This is Ruby 30 years old, living in the heart of Tokyo and she's just waking up for work.

彼女はルビ、東京在住の30歳

She lives with her cute pet in this one LK apartment quite spacious for a single person in the city.

仕事に行くために起きたところだ

She says that she used to live in a much smaller apartment nearby, but she needed to find a bigger place during the pandemic to house all of her equipment so she could work remotely.

このちっこい可愛いやつと 1LKの部屋に住んでるぞ

So how long do you spend on makeup?

都内の一人暮らしにしては広い方だ

That's quick.

前はここより狭い部屋に住んでたんだけど

So ruby has been working as a video game illustrator for six years now, even as a little girl, she loved to draw, but growing up couldn't envision a proper career where she could pursue her passion.

パンデミック中に引っ越したんだって

So she entered university, majoring in a completely different field.

在宅ワークするための機材を置くために 広いスペースが必要だったんだ

But when her job hunting started, she discovered that there were prestigious japanese companies offering illustration jobs, recognizing the opportunity, she convinced her parents to let her study character design at a professional training college.

メイク時間はどれくらい？

Ultimately leading to her dream job at her current company.

早っ

Are you good on time?

ルビはゲームイラストレーターとして働いて約6年

Wake up the same time when you work remotely?

小さい頃から絵描くの好きだったけど

I guess she hits yogurt with nuts jamming.

絵を描くことができる具体的な職業って うまく思い描けなかったんだ

Blueberries looks healthy, Ruby's current work commute by train takes about 20-25 minutes.

だから大学進学して、全く関係ねぇ専攻を選んだんだ

But when she first started her job, she was still living in Kanagawa with her parents, a common situation for new Japanese graduates entering the workforce, but as time went on the hour plus commute every day was a bit too much.

でも就活の時期になって、一流企業で イラストレーターの仕事ができることを知ったんだ

So she decided to move closer to the office.

それから両親を説得して 専門学校でキャラクターデザイン勉強して

Good morning.

今の会社に就職したんだ

I'm back with another day in the life.

時間大丈夫？

You guys don't even know the hoops.

家で仕事する時も同じ時間に起きるのか？

I had to go through to get this one done but we're here, we're doing it and I'm super excited and pumped.

朝ごはんはヨーグルトに ナッツ ジャム ブルーベリーだ

Ruby should be coming on the next train.

ヘルシーだな

Let's wait for her now.

通勤時間は電車で20〜25分くらいだ

Good morning.

でも働き始めたときは 神奈川の実家に住んでて

Did you sleep well, ruby's office is just a quick one minute walk from Higashi Shinjuku station and here it is the square in X headquarters, one of the top video game developers in Japan creating ultra popular titles known worldwide, such as Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and making it all happen.

日本の新卒では一般的なんだけど

3700 hardworking employees.

毎日通勤に1時間以上かけるのが大変で

But these days due to safety measures, many employees have the option to work remotely, which is why the office is relatively quiet, ruby also often works from home, but today she has a few meetings with her team.

もっと近くに引っ越そうと思ったんだ

The first thing she does is check her emails and replies to them as required.

おっす、みんな！

Once complete, she quickly gets to work on her current illustration projects.

今日も1日密着動画をお届けすっぞ

So what are you working on?

この動画撮影許可をもらうまで どれだけ大変だったかみんなは知らねぇだろ？

Can you finish it today?

ようやくこの日を迎えて、 オラめっちゃワクワクしてるぞ

Actually, she's been working on this illustration now for two weeks but not just this alone as she must manage multiple projects concurrently while also collaborating with various team members to complete each one.

次の電車でルビが来るはずだ

So what else do you work on other than this?

ちょっと待ってみようぜ

So what's the process for creating an illustration?

おっす

This is the concept sketch he drew in one day, which is already rather impressive from here.

昨日はよく寝れた？

She gets feedback and adjust the character's poses, facial expressions, etcetera, paying close attention to their unique personality and background.

ルビの職場は東新宿から徒歩1分のところにあるぞ

It's quite a detailed process, ruby.

ここがスクウェア・エニックスの本社だ

Can I see your past work?

日本のトップに君臨するゲーム開発会社の一つだ

You do that difficult to draw?

世界的に超有名なゲームを作ってんぞ

What else?

ファイナルファンタジーとか キングダムハーツとかな

So it looks like ruby is going to be illustrating for just a little bit longer.

3,700人の働き者の社員たちが 人気ゲームを世に送り出してんだ

So while she's doing that, let's see if you can game around this place.

最近は安全対策のために 多くの社員がリモートワークで

Let's see what's down this hall here.

オフィスは比較的静かだけどな

Look, this room is open, it's pretty cool.

ルビも家で仕事をすることが多いけど

It's a checkable meeting room.

今日はチームと打ち合わせがあるんだ

Okay, so what is going on in this room here?

出社したら、まずはメールのチェック

Excuse me.

必要なものには返信をすっぞ

What's this room for?

それが終わったら、イラスト作業に取り掛かる

How long do the recordings go?

今、描いてるそれはなんだ？

So what do you need to be most careful necessity checks the distance between the voice actors and the mic on the monitor during recordings and ask them to step closer or further as dated.

今日中に終わりそう？

Also during the recordings, he'll need to make adjustments in order to produce a consistent sound, wow, this is amazing.

このイラストには、かれこれ2週間取り組んでるんだって

Can you hear that?

でもこればっかりやってるわけじゃねぇぞ

There's no echo in here?

複数のプロジェクトが同時進行で進んでて

So do you have any messages for the viewers you guys are hiring?

チームメンバーと協力しながら 完成させてくから、時間がかかるんだ

Thank you.

これ以外はどんなのがあるんだ？

Hi, what are you doing?

イラストを完成させるまでの プロセスってどんな感じ？

What character?

これが1日で描いたコンセプトスケッチだ

No worries.

この時点で、既にはんぱねぇよな

So what do you do exactly?

こっからフィードバックもらって

What's that?

キャラクターのポーズとか表情とか

Holy and nice talking to you now.

キャラの個性とか設定を理解して、 細部にもこだわりながら描き進めてくんだ

She has a meeting with a game director in addition to character illustration.

ルビ、過去の制作物って見せてもらえたりする？

She also designs costumes, where and items found in each specific world, creating detailed spec sheets of each design including how it moves and functions.

これ、ルビが描いたの？

She's already submitted her design to the three D.

描くの難しかった？

Modeler to be brought to life.

他には？

And this meeting is a check of what she designed has been implemented as she imagined.

ルビがイラストを描いている間に、オラは探検でもすっか！

Holy pixels.

ここには何があるのかなぁ〜

She designed that vehicle, I guess one of the perks is that you get to see her designs come to life before the rest of the world.

おっ、この部屋空いてるぞ

What are you doing now?

チョコボの会議室だ！

Yay, lunchtime today, she's eating with her co workers at the company cafeteria within the building.

こっちは何の部屋かなぁ

It's called in japanese and it's part of the company's staff benefits program.

すみませ〜ん ここは何をする部屋？

As a set meals here are offered at reduced prices.

何時間くらい録音する？

What an awesome place to eat.

注意しねぇといけないことはある？

And ruby is having a set meal with fried flounder.

収録中、モニターで声優とマイクの距離を確認して

So what do you do?

必要に応じて距離の調整を指示するんだって

Which game did you make?

さらに、安定した音を出すために 収録中にも調整が欠かせねぇんだ

Awesome by the way.

すげぇ！わかるかな？ エコーが全くねぇ！！

It's okay to style your hair anyway you want here.

視聴者へ何か伝えたいことある？

So how long have you been with the company?

募集してんのか？

What do you do?

ありがとう

Cool.

おっす！！今は何してるの？

What's the best part of your job?

何のキャラクターなの？

What do you do?

全然大丈夫！

So all of you do the same thing?

何をしている人なの？

Are you ever told you can't do something makes sense.

あれは何？

How did you get this job?

すげぇ！ありがとう！！

You have a favorite character?

今からゲームディレクターと打ち合わせだ

Oh, I guess you can go forever about the character.

キャラクターイラストだけじゃなくて

It's easy to tell that they love what they do.

衣装や武器、世界感にあったアイテムなんかもデザインすんだ

They even told me that they're so passionate about what they create and that they're always trying to find ways to improve the quality that they're often told to stop working I suppose when you're in an environment where you can freely imagine and then are given the tools to turn those imaginations into reality everyday work seems more like play.

動きとか機能とか 詳細なスペックシートを作るんだ

So she's also part of the choke a bogey p team and so she attends regular meetings to discuss the progress of current design and development tasks as well as future planning.

すでに3Dモデラーに提出してるから

How was it?

デザインがイメージ通りに実装されているかを 確認するための会議だったんだ

Ruby has a few hours until the next meeting, so she's gonna work a little more on her illustrations.

すげぇ この乗り物デザインしたらしいぞ

Oh, she's working on something else.

自分が設計したものが世に出る前に いち早く見られるのはこの仕事の特権だよな

What's that?

今からは何する？

So what do you like about this one?

ランチタイムだ〜

That's fun.

今日は同僚と社食で食べるぞ

Apparently she says that the hardest part of her job is to continuously come up with ideas.

会社の福利厚生の一環で ここの定食はお手頃なんだ

But when she does hit a creative slump rather than stop drawing, she draws even more to further develop new ideas.

ここでいつも食えるなんて最高だな！

Can I see other stuff you designed, ruby has to book a motion capture studio for one of her next projects, which is why she's here working in a large company with multiple teams.

ルビはカレイのフライ定食を食べてっぞ

She sometimes needs to step outside of her illustrations and perform other desk.

どんな仕事してんだ？

Cool.

どのゲーム作ったの？

I guess she managed to get an open spot, looks like she's going back now, but since we're already here, let's see what this place is all about.

すげー！

Hi, this place is amazing.

そういえば、髪型って自由なのか？

Can I see inside Damn!

ここで働いて何年目？

Look at all these cameras.

どんな仕事してんだ？

So what kind of games do you capture here?

この仕事のいいところは？

Don't you use a suit?

あなたは？

Of course this is awesome.

そっか、3人は同じ仕事なんだな

He's bringing out one of the suits right now, wow, that's dope.

企画が通らないことってあるのか？

Can I see it?

そっか！どうやってこの仕事みつけたの？

Yes please.

好きなキャラクターはいる？

Okay, so I'm in the studio right now and we're going to change real quick just to see what it's like.

こりゃ永遠に語れるって感じだな

Okay here it is and there you go.

自分達の仕事まじ好きなのが伝わってくる

Look at that.

みんなが教えてくれたんだけど、 つくっているものにすんげー情熱を持ってて

I'm wearing a motion capture suit.

もっと良いもんにしてぇって追求するがあまり

So look at this.

止められるまで、 仕事に没頭しちまうこともあるくらいだ

I am wearing the suit here in the studio but I don't think I have all the time in the world.

クリエイティブな発想を、具現化するための ツールが揃った環境にいると

So let's go move on and see what else is going on wow.

毎日の仕事が、とにかく楽しくて たまらないんだろうな〜

And look at all of these weapons interestingly, most of the weapons are fairly light and the animators will later add weight and length to it in the motion capture data to suit the world that's being used in what's the most challenging part about motion capture.

ルビはチョコボGPのチームの一員だ

Thank you.

だから定例会議に出て 現在の設計・開発作業の進捗状況や

Oh, that's the guy I met earlier.

今後の計画について話し合うぞ

Apparently he's an art director and ruby needs his feedback on her choke abo illustration.

どうだった？

And what better way to get feedback from the man who created many choke himself almost 30 years ago has changed over the years.

次の会議まで時間があるから イラストを描くらしいぞ

Hmm, I guess I can see that now they're working on a choke a bowl record soundtrack cover from the final fantasy series.

何か違うやつを描いてんな… それは何だ？

He says he needs to illustrate a two page spread since the covering cases to records.

気に入ってるところはある？

It took him about a month to draw this approval process must have been insane.

面白そうだな

How's the final fantasy illustration going?

ルビ曰く、この仕事で一番大変なのは アイデアを出し続けることなんだ

So are you done?

クリエイティブなスランプに陥ることもあるけど、 そういう時こそ描く手を止めずに

Yay!

とにかく描き続けて 新しいアイデアを生み出すんだ

Finally done.

他にも自分でデザインしたやつある？

She says that she could probably work a little longer but tonight she has plans to play an online game with her friends.

モーションキャプチャースタジオを 予約しに来たぞ

So she decided to call it a day when she plays online.

次のプロジェクトで使うんだって

She usually has a drink or two with a light meal while chatting with friends.

いろんなチームがある大企業で働いてっから

So before the game starts she prepares her dinner.

時には本業のイラスト以外の タスクをこなすこともある

Do you have any specialties?

よっしゃ、予約できそうだ

Oh I guess she's making a peach mozzarella dish.

ルビはもう戻るみたいだけど

Looks good.

せっかくだから、 ここがどんなところか見せてもらおうぜ

So that's all you're eating tonight.

すんげーなー！

Oh it seems like your friends are online now.

中見せてもらってもいい？

Oh you stopped talking to them now.

うひょ〜カメラがいっぺーあんぞ！

That's fun I guess.

ここでどんなゲームを撮るんだ？

So it looks like Ruby is going to be playing this game until 10 with their friends enjoying and then after that probably take a bath and then probably go to sleep at 12.

スーツは使わない？

That's pretty much a day in the life of a Japanese game illustrator.

スーツ見せてくれるって

If you guys like this video, definitely help me out and hit that like button.

かっけぇ〜見てもいい？