#164 - David Crislip Interview (Former Localizer At Capcom)

David Crislip has had quite the life! The man studied Japanese at
Ohio University before moving to Japan to become an English
Teacher there before ending up at Capcom Japan where he did
localization for over 10+ years.


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SOCIAL MEDIA


TWITTER - @DavidCrislip


INSTAGRAM - @davidcrislip


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


01:20 - What Prompted David Wanted To Learn Japanese


02:50 - How Long It Takes To Be Fluent In Japanese/Being An
English Teacher In Japan


05:20 - Early Days Of Localisation Capcom Japan


06:20 - Why Direct Translation Doesn’t Work


08:16 - Japanese Is A Very Dense Language


09:00 - How Localisation Has Changed From The Old Days


11:20 - Playing Games In Different Dubs


12:30 - Ghost Of Tsushima Is An Example Of A Western Game That
Got Japanese Correct


13:20 - Lip Flapping In The Old Days Vs Now/David Is Glad He
Doesn’t Have To Localise AAA Games These Days


14:10 - Immigration Officers Geeking Out Over David Working At
Capcom


16:42 - David’s Favourite Capcom Games


19:45 - Resident Evil 4 Remake


20:30 - Capcom Were Aware Well Making Resident Evil 4 That It
Would Be Special


22:20 - Capcom’s Renaissance Is Very Gratifying


24:00 - David’s Favourite Capcom Game To Work On


25:45 - Capcom Have Westernised Games With Japanese Flavour


26:15 - How David Ended Up Voicing Winston Payne/Recording Lines


28:10 - Difference Between Translating Text Vs Dialog


29:40 - The Misunderstanding Gamers Have Of Localisation


31:00 - How Long It Took David To Adapt To Japanese Culture


35:10 - Its Very Difficult To Get A Job At Capcom/Applying For
Jobs In Japan


36:40 - Japanese Are Aware Of Western Culture/Language Shapes
Your Behaviour 


38:15 - David Doesn’t Translate In His Head Whether Its Japanese
Or English


39:15 - Why Lay Offs Don’t Happen Often In Japan


42:00 - Japanese & Western Games Are Both On Equal Footing
Now


43:00 - Consoles David Plays/David Shows Off His Game Collection


44:15 - David’s Favourite Game Of All Time/David Plays Games Most
Days


46:09 - David’s Advice For Getting Into The Video Game Industry
In Japan


48:07 - Where To Follow David Crislip