Behind the Scenes of Like a Dragon! - Ep 1: A Dragon Reborn

This episode shows the staff of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio taking on the challenge of developing “Like a Dragon 8” shortly after the company's transition to a new structure.
From motion capture filming to a recording session overseen by Director Yokoyama himself, enjoy a rare glimpse at the studio's behind-the-scenes endeavors to achieve the realism that separates their games from other works.
Be sure to watch “Behind the Scenes of Like a Dragon!” and witness the path of the newly reborn Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
#ryugagotoku #yakuza #likeadragon

[@pocketcircuitfighter6291]

Being an rgg fan in this day and age is so fucking good, we got ishin, we are getting gaiden later this year too and next year we will get 8 we made It kyodais

[@renofheavens5890]

i want kenzan too

[@SLDOQ36]

I just can’t stomach the turn based games 😢the story is always amazing tho

[@ioszeged7274]

very cool to see a behind the scenes. Like how the writer is supervising the Voice acting process as well, they know the story best so it makes sense. Thank you for showing this

[@smoothslide]

11:54 man, this session seems intense! that's crazy amount of work...

[@MetaroidAlpha]

From what I can gather from this Behind the Scene: - Ichi is working as a receptionist at Hello Work when he's interviewing Sasaki, former member of the Hiwatashi Clan (probably because of Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance disbanded from last game) - Something happen while he was working there than he was laid out. Doesn't seem to have any resemblance to the Teaser for LAD8 but ok. Still very intriguing to see how they are working behind the screen, and I guess we can expect good thing in the future with the way they go now.

[@Wexcop]

In the 2022 Rgg Summit, they showed some more scenes for LAD 8 at the end of the event and this story you wrote checks out with the few scenes they showed. One of these scene's shows Ichiban emerges from a fountain with a bill. My guess is he's either he's in a bad financial situation like maybe getting laid off, or some counterfeit bill plotline again. Either way, super excited for 8

[@duongnhdn]

Very good observation bro

[@swapniljoshi99]

Like A Dragon 8 has been in development for just over a year now, huh. That's interesting, wonder if we'll get a first look at the game in the near future.

[@loloshua]

Most Yakuza games are made in less than 2 years, yakuza 2 took 364 days

[@swapniljoshi99]

​@@loloshua RGG studio has mentioned that Like A Dragon 8 is their biggest project yet, and they've revealed a 2024 release date without mentioning the exact day or month. All of this makes me think that it's gonna be released around late 2024, and that more previews will be around the latter half of 2023. We'll see when it happens, though, the sooner the better.

[@loloshua]

@@swapniljoshi99 I wouldn't say the sooner the better but I still agree with it

[@ovensmuggler5207]

​@@swapniljoshi99 it was only a matter of time until they would try to make a game bigger than Yakuza 5, hopefully LAD8 doesn't suffer from the same issues 5 suffered due to size (don't get me wrong, 5 is amazing and Shinada is cool)

[@dalton5229]

I'm sure we're going to be seeing quite a bit more.of Gaiden before 8

[@thehalcyonblog]

This is very insightful and super interesting! Especially the attention to detail in the voice-acting; it has always been one of the points that drew me into the series and it makes sense why now. I hope there are many more episodes in the works, thanks for sharing!

[@KaladinVegapunk]

At 7 minutes in It's really impressive they make that effort with blocking and business, it's a major aspect of good filmmaking so you don't just have characters standing in place in shot reverse shot rambling lines like bad movies or going full star wars prequel haha They need to move, change positions, interact with the set

[@zoozbuh]

After watching this, my love for the series makes so much sense. You can tell the amount of love and passion that was poured into these games. With a guy like this directing and being part of EVERY aspect, there's such an attention to detail with the emotion and characters. Damn, this is really one of my favourite series' of all time - I hope they keep making games for years to come.

[@Moveset-Mastery]

It's amazing to see the RGG studio from the inside!

[@Sune]

Thank you so much for uploading this for English-speaking audiences 🙏 Can't wait to see where the story goes in RGG8 and Gaiden!

[@mecompreumcafe]

8:43 LOOK AT THESE DORKS!!! I missed them so much

[@gatts1989]

Thank you so much for this! It's so interesting to see the hard work and effort that RGG puts in their amazing franchise. As a Yakuza-LaD fan, I can't ask for more.

[@BlinChik116]

Очень здорово посмотреть за кулисы разработки, работа над озвучкой феноменальна!

[@SciontheDark]

This was very cool. Thank you for your hard work

[@zealous404]

That ending montage into studio logo drop was sick!

[@BaybeeBat]

Thank you for this ❤️

[@LaCantinadeltarlo]

0:38 Rip the psp ones

[@KazuTree]

RGG didn't develop those games, Syn Sophia did.

[@freak4219]

bring them back ‼️

[@colinanthony2011]

What an awesome video. I love RGG Studio so much. Not just all the Yakuza games, but even other stuff like Judgment. Just an amazing developer

[@juicebiscuit4922]

F.o.t.n.s lost paradise is incredible as well

[@Capnamerica84]

I recently replayed every Yakuza for my stream and am doing Ishin now...such a fantastic studio.

[@1kvkk]

Great like always 😍

[@ZeroEscape2074]

more! more of this please!

[@nasmatique]

Very good concept !

[@alinktoana]

omg yeeeeeeees

[@cortneybrown2257]

the ending scene with Ichiban and the young master is one of the best acted and best executed scenes in any game i've ever played. I had no idea it was all mocap but goddamn did they do it so well

[@magnitudefallout3944]

so long there is priority in quality, we will have faith

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

Fucking love RGG, cannot wait for this to release 😍😍😍

[@loloshua]

Ooh a behind the scenes

[@AZEREuu]

The new organisation is already showing their individuality. Such Making off wasn't part of the old regime. I guess it was more in line with the secretive nature of Yakuza themed stories. I

[@krbraveofficial]

so from what we can tell the previous main party members are returning

[@nishreem4518]

The Music Played at 15:21, Ah, I think that'll be the theme for the Cabaret Club Minigame theme for Like A Dragon Gaiden.

[@alltheworldatmyfeet]

I like this.

[@Alexander-nr5tt]

I'd like to see some Heat Action mocap at some point.

[@Meowloudandproud]

Great game

[@reapeashooter2]

18:10 I bet this is the final boss theme for LAD8

[@vurkroix1751]

Sounds pretty 🔥

[@nishreem4518]

And I bet this theme will be the Final long battle Playing in LAD Gaiden[FINALE]. If not in Gaiden, It'll be Playing in the Final long Battle in Millennium tower in LAD 8[FINALE]. If not that, too, It'll be the Final Boss Theme In Like A Dragon 8 Like you said Before. What would you Like to say about this?

[@scottbowenkelly575]

Preparations of The Upcoming Eighth Sequel of Yakuza 8 Featuring The Return of Two Protagonists Kazuma Kiryu & Ichiban Kasuga With Returning Party Members of Yu Nanba Koichi Adachi Saeko Mukoda Yeonsu-Kim & Tianyou Zhao Plus Some New Upcoming Party Members Will Be Joining as Well With New Characters That Will Be Revealed Soon 🐲

[@LMCD2001]

8:43 I’m dying to know what’s going on here lol

[@melonmaster2892]

oh wow. good thing i just finished 7. might have gotten spoiled.

[@thongquehanoi]

Must Do Russian Dubbing for Judgment and Lost Judgment

[@will9001asd]

With the exception of 3, I beat all the games and judgement spin offs. Yakuza(7): Like a dragon has my favorite story so far. It's so good. Especially knowing Nishiki VA voices Ichiban. Like his soul was brought back for redemption. Only the grinding was a bit annoying to get the team comp with transferrable skills I wanted 😔

[@supersaiyansnack201]

Release a dlc where we can play as akiyama and majima saejima premium adventure

[@hub_1.15]

Lmao no

[@Shade497]

Yakuza 4 and 0

[@supersaiyansnack201]

I played 4 5 and 0 this is the last time we will see them in the series so why not have the ability to play as them

[@mr.purple250]

maybe in gaiden we should have styles or playable characters

[@theoneand0nly874]

Brad pitt in the thumbnail

[@crazyfool1]

i want ichi to fix his hair so bad. He is no longer a hobo plz give dude a slick fade or something

[@juicebiscuit4922]

So I take it the Xbox one version of ishin isn't getting any patches. PS4 and PC were patched to 1.03 and fixed pretty much everything and that was only two days after the game released. Granted the problems on xbone aren't game breaking. But it still makes me feel like playstation 4 and PC users are having a better experience than Xbox users albeit slightly. Frustrating And unfortunately it's difficult to know with AAA devs these days. Even though I hold r.g.g in some of the highest regards I still have to be weary of them because of other AAA devs debauchery.

[@slicksquids]

ICHIBAN'S FORK IN A ELECTRIC SOCKET HAIR IS BACK

[@loloshua]

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