ANONYMOUS;CODE interview with localization producer Yu Namba at GDC 2023

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Gematsu sat down with ANONYMOUS;CODE localization producer Yu Namba at Game Developers Conference 2023 to discuss the latest entry in the Science Adventure series, with a focus on its localization and bringing the game to an English audience.

Get the full interview below.

You’re the localization producer on ANONYMOUS;CODE. Can you give us a little rundown of what your day-to-day work involves?

Yu Namba, Localization Producer: “For this particular project, we have contacted a translator who specifically caters towards the Science Adventure series since ANONYMOUS;CODE is the latest game in the series and has a decent amount of ties to the past titles—anywhere from small cameo appearances here and there, to some very important core concepts that were discussed in, let’s say, STEINS;GATE, that carries over to ANONYMOUS;CODE.

“So we wanted to keep the integrity of the terms and concepts from throughout the series. That’s why we reached out to this gentleman by the name of Andrew Hodgson, who also goes by the name of Steiner, who did the translation for STEINS;GATE. He tag teamed with an editor to provide us with localized text. And then on our end at Spike Chunsoft, myself and other editors went through the localized text to double check everything before we implemented it into the game itself and began English voice recording.”

This is the first game in the Science Adventure series that’s getting English voice acting. Is that correct?

Namba: “Yes. STEINS;GATE had an English dub for the anime, but I believe in terms of games, ANONYMOUS;CODE will be the very first to feature English voice-overs.”

So why now? What was the process like for selecting and working with the English voice actors?

Namba: “So I’m going to be totally