[From left to right: Akio Shiraishi and Izumi Tsukushi]
Comic Con 2010 has come and gone, and as tradition would have it, we were once again able to catch up with Square Enix’s Music Licensing Division head Izumi Tsukushi and as well marketing and promotions manager Akio Shiraishi to catch up on recent and upcoming happenings from Square Enix’s music department. After a year of steady releases and rumors that the department was shutting down, we were definitely looking forward to getting answers straight from the source.
So, what is the current state of the music department at Square Enix? Will we be getting a NieR lyric book, a Front Mission anniversary box, a Mitsuda-centric “drammatica” album, or a Final Fantasy I-III piano collections album? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our interview after the jump. (more…)
