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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>Opening<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cHello, everyone! I\u2019m the representative director of CyberConnect2, Hiroshi Matsuyama! Today, February 16, marks our 25th Anniversary! Of course, this is our hard work of the past 25 years. I would like to thank everyone we\u2019ve worked with in the industry, and above all, thanks to the many games we\u2019ve worked on and the fans who loved them. Thank you very much!<\/p>\n\u201cSeriously, though! 25 years! 25 years ago, I was just a young 25-year-old myself. We started with just 10 people, all around the same age. And now, we have 3 studios, in Fukuoka, Tokyo, and Montreal. Including new hires, we have a total of 280 staff members now. We\u2019re doing various kinds of work on a large scale. Truly, every day is a happy day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-3\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-12\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 15px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vm-placement\" data-id=\"5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cSo, we\u2019d like to do various things to convey our gratitude for our 25th Anniversary. Throughout the year of our 25th Anniversary, we\u2019d like to release various information and, of course, games as well. But also <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manga<\/a> and other things besides that. We hope you can enjoy and celebrate this 25th Anniversary milestone together with us! We will relay our feelings of gratitude to everyone and also have info broadcasts,<\/p>\n\u201cFor everyone watching this video today, I\u2019d like to announce four major topics.\u201d<\/p>\nTopic 1: Illustrations and Congratulatory Messages<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cFirst, Topic 1: On our special <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cc2.co.jp\/25th\/en\/\">CyberConnect2 25th Anniversary website<\/a>, we\u2019d like to display your illustrations and congratulatory messages. Of course, this includes fans, but also members in the industry: manga artists, animators, and other game creators like us. There\u2019s quite a lot of people who draw. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s black and white or color, and if you can\u2019t draw, you can write a message. We\u2019ll take it and put it all together, and put it on the site, but this leads into the next topic.\u201d<\/p>\nTopic 2: New Song by LieN<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cTopic 2! CyberConnect2 has been producing this for more than 10 years: The music unit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cc2.co.jp\/lien\/\">LieN<\/a>. All releases have been through Bandai Namco Entertainment. This is the unit that\u2019s done the main themes from things like the .hack<\/em> series. But this time, I\u2019m thinking of making a new song this year to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of CyberConnect2. When it\u2019s completed, using the submitted messages and illustrations I mentioned in Topic 1, we\u2019d like to use those and edit them into a sort of music video to share with you. Although these first two topics are a bit connected, we\u2019d be very grateful if you could send us a message or illustration.<\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s one more thing I\u2019d like to say regarding LieN. The situation with the pandemic is still ongoing, but we are currently in the process of making the necessary arrangements to at least have a LieN concert online. We\u2019ll announce more about this when the time comes, so please look forward to it!\u201d<\/p>\nTopic 3: CyberConnect2 Official Web Store<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cAbout Topic 3, CyberConnect2 has just opened its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cc2store-itn.shop-pro.jp\/\">official web store<\/a>. This store offers merch and books not only for Japan\u2013 but also internationally! We\u2019ve made this site so that international fans can also make orders. Much like this video is in Japanese with English subtitles. Everyone who purchases CyberConnect2 merch from the site, we\u2019d like to give you a special postcard that will change every month during the Anniversary year. Starting this month, we\u2019d like to include a set of three postcards with orders. Numbers may run out, so they\u2019ll be on a first come, first served basis, but items are well-priced and we\u2019ll continue to produce them throughout year. On top of this bargain, we\u2019ll include postcards commemorating the 25th Anniversary, do, if you\u2019d like, it\u2019d be great if you could purchase from our web store. There\u2019s a lot on the site, so please have a look!\u201d<\/p>\nTopic 4: Congratulation Gifts<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cAnd lastly, Topic 4! This is usually an inside topic among companies, but five years ago, when CyberConnect2 had its 20th Anniversary\u2014I\u2019m in the Tokyo studio now, but the Tokyo, Fukuoka, and the Montreal studio hadn\u2019t been made yet, we just had the two studios in Fukuoka and Tokyo\u2014but together I\u2019m very grateful, but we received MANY floral arrangements, mostly orchids, so thank you very much for sending them. We\u2019re still caring for many plants here and in the Fukuoka studio, but actually, I\u2019d like you to imagine.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s thanks to everyone that we\u2019ve made it to our 25th Anniversary. We\u2019ve been working for many people up until now. So, we receive many flowers from all those people. In fact, we receive something everyday. Not just today, February 16, but the next, and the next, and the next day for about a week or more, we receive around 100 arrangements. If that happens, um\u2026 we appreciate the sentiment, but our office staff receives flowers all day, from morning to night. When the bell rings, they answer and the florist is like, \u2018Where should I put them?\u2019 Our entrance isn\u2019t that big, so it quickly fills the halls and even in the development room. It\u2019s like whole place turns into a flower shop, and our office staff is literally covered in pollen. But they give off such a lovely fragrance, it\u2019s almost like really nice perfume filling the halls, but it\u2019s a difficult environment to work in, right? I\u2019ll talk more about this next, but this time we\u2019d like to decline floral arrangements. We\u2019d really appreciate it if you could refrain from sending flowers.<\/p>\n\u201cInstead, we set up our wishlist for this purpose. As game developers, we at CyberConnect2 continue to do our best more than ever before. On top of that, we always budget our capital investments every year. If we could add a little something, like upgrading tools just enough so things don\u2019t change much, or things to make everyday work easier. When we only thought about how to make the time spent in the office a little more comfortable for the staff. Everybody thought really hard, and we ended up making a long list. Listed items are seriously all over the place, some small things that people are particular about, or just worth 500 yen. We\u2019ve placed some hefty items on the list as well, like some ten thousand yen monitors and such. Of course, we\u2019d appreciate anything.<\/p>\n\u201cSo, if you think, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s CyberConnect2\u2019s 25th Anniversary. Go send \u2019em some flowers!\u2019 Maybe people are instructed by their bosses to do this, but we thank all who are watching this video and hope you can share it, too! \u2018Actually, CyberConnect2 said they\u2019d prefer this over flowers.\u2019 Actually, there\u2019s many things cheaper than flowers. I\u2019m very sorry for the hassle, but it\u2019s not problem if you randomly pick something form the list. If you\u2019d like, it would really help us if you send gifts this way. We\u2019ll be opening the wishlist to the public, so even fans can use it. Please feel free to send something that\u2019s on the list for cheap. Anything like that would make the staff happy. Of course, there is no obligation, so please have a look if you\u2019d like. We\u2019d be extremely grateful if you could support us in this manner.\u201d<\/p>\nClosing<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cSo, in this video today, we discussed these four topics. We\u2019re developing the special Anniversary site little by little for this year. We\u2019re preparing quite a lot for it, so we\u2019ll make more announcements at the proper time. This CyberConnect2 25th Anniversary is really all thanks to you. So, we hope you\u2019ll have a fun time along with us and hopefully we can connect even a little online during this pandemic. I hope this will be a special year, and watch out for additional announcements. We\u2019ll be releasing more information in the future.<\/p>\n\u201cAs that first step, I wanted to talk about these four topics. Once again, I\u2019d like to start this special year here! This is the official start of CyberConnect2\u2019s 25th Anniversary Year! This is all thanks to you! We will continue to do our best to create various works with our whole being! Thank you very much for your support.<\/p>\n\u201cThis was CyberConnect2\u2019s Hiroshi Matsuyama!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/i>Sal Romano<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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