Bokeh Game Studio has released a new behind-the-scenes development video for their upcoming Survival Horror title Slitterhead, showcasing the motion capture development the team is doing for the project. On top of that, the studio has also taken to X to start tongues wagging regarding the potential involvement of Junji Ito with Slitterhead.
For starters, the video features narration by members of the motion capture team, including Cutscene Director Minoru Kusakabe, who has previous experience working with Bokeh Game Studio’s Keiichiro Toyama for Forbidden Siren and the Gravity Rush series. “Toyama came over to me again when he funded Bokeh Game Studio. From there, I am actively involved in [Slitterhead].”
From there, the video goes over the team’s process of motion capture, what they look for in performances, as well as giving glimpses of the rigged characters from Slitterhead.
Then there’s this post to X, which contains a single zoomed-in image of an illustration of a woman that is very reminiscent of artwork by Junji Ito. Namely, fans immediately started saying that the woman looks very similar to Ito’s 1986 manga, Tomie.
https://twitter.com/BokehGameStudio/status/1707375070208045300
Obviously, Bokeh Game Studio hasn’t outright said that Junji Ito is working with Bokeh Game Studio, nor is this confirmation that he’s contributing to Slitterhead. Still, Ito has dabbled in video games briefly with Junji Ito Maniac. Then there was that conversation a few years back with Hideo Kojima. Until someone mentions something, temper your expectations.
Slitterhead is currently still in development for PC and consoles.