Japanese film news outlet Cinema Today released a joint interview with video game director Hideo Kojima and filmmaker and actor Shinya Tsukamoto on September 10. While discussing current war-themed video games and the state of the world (especially for young people) in the interview, Kojima and Tsukamoto likened the current Japanese political climate to pre-World War II Japan.

Kojima began by saying, “So many wars are breaking out. It looks like Japan might get pulled into a war too, and there’s no one speaking out against it. The world is slowly being damaged. It floods when it rains, and there are so many earthquakes, too. It’s terrible.”

Tsukamoto responded, “There are many adults intent on creating the environment for war.”

Kojima continued, “It’s like [pre-WWII] Japan. During desperate times, what people with the reins of power do is go to war.”

The full video is currently available on the Cinema Today channel on YouTube:

Kojima is best known for creating the Metal Gear video game series. The video game director then created the critically acclaimed 2019 game Death Stranding. Physint, an upcoming game from Kojima and his production company Kojima Productions, recently changed publishers from Sony Interactive Entertainment to Xbox Game Studios. Kojima Productions released a statement following speculation that the change in publisher came amid concerns of “budget, potential profitability and exclusivity.”

Tsukamoto is best known as the director of the Tetsuo film series. The filmmaker has also appeared in Ichi the Killer as Jijii, Sexy Voice and Robo as Takeo Hayashi, Shin Godzilla as Kunio Hazama, and Shin Kamen Rider as Hiroshi Midorikawa. Tsukamoto has also lent his voice to Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid series as Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 4.

Sources: Cinema Today’s YouTube channel via Hachima Kikō

Voice actor Haruka Fukuhara, Kaguya-sama: Love is War‘s Tsubame Koyasu, announced on Saturday that she had gotten married to professional soccer player and Japanese National team member Takefusa Kubo. In a joint statement released to their Instagram pages, the couple thanked their fans and supporters.

As of press time, Fukuhara and Kubo’s announcement has received over 5 million likes and over 18,000 replies combined, most of which are congratulations from the couple’s respective fans and colleagues.

Fukuhara’s first starring role was Main Hiiragi in the 2009 hybrid anime/live-action television series Cookin’ Idol Ai! Mai! Main! She also played Tsubame Koyasu in the Kaguya-sama: Love is War series and Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard in the Kirakira Precure a la Mode anime series. She performed ending theme songs for the anime Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Kaguya-sama: Love is War. She has appeared in After the Rain as Yui Nishida, Hula Fulla Dance as Hiwa Natsunagi, Hello World as Mirei Kadenokōji, and Sing a Bit of Harmony as Satomi Amano.

Sources: Haruka Fukuhara‘s Instagram account, Takefusa Kubo’s Instagram account, Ken On via Otakomu