Interview with Video Game Composers Harumi Fujita and Takahiro Izutani at Otakon July 29, 2022

On Friday, July 29, I had the honor to interview Harumi Fujita and Takahiro Izutani on the first day of Otakon. Fujita is a video game composer who has worked on Mega Man 3, Final Fight, Ghosts n’ Goblins, and more for SNK, Capcom, and others.

Takahiro is also a video game composer and has worked on Metal Gear Solid 4, Bayonetta and more. Both are part of Brave Wave Productions.

Under the name Dugo, Takahiro released a solo album, Lingua Franca in 2017.

In the attached interview, they explain how they got started in music, how video game composition technology has advanced (in the beginning you could only play three notes at a time), and Takahiro explains how he joined Brave Wave Productions.

Interview with Junhong Kim, Angelina Foss, and Jenny Zha at Otakon on July 30, 2022

On July 30, I had the honor of interviewing Zanybros cofounder Junhong Kim, Infinitize CEO Jenny Zha, and Zanybros producer, marketer and video director Angelina Foss.


Angelina has multiple roles within video production company and music label Zanybros. She works in marketing, is a producer, and video director and the creative director and head of ZB Label. Angelina has always been interested in entertainment going back to when it was just a hobby. When she was in graduate school in Korea, she saw lots of opportunities for employment. Given her background with international studies, it was a natural transition for her as K-Pop was starting to make it in the global market.


Jenny Zha has been an entrepreneur since she was 16. She’s now the CEO of Infinitize. She has always worked around what she is passionate about and creating businesses has been a way for her to control that and have freedom.


Junhong Kim cofounded Zanybros 20 years ago and it is now internationally known, has over 1,000 video productions, and is one of the largest of its kind in Korea. He always had a passion for videography and creating content so he started his own business with a friend. Zanybros created many of the original music videos for legendary K-Pop artists and set the standard as Jenny explains in the video here. K-Pop star AleXa is also signed with Zanybros.