“It was a rich reading experience, even if I wasn’t always reading.”īarely known outside of the gaming world, Miyazaki’s studio – called From Software – is already responsible for two of the most revered games of the last 20 years: the dark fantasy adventure Demon’s Souls and its spiritual sequel, Dark Souls.
“I found so much joy in those stories,” he says, seated in his Tokyo studio, having granted the Guardian a rare interview. That’s why he ended up with works beyond his reading capabilities. His office-worker parents couldn’t afford books or manga, so he had to borrow whatever he could find in the library. After some cajoling, Miyazaki reveals that he grew up “tremendously poor” in the city of Shizuoka, 100 miles south-west of Tokyo.
