Category: Masahiro Ito

Masahiro Ito Delves into Silent Hill on Twitter

6/11/2017

Masahiro Ito has been sharing details about various elements of Silent Hill via his Twitter account. The creature designer (amongst over roles) has been treating fans to various bits of info for the past couple of months now.

Ito revealed a concept image for a cancelled Silent Hill game in March of this year (2017) and has continued to share even more details with fans. Ito has shared details about Silent Hill many times before with Fans on Twitter but lately has been sharing much more info and images than usual.

Below are just some of the images and bits of info he has shared recently with hopefully much more to come! Thank you Mr Ito for sharing this with us.

A exhaust fan in the elevator to other world in SILENT HILL 3 is homage to “Angel Heart (1987)”. The ones in this movie is so impressive. pic.twitter.com/HiOXIxpXNO
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

Also this exhaust fan means Heather's reincarnation or the cycle of rebirth by Valtiel. When Heather gets back to other world, it's running. https://t.co/CgzvIJJsEN
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

This is a one of Softimage 3D rendered test pictures in SILENT HILL 3 making days. I didn't use this concept but one of my favorites. pic.twitter.com/XvFVB0DXSc
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 27 April 2017

Valtiel new concept sketch. pic.twitter.com/bsATs1KyOp
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 28 February 2017

So, this new concept Valtiel was a piece of that plan. However the Pyramid Head in its plan is really different from James's one. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/J50En9b3sj
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 25 May 2017

I drew some sketches & made 3D renderd pictures of inside of its helmet for new Gecco's Pyramid Head. However I haven't heard it recently... https://t.co/44VDuVkync
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 19 May 2017

I didn't design & make Pyramid Head face, but have a image of inside of helmet in those days. It's a binded someone's head with many frames. https://t.co/zC98ODnhSx
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 19 May 2017

Also,
“cage / frames” on creature's body in SH2 is inspired by Isamu Noguchi's “Death (Lynched Figure)”. Please google his great works! pic.twitter.com/9C8k40P7i6
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 21 May 2017

“A mouth on the face” of Closer in SH3 is inspired by the figure in the center drawing of Francis Bacon's “Second Version of Triptych 1944”. pic.twitter.com/1R193mGaeL
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 21 May 2017

Lisa, patient Alessa and Valtiel in Silent Hill - Cage of cradle. pic.twitter.com/mqKbLxKucJ
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 18 May 2017

The design of two objects at Angela's stairway synchronized with Abstract Daddy's one. And their meanings are much the same. pic.twitter.com/3yUpkK8GVF
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 23 May 2017

Edges of Pyramid Head's helmet is inspired by skirt of lower hull of German tank “King Tiger” in WW2. Yes, I'm WW2 German tank enthusiast. pic.twitter.com/XUfFqo9a0p
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 24 May 2017

Bubble head nurse, the face details of in-game model. Do you see a baby's face on her face ? pic.twitter.com/c5awa47vqR
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

It's a vestige or remains which I tried to make the symbol of a James and Mary's wish. ( However It was not easy to do such a thing.) https://t.co/XwmcCpN7sF
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

Also the head of Bubble head nurse describes suffocating Mary's swallen head. And she shakes her head like struggling Mary on bed. https://t.co/gqF6cTS2Ju
— 伊藤暢達_Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) 3 June 2017

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Masahiro Ito shares unseen Silent Hill game concept art from 2013

3/15/2017

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Masahiro Ito has shared an concept image from an unheard of Silent Hill game he was potentially working on in 2013.

The small image Ito uploaded appears to show the beginning of a entrance or long hallway. Unforuntately the image itself is quite small and Ito can't/won't upload a high res image so details are hard to distinguish but Twitter users have asked for more information.

Ito stated that it's a concept image he was working on in 2013 and was not part of P.T as he was not involved in that project. He also states that he cannot describe the image as it "contains metathors of the story".

As great as this is to see additional Silent Hill concept ideas from Ito himself, it's sad to see that if this wasn't a part of Silent Hills that it would appear another game was canned before even having a chance to shine. Fingers crossed Konami are taking huge notes about this and are working on something big already.

You can check out a slightly bigger image of the concept art below.

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Creating Silent Hill, an interview with Masahiro Ito

2/2/2016

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Masahiro Ito was the creature and background designer for the first three Silent Hill games as well as art director for Silent Hill 2 and 3.

An original member of Team Silent, Ito has continued to contributed to the Silent Hill Universe even after he finished working on the games. This includes cover art for the Silent Hill Zero soundtrack along with the 'White Hunter' comic that was included. Cover art for the Japanese release of Silent Hill Downpour and Homecoming (although Homecoming's release was later cancelled). As well as this Ito has also designed a variant cover for issue 3 of the Dying Inside comics and also designed the Japanese exclusive comics Double Under Dusk and Cage of Cradle.

I managed to grab a very brief interview with Mr Ito during his busy schedule to ask a few questions with regards to Silent Hill and what he has planned for the future. Due to Ito being a very busy man the interview was quick but highly appreciated.

Out of the games that you have worked on, which game stands out the most for you and why?

It is a game when I have worked on in SCE from 2008 to 2010, but was not released. It's a Russian retro Sci-Fi horror action game.

Where do you find inspiration for your art and designs?

All of things what I have seen.

Did you want to work within the Horror genre before Silent Hill came along?

No, I didn't.

Would you like to work on another Silent Hill game in the future?

If I am given such a offer, I will accept it.

What was the first creature for Silent Hill that you designed?

It was "child monster" (Grey child) in North America version. If I remember correctly.

When designing the monsters for Silent Hill, was you given an idea to work from or did you come up with designs yourself?

I Came up with designs myself but a few of the monsters in first Silent Hill, Keiichiro Toyama, he requested me to design those monsters, which he imaged, like "child" and "incubus".
I didn't design all of the monsters in the first Silent Hill, in the first place. Naoko Sato and Keiichiro Toyama, they designed monsters in it too.

You have also worked on Silent Hill comics Double Under Dusk and Cage of Cradle. Would you like to work on another Silent Hill comic in the future?

If I am given such a offer, I will accept it.

Your book The 2nd Wild Pig was released in Japan, do you ever plan on releasing it outside of Japan? and do you think you will release another book in the future?

Yes, I have some plans like that.

Can you reveal any information about the upcoming statues that will be released by Gecco?

The statue will reveal the very first concept for what is actually under the RPT's helmet! About this, it's not to be able to remove his helmet but to get a glimpse of 'under the helmet' because removing his helmet is like a wet blanket.

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Masahiro Ito reveals additional details about Gecco's upcoming Red Pyramid Thing Statue

12/13/2015

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In April Gecco revealed that two new Silent Hill 2 statues were on the way and would be released in 2016.

It was revealed that the first statue would once again be of the Red Pyramid Thing and this time would include the spear. The other statue is still being kept secret.

Fortunately I has a brief chat with Masahiro Ito himself through the Silent Hill Fans group on Facebook and I asked him a couple of questions about the upcoming releases.

Although only small bits of information was shared, it's exciting news either way. The first thing he revealed was that the spear will be much larger than what is seen in the games. The second is that this statue will reveal the very first concept for what is actually under the RPT's helmet!

I am highly curious to know what is under his helmet but at the same time the element of mystery is what adds to the overall sinister look he gives off. As we have seen with previous releases he appears to have a large, billowing, fleshy mass that hangs just below his helmet. As to what will be revealed when the statues are finally showcased we will just have to wait and see.

Are you curious to know what is under that huge helmet of his?

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Gecco announce new Silent Hill statues are on the way

4/2/2015

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Gecco have announced that more Silent Hill 2 statues are in the works and have revealed that one of these statues will be the "Red Pyramid Thing with the Great Spear".

An email I received this morning from Gecco themselves informed me that the two statues that are in the works are not quite ready to be revealed fully, as the prototypes are still yet to be completed.

We can expect two new statues from Gecco with the other yet to be revealed.

The Red Pyramid Thing statue will be 1/6 in scale and Masahiro Ito will once again be designing the package artwork.

The only reason this information was released before a prototype was even complete was due to a tweet being shared between Ito and the Gecco art director through Twitter. You can view this tween below.

The tweet translate to:

"Masahito Ito-San @ Adsk4 because me set the stage, I became a good thing to say! As Gecco new, and is preparing a 1/6 scale Statue of creature two-body than "Silent Hill 2". Was higher-requested "Sankakuatama-spear Ver", and the other piece is still secret. Masahiro Ito's full supervision!"

The second statue is still being kept a secret but I would love to see a human character, maybe James or Maria or even Angela.

With Angela being my favorite character i'm holding out it's her however I can't see this being the case.

Either way i'm excited and cannot wait to see these new statues when the prototypes are finally revealed. No release date has been announced but I'm guessing they will be available for pre-order towards the end of the year/early 2016.

Gecco have already released a total of 8 Silent Hill statues from both Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 along with a whole bunch of official T-shirts and Iphone cases. Images of these are below. I wonder if there will be any additional product releases to coincide with these statues?

What are you hoping the second statue will turn out to be?

伊藤暢達さん@adsk4 がお膳立てをしてくれたので、言っていいことになりました！Gecco新作として、『サイレントヒル2』よりクリーチャー二体の1/6スケール・スタチューを準備中です。要望の高かった『三角頭・槍Ver』、そしてもう一体はまだ内緒です。伊藤暢達さん完全監修！
— 原田プリスキン (@h_plissken) March 31, 2015