The Digimon Games Community website posted a series of interviews with Digimon creators between August and December 2017, held by Digimon game producer Kazumasa Habu. The following is a translation of an interview with character designer Kenji Watanabe, posted on August 9 and August 22, 2017. (Character designer Kenji Watanabe | WiZ toy planner Maekawa
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