Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa has announced that he's founded his own studio by the name of Studio Sasanqua.
As spotted by Automaton Media, the website for Studio Sasanqua went live yesterday, along with a teaser trailer (which is entirely in Japanese) announcing the studio and its name. The studio will apparently begin by working on smaller-scale projects before transitioning to larger games.
In case you need a reminder, Ozawa left his previous employer, Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studios, back in December. His departure came after the studio reportedly laid off a large amount of its employees on the day of the game's release.
Speaking to Automaton, Ozawa said that he was moved to start Studio Sasanqua because he frequently saw managers not taking responsibility for failed projects. Ozawa believes that "management needs to protect creators", and that seems to be what he's intending to do with Studio Sasanqua.
According to Automaton, Ozawa will begin by developing small-scale games in Unreal Engine, but eventually, the goal is to transition to "full-blown, original PC/console games" (that's Automaton's wording, not Ozawa's).
You can check out the brief teaser trailer for Studio Sasanqua right here. Again, be aware...
