s government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more insights into Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s development, check out composer <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metaphor-refantazio-soundtrack-composer-didnt-mean-to-go-so-hard-with-the-games-ost-and-was-surprised-at-the-attention-it-received\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shoji Meguro on how he created the game\u2019s unusual soundtrack<\/a>, and art director\/character designer <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-charm-of-persona-and-metaphor-refantazios-character-designs-lies-in-a-sex-appeal-that-doesnt-reveal-the-artists-gender-says-former-atlus-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shigenori Soejima on the unique appeal of the game\u2019s characters<\/a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s creative producer and director Katsura Hashino has been selected for a Newcomer Award from the Japanese government\u2019s Agency for Cultural Affairs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":38849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-45115","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 v27.2 - 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