{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ae8a89658f845a022491e86c","clusterId":"c_5c4a58ab2938a39d7232c86c","slug":"kojima-and-tsukamoto-compare-japan-to-prewar-era-in-joint-talk","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kojima And Tsukamoto Compare Japan To Prewar Era In Joint Talk","summary":"Cinema Today published a joint interview on September 10 with game director Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto. Kojima said many wars are breaking out, that Japan could be pulled into one, and that no one is speaking against it. He said the situation is like pre-World War II Japan. Tsukamoto said many adults intend to create the environment for war. Kojima Productions recently moved Physint from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios.","whyItMatters":"The interview puts Kojima's public remarks on war and Japanese politics alongside a publisher change his studio has already had to explain, keeping both the game and the man in the same news cycle.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe interview ran on Cinema Today\u0026#39;s YouTube channel and was conducted with Shinya Tsukamoto, who directed the Tetsuo films and appeared in Shin Godzilla and Shin Kamen Rider. He also voiced Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 4.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKojima tied the war talk to daily life: flooding when it rains, frequent earthquakes, and what he described as a world slowly being damaged. Tsukamoto answered that adults are working to build the conditions for war.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeparately, Physint changed publishers from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios. Kojima Productions issued a statement after speculation that the move involved budget, profitability, and exclusivity concerns.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kojima's prewar comparison ran alongside Tsukamoto in Cinema Today, but the same week Kojima Productions moved Physint from Sony to Xbox. The talk is one data point; the platform move is the other.","twitterPost":"Kojima compared Japan to the prewar era in a Cinema Today talk while Kojima Productions moved Physint from Sony to Xbox.","threadsPost":"Kojima's Cinema Today talk with Shinya Tsukamoto was not the only Kojima Productions news that week. The studio moved Physint from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios, a platform shift that sits in the same news cycle as his remarks on Japan and war.","newsletterBlurb":"Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto sat for a joint interview with Cinema Today, published September 10, and compared Japan's current political climate to the period before World War II. Kojima said Japan could be pulled into a war and that no one is speaking out against it. The talk arrives as Kojima Productions continues to field questions about Physint's move from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-06/metal-gear-hideo-kojima-likens-current-japan-to-nation-just-before-world-war-ii/.242142\",\"title\":\"Metal Gear's Hideo Kojima Likens Current Japan to Nation Just Before World War II\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4369,"outputTokens":662,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791269527,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T06:49:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T06:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T06:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5c4a58ab2938a39d7232c86c","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nMetal Gear's Hideo Kojima Likens Current Japan to Nation Just Before World War II","representativeArticleId":"a_584bad24e862c9271e32fcdd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Metal Gear\"],\"studios\":[\"Kojima Productions\"],\"people\":[\"Hideo Kojima\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-06T05:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-06T05:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T06:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-06/metal-gear-hideo-kojima-likens-current-japan-to-nation-just-before-world-war-ii/.242142","title":"Interest\nMetal Gear's Hideo Kojima Likens Current Japan to Nation Just Before World War II"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Metal Gear"],"studios":["Kojima Productions"],"people":["Hideo Kojima"],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}