The Tenth Mosaic Festival Lines Up Kodaka, Mizuguchi, Toyama Talks
The festival gathers a rare cross-section of Japanese and French game creators in one Tokyo venue, with several talk sessions already sold out before the event opens.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Archipel will hold The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen. The lineup includes talks with Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada, a Rez 25th anniversary session with Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Ken Ishii, a horror panel with Keiichiro Toyama and Frederic Raynal, and a Persona 30th anniversary talk. Shuhei Yoshida curates an indie legacy showcase with 15-plus titles, and music sets include Yuzo Koshiro and Saori Kobayashi. Several talk sessions have already sold out.
Festival entry runs 2,000 yen, with talk sessions requiring a separate 3,000 yen ticket. The Yoko Taro, Persona 30th anniversary, and Eric Chahi sessions have already sold out. The indie legacy showcase, curated by Shuhei Yoshida, traces Japanese indie history through 15-plus titles including LA-MULANA, Cave Story, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and The Exit 8, with talks on September 23. The full talk and music lineup follows.
- Yoko Taro x Keisuke Okabe talk: September 22, 11:00-12:00, tickets sold out
- Frederic Raynal x Keiichiro Toyama x Makoto Shibata x Hifumi Kono panel: September 22, 14:00-15:30
- Rez 25th anniversary lecture with Tetsuya Mizuguchi: September 22, 17:00-18:30
- Persona 30th anniversary panel with Katsura Hashino, Shigenori Soejima, Shoji Meguro: September 23, 10:30-12:00, tickets sold out
- Eric Chahi x Fumito Ueda talk: September 23, 14:00-15:00, tickets sold out
- Kazutaka Kodaka x Masafumi Takada talk: September 23, 17:00-18:00
- yusuke3rd live: September 22, 10:00-12:00
- DHY live: September 22, 13:30-14:30
- hally (VORC) live: September 22, 15:00-17:00
- Saori Kobayashi live: September 22, 18:00-19:00
- Rez 25th anniversary live (KO-ney): September 22, 19:30-20:30
- yusuke3rd live: September 23, 10:00-12:00
- Enemy Zero acoustic live (Shono Isomura, Kumi Tanioka): September 23, 13:00-14:00
- Yusaku Kato live: September 23, 14:30-15:30
- Yuzo Koshiro live: September 23, 16:30-17:30
- Game Medley (KO-ney): September 23, 18:00-19:00
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