Miyamoto officially recognized as a "Person of Cultural Merit" in Japan

[Zalman]

Person of Cultural Merit is an official Japanese honor awarded to people who have made outstanding cultural contributions. Miyamoto is the first game developer to receive this award. As he points out himself, it's great to see games receive this kind of recognition.

Thanks to Cheesemeister for translating.



Comment from Yuji Naka:

 

[Barn]

That is a classy assed response. Good on Miyamoto.

 

[FiXalaS]

Feels nice to see him recognize this being positive and a get for the game industry as a whole.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

awesome, and well deserved

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

About time! The man is a national treasure.

 

[carlosrox]

Deserved.

What about Iwata?

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Deserved.

What about Iwata?

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He said he couldn't do anything by himself, after all. That said I don't think Japan awards these posthumously.

 

[Tribal_Cult]

I mean, regarding pop culture for the rest of the world, Miyamoto is probably among the 5 most influential Japanese artists ever, if not more. His characters have become basically immortal.

 

[SMD]

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[Catshade]

Ah, I see he's a man of culture as well...

 

[Metal B]

Congratulations, which museum are they gonna put him in?

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Indiana Jones bursting into Nintendo's HQ, grabs Miyamoto and screams "He belongs in a museum!".

 

[massoluk]

Honestly, if he didn't get this honor, no one else in the world deserve it

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

LEGEND


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[Dark Cloud]

Good. Deserved it.

 

[tadaima]

Deserved. Congratulations to him.

 

[Giga Man]

I don't know why it's split in two.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Indiana Jones bursting into Nintendo's HQ, grabs Miyamoto and screams "He belongs in a museum!".

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Oh how the turn tables.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

I mean, regarding pop culture for the rest of the world, Miyamoto is probably among the 5 most influential Japanese artists ever, if not more. His characters have become basically immortal.

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In terms of influential artists of the last century, it's gotta be just Kurosawa (it's pretty damn hard to top Kurosawa's influence period) and maybe Miyazaki above him, right?

 

[KtotheRoc]

I can't think of anyone in the Japanese gaming industry more deserving.

 

[EarthPainting]

If Japan was going to start recognising people from this medium, this was certainly the person to begin with.

 

[Kelanflyter]

It reminds me that is had such a distinction in France already (Chevalier des arts et des lettres)
http://www.jvbib.com/blog/index.php/chevaliers-des-arts-et-des-lettres/

 

[christocolus]

well deserved.

 

[Deleted member 32135]

It reminds me that is had such a distinction in France already (Chevalier des arts et des lettres)
http://www.jvbib.com/blog/index.php/chevaliers-des-arts-et-des-lettres/

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Also in Spain, where he was given the Principe de Asturias award in 2012 for Communication and Humanities.

Guy is a legend and the best representative of the medium.

 

[score01]

Congrats and well deserved! There's a reason why he's an icon - his humble responses just drive home how great a guy he is 👍🏽

 

[Deleted member 10737]

there's a severe lack of miyamoto gifs in this thread

 

[carlosrox]

I can't think of anyone in the Japanese gaming industry more deserving.

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Though he has passed on, Iwata is an easy choice. Dunno if they do posthumous awards or not though.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

LEGEND


inb4someonedisrespectful

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[BGBW]

I guess his next game will be about collecting awards.

 

[SPRidley]

Its incredibleit took so long for his home country, and somewhere were the industry is so important when Spain and France recognised this years before with their own awards.

Im glad that it finally happened though, hopefui more to come for other devs theres.

 

[Giga Man]

I guess his next game will be about collecting awards.

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The next Super Mario collectible will be trophies!

 

[Deleted member 10737]

after Miyamoto, who would you guys say is the second Japanese game developer who deserves this award?

edit: Yuji Horii, maybe?

 

[Geobros]

Well done Miya!!! We love you!! <3

 

[.exe]

He was always a person of cultural merit to me! That's nice though. Makes sense that he would be the first to get it.

 

[HypedBulborb]

Absolute LEGEND.

Now where is Pikmin 4?

 

[GuEiMiRrIRoW]

Where's kojima prize?

 

[Quacktion]

Dude deserves it, he is a legend, even if he got a bit crusty with some of his latest gameplay decisions.

 

[Leo]

Well, Mario is apparently being used as sort of a mascot for the 2020 Olympics, so it's only fair to have this kind of recognition.

 

[CountAntonio]

Deserved. Legend and great example of so.much right in gaming.

 

[AxkilAvenger]

Dude should get a 20 foot statue of him and Mario high fiving. He made me the gamer I am today

 

[dheophe]

I really like this video.

 

[Mantrox]

Well deserved and his response is on point as well.

 

[HyperDimension]

In terms of influential artists of the last century, it's gotta be just Kurosawa (it's pretty damn hard to top Kurosawa's influence period) and maybe Miyazaki above him, right?

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My picks for most influential Japanese artists of the last century:

Anime - Hayao Miyazaki

Architecture - Minoru Yamasaki

Film - Akira Kurosawa

Games - Shigeru Miyamoto

Literature - Haruki Murakami

Manga - Osamu Tezuka

Music - Ryuichi Sakamoto

Honorable mention - Rumiko Takahashi

 

[RestEerie]

My picks for most influential Japanese artists of the last century:

Anime - Hayao Miyazaki

Architecture - Minoru Yamasaki

Film - Akira Kurosawa

Games - Shigeru Miyamoto

Literature - Haruki Murakami

Manga - Osamu Tezuka

Music - Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Manga should be Osamu Tezuka.

 

[Sir_Bumble_Bee]

after Miyamoto, who would you guys say is the second Japanese game developer who deserves this award?

edit: Yuji Horii, maybe?

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Yes, he is known as "Mr. Video Games" in Japan. I'm actually a little surprised Miyamoto was selected before him considering all the talk I hear about Horii being more of a household name

 

[HyperDimension]

after Miyamoto, who would you guys say is the second Japanese game developer who deserves this award?

edit: Yuji Horii, maybe?

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My picks for top 5 most influential Japanese game designers:

1. Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo)

2. Tomohiro Nishikado (Taito)

3. Yu Suzuki (Sega)

4. Yuji Horii (Enix)

5. Hideo Kojima (Konami)

 

[HyperDimension]

Manga should be Osamu Tezuka.

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It is... Unless you ninja'd an earlier revision of my post.

 

[Fat4all]

after Miyamoto, who would you guys say is the second Japanese game developer who deserves this award?

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Shigesato Itoi
Hideo Kojima
Masahiro Sakurai

honestly I can think of a lot of Devs that could deserve the 2nd and beyond spots, and all for slightly different reasons

 

[Fat4all]

Miyamoto was not only a positive force on his own works, but also on the works of those around him.

I'm very happy to see him acknowledged.

 

[squall23]

Manga - Osamu Tezuka

Honorable mention - Rumiko Takahashi

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Manga should be Osamu Tezuka.

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I'd probably put Go Nagai up there, if not a tough 3-way race.

 

[HyperDimension]

I'd probably put Go Nagai up there, if not a tough 3-way race.

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I don't think there'd be much debate over Osamu Tezuka. Dude is called the father of manga/anime. But for runner-up, it would be a close race between Rumiko Takahashi, Go Nagai, and Akira Toriyama.