Jin Fujisawa Wins Grand Prize at note Creative Awards 2026
Jin Fujisawa, former director of the Dragon Quest series and now general director of Daiyon Kyokai, took the Grand Prize at the Creative Awards 2026, co-hosted by the text platform note and the story posting site TALES.
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Why it matters
The prize puts a former major-studio director's account of starting over in independent development in front of 180,206 entries' worth of competition, with discussions now under way toward book publication and film adaptation.
Key Facts
- Jin Fujisawa won the Grand Prize at the Creative Awards 2026, co-hosted by note and TALES.
- Fujisawa is the former director of the Dragon Quest series and general director of Daiyon Kyokai.
- His winning work is titled "I Thought I Wanted to Make a Game Just One More Time."
- The awards received 180,206 entries in total.
- The work also received the Film Art Sha Award.
His winning work, "I Thought I Wanted to Make a Game Just One More Time," records his path from retiring as a game director at Square Enix to building a new game from scratch.
The work also received the Film Art Sha Award, one of the media prizes tied to the awards. Film Art Sha's judging comments said the judges were drawn to the way Fujisawa explores new forms of storytelling, and praised the piece for carrying both the difficulty and the joy of making things.
The account begins with Fujisawa declaring his retirement as a game director when he left Square Enix, then finding a certain game while working out what to do next. From there it follows the construction of an entirely new game.
Awards organizers announced 74 winning works in total. The Grand Prize carries a trophy and prize money, and talks with each media outlet are set to proceed on book publication, film adaptation, and coverage.
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