That Takayuki Yamada is now a VTuber! The music video "Takayuki Yamada 4G, Launch" is released to introduce PS4's hottest titles!

Tokyo, June 28, 2012 - Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today released "PS4® Lineup Music Video 'Takayuki Yamada 4G, Launch' ft. PS4® Lineup Music Video "Takayuki Yamada 4G, Launch" ft.

"PS4® Lineup Music Video 'Takayuki Yamada 4G, Startup' ft. Pa's Lam System" is a collaboration with various artists ranging from track makers, musicians, idols, and rakugo storytellers. The video is the latest in the "PS4® Lineup Music Video" series, which introduces game titles in collaboration with a variety of artists, from track makers to musicians, idols and rakugo storytellers. This time, Takayuki Yamada, the popular face of PS4 commercials, introduces 18 of this summer's hottest PS4 software titles from the latest titles currently on sale and those scheduled for release.

Takayuki Yamada has played a variety of playful characters in the past, but this time he has become a "virtual YouTuber"!　In the video, "Yamada Takayuki 4G: YAMADA TAKAYUKI FOR GAME," a game analysis AI character created based on a 3D scan of Takayuki Yamada's own facial expression, introduces a diverse lineup of new PS4 titles. However, while analyzing the games, the artificial intelligence develops "a certain emotion" and the system goes into overdrive--enjoy the unexpected development.

The music will be composed by Pa's Lam System and Porter Robinson, track makers of the post-EDM (electronic dance music) generation, as well as media such as the SKRILLEX-owned web media "NESTHQ" and the influential worldwide music information site "Pitchfork. Pitchfork, a globally influential music information site, and other media. Look out for the collaboration between AI, played by Takayuki Yamada, and up-and-coming electric music.

Storyboard

▲Yamada Takayuki 4G (YMD4G), an artificially intelligent virtual recommender who analyzes all kinds of games and suggests them to mankind.

▲YMD4G is obsessed with Playstation®VR, turns into a soccer ball, and overheats with excitement. As he analyzes the fascinating game, Yamada Takayuki 4G becomes engrossed in the game and shows diverse changes, but in his excitement, the system shuts down.

Yamada Takayuki 4G suddenly begins to behave in unexpected ways, as if the system was forced to shut down ....... The game begins to run amok.

▲Yamada Takayuki 4G, awakened by a sense of fun, goes out of control.

Yamada Takayuki 4G refuses to comply with the management system's request to stop the game immediately, and whispers, "More, more, more! My playful spirit! The climax of the game is reached with the decisive line, "I'm going to play with my playful spirit! The climax of the film comes with the climactic line, "I'm going to whisper more and more, I'm going to whisper more and more! The film ends with Takayuki Yamada 4G, who has reached his maximum tension, shouting, "Play, play, play, play!

Production Secrets

3D scan of Takayuki Yamada's 50 different facial expressions
Yamada Takayuki 4G" was created by scanning 50 different facial expressions of Yamada Takayuki himself.
During the scanning process, Mr. Yamada's rich facial expressions brought a smile to the staff's faces, and the entire process proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. The cool, smug, and even funny expressions that were created by Yamada herself are a sight to behold.

Just like that character!
The recording of the narration by Takayuki Yamada himself lasted several hours, and his acting ability and concentration in playing different characters in each scene was a masterpiece.
He was so focused and focused on each scene that it was a real treat to watch him play each character. Yamada's acting was so similar to that character that the recording studio was very excited. Please pay attention to the lines as well.

Cast Information
Takayuki Yamada Profile
Official website→#
Official Instagram→#

Born on October 20, 1983.
He made his acting debut in 1999. His representative works include "Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World" ('04), "WATER BOYS" ('03), "Byakuya Gyo" ('06), "CROWS ZERO" series, "YAKKIN USHIJIMAKUN Series", "YUSHIGHKO the Brave and the Seven", etc. The Seven", etc.

He has been used as a commercial character for PlayStation®4 since 2015.
He is currently starring in the movie "50 Times First Kiss" and "Hard Core", and his TV drama "dele" (TV Asahi) will start airing in July.


Pa's Lam System Profile
Official website→#
Official Twitter

Pa's Lam System is a three-member track maker unit. They have been producing high quality and catchy dance music, and their floor-like music has been highly acclaimed by DJs in Japan and abroad. Pa's Lamar's music has also been featured on the influential American indie music website Pitchfork, and has been gaining global recognition beyond Japan.


Comments from Pa's Lam System
This project was more difficult than I had expected, but it was refreshing to work with not only the music but also the visual artists to create a single piece of work. When I saw the video, Takayuki Yamada, the AI who gradually went crazy, was very interesting. By the way, I bought "Detroit: Become Human" after that (laughs). The AI that gradually gets crazier and the music that changes along with it are appealing!　Furthermore, I think the game introduction perfectly conveys the fun of the game, so if you are interested in the game, I hope you will play it!

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■Video Staff List
Planning and production : SIX + Hakuhodo + Tohokushinsha
CD + Planning + C : Yuta Okuyama (SIX)
Planning + AD : Eiichi Tanigawa (Hakuhodo)
Planning + PR: Keita Togawa (Hakuhodo)
Planning + C: Yuki Yokoi (Hakuhodo)
Producer: Shunji Aso, Tatsuya Haruhara (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
Production Manager: Atsushi Matsui (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
Direction + Motion Graphics: UKYO Inaba (EPOCH)
Offline: Takashi Tanaka
Online: Toshiro Tabata (CONNECTION)
CG Producer: Hisamichi Kido (Omnibus Japan)
CG Production Manager: Ayako Yoshioka (Omnibus Japan)
CG Director: Hiroshi Murakami
Modeling artist: Yuuma Murakami (OMNIBUS JAPAN)
Animation artist: Yusuke Akita (OMNIBUS JAPAN)
Digital artist: Hiroyuki Sugibayashi, Masaaki Nakae, Ryota Yamamoto (OMNIBUS JAPAN)
Technical artist：Atsunori Kuroki（OMNIBUS JAPAN)
Face Modeling SV：Ryuichi Matsumoto（ModelingCafe)
Face Modeling artist：Atsuo Ichimaru（ModelingCafe)
CG Producer: Taiyo Sato (ModelingCafe)
3D Scan: Fumihiko Kamemura (Logoscope)
3D Scan: Takahiro Shimbu
3D Scan: Nobuyuki Asaoka (OMNIBUS JAPAN)
UI Design: Yasushi Okura
Motion Graphics: Shinnosuke Arima (EDP graphic works)
MA: Shingo Otaka (OMNIBUS JAPAN)
Sound effect：Yoshiaki Tokunaga (ONPa)
Music Composer： Pa's Lam System
Music Producer：Keisuke Tominaga（PIANO)
Narrator：Takayuki Yamada
Narrator：Kumiko Ikebe

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