Okay, so it’s been tradition since 2008 that we’d sit down with Square Enix Music’s Promotion’s Manager, Akio Shiraishi, and head of the licensing department, Izumi Tsukushi, at San Diego Comic Con to talk about all the latest happenings within their division. Unfortunately since Square Enix’s merchandising team has expanded their action figure line so dramatically, they were unable to bring music to this year’s event. That meant no Akio Shiraishi and no sit-down with the duo.
We’ve got a fix, however, and have been able to speak with Akio Shiraishi after the fact. As usual, we follow-up on a lot of items brought up in previous years (read 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011‘s interviews). It sounds like they have a lot in store for the Final Fantasy franchise in particular before 2012 (the franchises’s 25th anniversary) is through, so read on. (more…)
