{"rewrite":{"id":"r_99b388bc3ce96d50c159a022","clusterId":"c_374a82f78ba52dc73e65e561","slug":"rias-describes-ten-years-of-work-on-kitsune-to-kaeru-no-tabi","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Rias Describes Ten Years Of Work On Kitsune To Kaeru No Tabi","summary":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026, 4Gamer interviewed Rias, the developer of Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni, shown at the room6 booth for Nintendo Switch. Rias said the project has taken nearly ten years including the concept stage, spoke about the demo's added opening and the Kaeru Shuran meal scene, and said directing has been a new experience for them.","whyItMatters":"The interview puts a number on the project's timeline, with Rias saying development has run nearly ten years including planning and that completion now feels close enough to be real.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo at the room6 booth added the story\u0026#39;s opening, set in a run-down modern shrine before the fox girl reaches Adashino Island. Rias told 4Gamer that the ordinary setting exists so the fox and the player enter the strange world on the same footing, rather than having to explain a mysterious place from the start.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRias also pointed to a new scene, Kaeru Shuran, where the frog and the fox rate a meal and react to it. Hearing people laugh at that scene during the show was something Rias called a happy moment.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Rias tells 4Gamer the Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi project has run nearly 10 years including its concept stage, and that the TGS2026 demo's new opening sets up the shift from a run-down shrine into Adashino Island.","twitterPost":"Rias tells 4Gamer that Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi has been in the works nearly 10 years including the concept stage. The TGS2026 demo adds the opening at an ordinary shrine and the Kaeru Shuran meal scene.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Rias, developer of Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni, spoke with 4Gamer at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where the game is at the room6 booth for Nintendo Switch. Rias said the project has taken nearly ten years including its concept stage, and described how the demo's ordinary modern setting is meant to place the player and the fox on the same footing before the story moves into Adashino Island.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/649/G064919/20260920007/\",\"title\":\"Creating a world no one has ever seen from things that exist in reality: An interview with Rias, creator of \\\"Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi\\\" [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4828,"outputTokens":636,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789958663,"createdAt":"2026-09-21T02:39:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_374a82f78ba52dc73e65e561","canonicalTitle":"現実に存在するものから，誰も見たことがない世界を作る。「狐ト蛙ノ旅」を手がけるリアス氏へのインタビュー［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_af17a8129b8506b105e83e06","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-jima no Kotoro Oni\"],\"studios\":[\"room6\"],\"people\":[\"Rias\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-21T01:14:16.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-21T01:14:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T02:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/649/G064919/20260920007/","title":"現実に存在するものから，誰も見たことがない世界を作る。「狐ト蛙ノ旅」を手がけるリアス氏へのインタビュー［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-jima no Kotoro Oni"],"studios":["room6"],"people":["Rias"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}