Kenji Ozawa is representative director of Studio Sasanqua, the Tokyo studio he founded after directing Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana. The studio is recruiting for seven mid-career development roles and has launched an indie publishing business, with [AFANTASIA] as its first title.
Kenji Ozawa leads Studio Sasanqua as representative director. He directed Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana, and the studio is described as founded by him. In August 2026, Studio Sasanqua opened mid-career recruitment for 7 game development positions: Game Producer, Game Director, Lead Planner, Lead Engineer, Art Director, Environment Artist, and UI Designer. The company said it aims to create games that balance emotional themes with comfort, and that projects are already in development.
By October 2026, the studio had moved into publishing. Studio Sasanqua announced on October 2 that it is launching an indie game publishing business, with [AFANTASIA] as its first title. The game is a point-and-click narrative exploration adventure from Brazilian creator noidnoidnoid, set in the small town of Tempo, where a boy who has lost his memories is guided by a voice called Intrusion. Player choices decide whether he stays in Tempo or leaves for the city. The platform is PC via Steam; the release date and price are undecided.
Ozawa attached himself directly to the project as producer. In a comment, he wrote that choosing to produce was about taking responsibility for how a game reaches people, not about following trends, and concluded, "I'll make them, and I'll sell them." The arrangement ties the studio's own director to production and promotion for each published title, which the announcement frames as an extension of in-house development rather than a separate label function.
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Oct 3
Studio Sasanqua announced on October 2, 2026 that it is launching an indie game publishing business, and named [AFANTASIA] as its first title. The game is a point-and-click narrative exploration adventure from Brazilian creator noidnoidnoid, in which a boy who has lost all of his memories wanders the small town of Tempo guided by a voice called Intrusion that echoes in his head. He picks up fragments of the past, relives other people's memories as if they were his own, and faces both who he was and who he will become. Player choices decide whether he stays in Tempo or heads to the city. The platform is PC via Steam, and the release date and price are undecided. Studio Sasanqua, based in Tokyo, is led by representative director Kenji Ozawa, who served as director of Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana. In a comment, Ozawa wrote that the choice of producing was not about following trends but about taking responsibility for how a game reaches people, and concluded, "I'll make them, and I'll sell them."
Aug 28
Studio Sasanqua, the studio founded by Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa, announced on August 24 that it has begun mid-career recruitment for 7 game development positions. The roles span Game Producer, Game Director, Lead Planner, Lead Engineer, Art Director, Environment Artist, and UI Designer. The company says it aims to create games that balance emotional themes with comfort, and projects are already in development.