Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGurl
@marzgurl.com
Anime subs/closed caption/video editor - not a translator
(DanDaDan, Gundam GQuuuuuuX, etc.)
Add'l Voice: Beyblade Burst QuadStrike / X, etc.
Schuyler - Last War: Survival
http://twitch.tv/marzgurl
http://kaylynsaucedo.com
http://marzgurl.com
she/her
(DanDaDan, Gundam GQuuuuuuX, etc.)
Add'l Voice: Beyblade Burst QuadStrike / X, etc.
Schuyler - Last War: Survival
http://twitch.tv/marzgurl
http://kaylynsaucedo.com
http://marzgurl.com
she/her
💫 Cosplayers 💫
I challenge YOU to post a retro cosplay. Copy, quote and
#LetItRip
I guess the text means, hey, cosplay something old. But this is also an old picture. This was... what, 15 years ago? Fio, from Metal Slug 3 (The glasses are there, the picture is just shit.)
I challenge YOU to post a retro cosplay. Copy, quote and
#LetItRip
I guess the text means, hey, cosplay something old. But this is also an old picture. This was... what, 15 years ago? Fio, from Metal Slug 3 (The glasses are there, the picture is just shit.)
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
💫 Cosplayers 💫
I challenge YOU to post a retro cosplay. Copy, quote and
#LetItRip
I guess the text means, hey, cosplay something old. But this is also an old picture. This was... what, 15 years ago? Fio, from Metal Slug 3 (The glasses are there, the picture is just shit.)
I challenge YOU to post a retro cosplay. Copy, quote and
#LetItRip
I guess the text means, hey, cosplay something old. But this is also an old picture. This was... what, 15 years ago? Fio, from Metal Slug 3 (The glasses are there, the picture is just shit.)
Ah, there we go! Now that Yaiba is up on Netflix, I finally found myself credited at the end of the episodes for closed captions and forced narratives.
That same credit had gone up on Anime News Network a while back, but I actually don't know where the credit was seen officially prior to this!
That same credit had gone up on Anime News Network a while back, but I actually don't know where the credit was seen officially prior to this!
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ah, there we go! Now that Yaiba is up on Netflix, I finally found myself credited at the end of the episodes for closed captions and forced narratives.
That same credit had gone up on Anime News Network a while back, but I actually don't know where the credit was seen officially prior to this!
That same credit had gone up on Anime News Network a while back, but I actually don't know where the credit was seen officially prior to this!
It's time to fire up the start of another Final Fantasy game today! We're gonna get started on that original Famicom version of Final Fantasy III today in a little under an hour, starting at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's time to fire up the start of another Final Fantasy game today! We're gonna get started on that original Famicom version of Final Fantasy III today in a little under an hour, starting at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
there are four types of guys online, no exceptions
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
there are four types of guys online, no exceptions
We literally got halfway through The Final Fantasy Legend on the livestream in one go last week, and I'm gonna see how far we can get today, in less than an hour from now at 12:00 Noon PST. My characters are super-powered and ready to to kick ass. Link in the next post at the top of the hour!
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We literally got halfway through The Final Fantasy Legend on the livestream in one go last week, and I'm gonna see how far we can get today, in less than an hour from now at 12:00 Noon PST. My characters are super-powered and ready to to kick ass. Link in the next post at the top of the hour!
I will say that people like Kitase, Nomura, and others have all said there was just this crazy vacuum with no singular vision steering the ship when Sakaguchi left, and management was too big and didn't know what they were doing.
![Yoshinori Kitase
Director, Square Japan
Let’s see, what can I say here? At the time, Sakaguchi-san held a unique position at Square. He was simultaneously an executive vice president, a board member of the company and a game developer himself. There’s no one quite like that in the company today, so in that sense, things did change a lot.
Tetsuya Nomura
Character and battle visual director, Square Japan
Yeah, Sakaguchi-san had shaped so many different things at Square. Now there’s multiple, different voices.
Yoshinori Kitase
Director, Square Japan
That singular vision kind of changed when he left — as Nomura said, instead of Sakaguchi-san deciding things alone, when he left, there was a greater diversity of ideas that flowed in.
Hiroshi Kawai
Character programmer, Square Japan
It’s one of those [things] where, when somebody like Sakaguchi-san, who had such authority in the company, kind of just disappears, there’s this vacuum that exists where nobody can really arbitrate between your devs and your artists and your game designers. And in that environment, most people — especially in Square — tended to avoid conflict and try to resolve things as best as possible. And unfortunately, the way each individual tried to resolve it wasn’t necessarily in the end user’s interests.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a6pmadwqt3aiylx5gf53vh6o/bafkreida37kxwq3ltt7o6vwd2n2zb4pifkj2tyk5746ohcafnnwpzfskdy@jpeg)
![Kazuyuki Hashimoto
CG supervisor, Square Japan; Chief technical officer and senior vice president, Square USA
Especially during the Final Fantasy 7 period, Sakaguchi-san made every big decision. That was why everybody moved quickly. It was so exciting. And after Sakaguchi-san left, no one wanted to take responsibility, so all the decision making needed lots of approvals, which took a long, long time. The company didn’t move very quickly. It suffered from “big company disease.”
Shinichiro Kajitani
Vice president, Square USA
When Sakaguchi-san wanted to make a decision, it would just happen like that. But after he left, several people had to do it. … It became more of a committee-based thing, so it took a lot more time to get things done.
Yoshihiro Maruyama
Executive vice president, Square U.S.
Management was totally changing at Squaresoft. They went from one extreme to the other. Before then, they had no control over costs. But all of a sudden, cost control became a big deal.
Motonori Sakakibara
Movie director, Square
The company seemed like it was becoming [more about costs than creativity]. At the beginning of this interview, I mentioned that Square was very creative — the first priority was creativity, right? But I think after the movie project, they changed some of the direction of the company, especially after Sakaguchi left.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a6pmadwqt3aiylx5gf53vh6o/bafkreiheobmdclqnu4ac22m7dlupswha6akkaahc3z5luryoyymszcbchu@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I will say that people like Kitase, Nomura, and others have all said there was just this crazy vacuum with no singular vision steering the ship when Sakaguchi left, and management was too big and didn't know what they were doing.
Nah, the shoes in this picture are genuinely more comfortable than the boots she originally wore in Final Fantasy VIII.
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Nah, the shoes in this picture are genuinely more comfortable than the boots she originally wore in Final Fantasy VIII.
I cosplayed as Fujin from Final Fantasy VIII over 20 years ago, and I think it's time to bring her back, but casual, easy, completely unrecognizable in daily situations, and with wildly more comfortable shoes.
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I cosplayed as Fujin from Final Fantasy VIII over 20 years ago, and I think it's time to bring her back, but casual, easy, completely unrecognizable in daily situations, and with wildly more comfortable shoes.
At the top of the hour, I'm playing more of The Final Fantasy Legend, still right at the beginning of the game, and get ready, because I power leveled my party like crazy. See you at 12:00 Noon PST! Link in the next post at that time.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At the top of the hour, I'm playing more of The Final Fantasy Legend, still right at the beginning of the game, and get ready, because I power leveled my party like crazy. See you at 12:00 Noon PST! Link in the next post at that time.
Official City Hunter 40th anniversary sneaker collab with Fila.
(hearing the song "Footsteps" in the distance)
(hearing the song "Footsteps" in the distance)
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Official City Hunter 40th anniversary sneaker collab with Fila.
(hearing the song "Footsteps" in the distance)
(hearing the song "Footsteps" in the distance)
Hell yeah, Running Man time.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hell yeah, Running Man time.
I'm telling you guys, The Bouncer may have failed, but Nomura never gave up on all that work he did, and he wants you to remember that he still remembers.
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm telling you guys, The Bouncer may have failed, but Nomura never gave up on all that work he did, and he wants you to remember that he still remembers.
No, no, no, friends, Sion doesn't look like Sora. That's backwards. Sora looks like somebody was upset that the Sion design was too good to be wasted on The Bouncer so it was rearranged to be a child so he could play with Disney characters.
Nomura has said parts of Sion (& Cloud/Tidus) are in Sora.
Nomura has said parts of Sion (& Cloud/Tidus) are in Sora.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No, no, no, friends, Sion doesn't look like Sora. That's backwards. Sora looks like somebody was upset that the Sion design was too good to be wasted on The Bouncer so it was rearranged to be a child so he could play with Disney characters.
Nomura has said parts of Sion (& Cloud/Tidus) are in Sora.
Nomura has said parts of Sion (& Cloud/Tidus) are in Sora.
More than just whether you liked the structure of the doc. DAYS of "both-sides"ing--you seem to see what was wrong with management, but also the issues many of us had weren't good enough for you, & you think you know who did/didn't have info, & I PROMISE you, you don't know because you WEREN'T THERE
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More than just whether you liked the structure of the doc. DAYS of "both-sides"ing--you seem to see what was wrong with management, but also the issues many of us had weren't good enough for you, & you think you know who did/didn't have info, & I PROMISE you, you don't know because you WEREN'T THERE
One day I will finally cosplay as Sion from The Bouncer at a convention, doomed to be stopped by people wanting a picture of "Sora from Kingdom Hearts", destined to always explain that it's Sion and that he came first.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One day I will finally cosplay as Sion from The Bouncer at a convention, doomed to be stopped by people wanting a picture of "Sora from Kingdom Hearts", destined to always explain that it's Sion and that he came first.
At the top of the hour, I'm starting a brand new stream of (what was marketed as) the first Final Fantasy spinoff, The Final Fantasy Legend (which was actually the first SaGa game)! Be seeing you soon, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
At the top of the hour, I'm starting a brand new stream of (what was marketed as) the first Final Fantasy spinoff, The Final Fantasy Legend (which was actually the first SaGa game)! Be seeing you soon, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
I'm in the final dungeon in Final Fantasy II (Famicom) and I don't know if I'll actually beat it today or not. May stop early, not sure, but I'm still gonna try! Getting started at the top of the hour, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm in the final dungeon in Final Fantasy II (Famicom) and I don't know if I'll actually beat it today or not. May stop early, not sure, but I'm still gonna try! Getting started at the top of the hour, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
I started trying Deezer as my new go-to music app last month and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Seems to give a roundup at the end of every month, not just all at the end of the year. Spent what little time I had with it in October training it in what I like. A lot of Eurobeat here for now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I started trying Deezer as my new go-to music app last month and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Seems to give a roundup at the end of every month, not just all at the end of the year. Spent what little time I had with it in October training it in what I like. A lot of Eurobeat here for now.
You guys were right, that was a good five dollars
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
You guys were right, that was a good five dollars
Los Angeles Goodwills carry all kinds of neat stuff.
Do I get it? It's only $5.
Do I get it? It's only $5.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Los Angeles Goodwills carry all kinds of neat stuff.
Do I get it? It's only $5.
Do I get it? It's only $5.
"One Piece isn't political!"
Okay.
Anyway
Okay.
Anyway
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"One Piece isn't political!"
Okay.
Anyway
Okay.
Anyway
"If you see this, quote with a title screen that’s iconic to you."
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"If you see this, quote with a title screen that’s iconic to you."
I'm getting near the end of Final Fantasy II (Famicom), but I'm not actually sure how far I'll get today without more time boosting some magic stats. Regardless, I'm gonna try, even if it ends up being short. Streaming again in an hour, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm getting near the end of Final Fantasy II (Famicom), but I'm not actually sure how far I'll get today without more time boosting some magic stats. Regardless, I'm gonna try, even if it ends up being short. Streaming again in an hour, at 12:00 Noon PST. Link in the next post at that time.
Oh snap, Stella from Interstella 5555.
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh snap, Stella from Interstella 5555.
They never send me their best and brightest.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
They never send me their best and brightest.