Hideki Kamiya
Acting
Biography
Hideki Kamiya is a renowned video game designer and director. He began his career at Capcom in 1994, where he directed notable games like Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry. In 2006, he co-founded PlatinumGames, contributing to successful projects such as Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101. Known for his influential and stylish action game designs, Kamiya served as vice president of PlatinumGames until 2023.
Known For
The adventures of the demon hunter Dante who himself is half demon and half human.
Devil May Cry
Viewtiful Joe is a Japanese anime series based on the video game series of the same name. Movie Land is a world where movie characters were real. There was en evil syndicate, Jado, they altered the movie contents at their own will, and they tried to rule the people in the real world by showing the modified movie to them. One day, Joe went to the theatre with his lover Silvia to watch a hero movie, Captain Blue. However, the movie ended with a tragedy no one expected. Captain Blue was helplessly beaten by the evil syndicate Jado. Then, the leader of Jado declared that they would conquer the real world, and they took Silvia into the screen. To take her back, Joe turns into a super hero to battle against them. In the world of "Movie Land", now begins the beautiful battle of Viewtiful Joe.
Viewtiful Joe
This 78-minute documentary covers every aspect of this iconic game’s creation through interviews with director Hideki Kamiya, Bayonetta character designer Mari Shimazaki, producer Yusuke Hashimoto, designers Hiroshi Shibata and Masaaki Yamada, and a selection of other important members of Platinum Games, the creators of the Bayonetta series. The documentary will take you deep into Bayonetta’s origins, in the words of the game creators themselves!