Interview Segment 4
New Orbital Frame "Nephtis" |
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Please talk about the concept of the new Orbital Frame "Nephtis".
Shinkawa : It is the next model and improved version of Neith.
Neith from the previous game had a silhouette with both male and female images. Nephtis does not have a female-like chest.
Shinkawa : This comes off.
It's a removable part?
Shinkawa : I am thinking of a version when it is damaged.
It comes off and you get to see its breasts.
What do you think? (laughs)
Won't you get in trouble for that? (laughs)
Shinkawa : How about realistic breasts showing! If I get reprimanded for this, I'll say, "It's just a robot." (laughs)
There is another female robot in the game. I'll give her a glamourous body and give Nephtis the physique of a bodybuilder.
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The image of a stateless flower.
On the top left is the writing of
("HYAKKA" : hundred flowers). |
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Rear view of Nephtis.
The thrusters by the legs resemble those of Neith. |
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How powerful is this new frame?
Who's the frame runner that boards this? |
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Instead of the chest being feminine, the shoulders, back, and thrusters have curvatures that give Nephtis a female look, atmosphere, and elegance.
Shinkawa : The image for Neith was "flowers", and I tried to exaggerate this flower image this time. So the shoulder armor looks like petals, and the thrusters are green.
The sketch contains the word ("HYAKKA" : hundred flowers).
Shinkawa : There's such a word, isn't there? There is a apparel brand that I like, and a designer of this company wanted to come up with a lineup with the image of flowers. This designer asked a Japanese staff working there for a Japanese word that conveys the image of many flowers. And that's how they came up with ("HYAKKA" : hundred flowers). I heard this story and used this word. I saw Brad Pitt wearing this too.
What flower did you have in mind?
Shinkawa : Nothing in particular, really.
It seems neither Japanese or western.
Shinkawa : It is pretty much stateless.
I wanted it to fly quickly, so the legs come with thrusters that open up when DASHing. You don't see this yet.
Nephtis wears a ring. The model has the ring drawn in the texture. When I asked the modeller to create the ring as part of the ring, the modeller was like "No way!". (laughs) The ring isn't that visible anyways.
The ornament on the head looks like a flower.
The "earrings" and "hair ornament" are very feminine.
Shinkawa : The "hair ornament" is a pistil of a flower. |
When designing female mechs, are there any actual models you have in mind?
Shinkawa : How on earth could there be models for these! (laughs)
Is it the same for you to draw female robots and female humans? Do you try to draw them cute?
Shinkawa : I did not go for cuteness. This isn't Nephtis, but I had "flowers" and "geisha" in mind for this other character. |
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Beautiful flowers come with thorns...
Nephtis blocks the way in front of Jehuty. |
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