Games are considered to be in the sub-culture category, coming under movies, coming under manga or comics or animation, especially in Japan.

I receive more fan mail from the females.

We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.

I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved than Americans, so I'm jealous.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.

However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan.