By Jen Bosier, Contributor Any Studio Ghibli fan is familiar with Joe Hisaishi‘s work — he is behind most of the memorable soundtracks in Mayazaki’s catalog. Hisaishi’s music always feels like the dainty bow that ties together the rest of the Ghibli charm, as it both sets the stage and carries us along the hero’s journey. It was then, perhaps, integral that Hisaishi bring his tell-tale sound and talent to Studio Ghibli‘s and Level-5’s JRPG, “Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.” In the original soundtrack, Hisaishi has managed to create a sound which is familiar yet wholly unique to Oliver’s tale.
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Ni no Kuni: The Interview
The term Japanese Role-Playing Game (JRPG) is useful shorthand for a certain way of character-led storytelling and combat mechanisms. But there are times when it’s tempting to recognize such rubric as restrictive and embrace games merely as beautiful tales, without cultural baggage. Few people, for example, talk about ‘German Fairy-Tales’.
This suits Level-5 and its ally, animation house Studio Ghibli just fine, as they jointly seek to bring us the wondrous world of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, translated and localized from a Japanese version launched last year.
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