{"rewrite":{"id":"r_30743a05fd810590113f3927","clusterId":"c_eafcf317f4b1ed2759838a9b","slug":"kodaka-and-takada-trace-psycho-pop-from-danganronpa-to-hundred-line-at-the-tenth-mosaic","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kodaka and Takada Trace \"Psycho Pop\" From Danganronpa to Hundred Line at The Tenth Mosaic","summary":"At The Tenth Mosaic in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Too Kyo Games CEO Kazutaka Kodaka and music producer Masafumi Takada discussed how they work together, from Danganronpa through Rain Code and Hundred Line. Kodaka said Danganronpa sold about 30,000 copies in its first week and grew over roughly half a year, and described why he keeps development outside the studio.","whyItMatters":"Kodaka's account that he keeps development external so he does not have to take work he dislikes, and that he took on his own IP with Hundred Line, is the clearest statement of how Too Kyo Games is organized and why its output looks the way it does.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe talk covered the pair\u0026#39;s first job together: Takada was freelancing at the time, having left Grasshopper Manufacture for Tango Gameworks, and got a one-page proposal. Kodaka said the request for the class trial track was about a single line, and Takada recalled that the theme song took him roughly a month of second-guessing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe proposal document carried only one description of the game: psycho pop. Kodaka also explained why his studio does not develop its own titles. Taking on development would mean growing to around 50 people, and then taking jobs he does not want in order to keep the staff paid. That arrangement is why Hundred Line, which he described as unreasonable, was the attempt at holding his own IP.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kodaka and Takada talked Danganronpa, Rain Code and Hundred Line at The Tenth Mosaic in Tokyo. Kodaka on why Too Kyo Games stays small: owning development means 50 staff and taking work you don't want.","twitterPost":"Kodaka and Takada at The Tenth Mosaic: Danganronpa's first week was about 30,000 copies, the theme song took a month, and the pitch doc said only \"psycho pop.\" Kodaka says he avoids in-house development to keep from taking jobs he dislikes.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada spoke at The Tenth Mosaic in Tokyo on September 22 and 23 about their work together, from Danganronpa to Rain Code and Hundred Line. Kodaka said Danganronpa sold around 30,000 copies in its first week and built from there, and explained that he keeps development at outside studios so Too Kyo Games does not have to take on projects he does not want.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173236.html\",\"title\":\"「今の時代、ここは頭おかしい！って思わせないと」小高和剛×高田雅史が語る\\\"やりすぎ\\\"のゲーム作り-『ダンガンロンパ』から『HUNDRED LINE』『終天教団』まで\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6334,"outputTokens":701,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791284827,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T11:03:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T11:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T11:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_eafcf317f4b1ed2759838a9b","canonicalTitle":"「今の時代、ここは頭おかしい！って思わせないと」小高和剛×高田雅史が語る“やりすぎ”のゲーム作り―『ダンガンロンパ』から『HUNDRED LINE』『終天教団』まで","representativeArticleId":"a_30a4ebf0fac1d81a466dec59","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Danganronpa\",\"HUNDRED LINE\",\"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\",\"Shuten Order\"],\"studios\":[\"Too Kyo Games\"],\"people\":[\"Kazutaka Kodaka\",\"Masafumi Takada\"],\"type\":\"other\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-06T09:45:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-06T09:45:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T11:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173236.html","title":"「今の時代、ここは頭おかしい！って思わせないと」小高和剛×高田雅史が語る“やりすぎ”のゲーム作り―『ダンガンロンパ』から『HUNDRED LINE』『終天教団』まで"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Danganronpa","HUNDRED LINE","The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy","Shuten Order"],"studios":["Too Kyo Games"],"people":["Kazutaka Kodaka","Masafumi Takada"],"type":"other","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}