Masayoshi Yokoyamaat the head of the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and producer of Yakuza: Like a Dragonrevealed in an interview with Crunchyroll what was his main inspiration for the creation of the seventh chapter of the saga, the first he sees as the protagonist Kasuga Ichiban. Well, it comes to ONE PIECEthe manga of Eiichiro Oda from which one of the most popular anime series of recent decades was born.
“I’ve never talked about this before and I don’t know if I should do it now, but for Like a Dragon I was particularly inspired by ONE PIECE. For me Ichiban is practically Luffy and with him we find Zoro and Nami, practically the rest of the party. The idea of the ONE PIECE crew was a fixed concept in my head while I was writing Like a Dragon, it influenced me in a particular way. “ – declared Yokoyama.
“It’s certainly not official, but in my heart Like a Dragon is my ideal version of what Yakuza could have been: ONE PIECE. That’s how I got the inspiration to make it happen. […] If I remember correctly, even in the promotional material we often quoted the term ‘adventure’ saying ‘life is an adventure’ and even from this now the inspiration for ONE PIECE becomes evident. “
Did you notice any similarities between Like a Dragon and the ONE PIECE saga? We certainly could not have imagined such inspiration from the new leader of the studio and we can only be happy about it.
Source: Masayoshi Yokoyama Street Crunchyroll
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