Hello Adventurers! Right on the heels of the Berlin FanFest was Otakon, an anime con in Washington DC. They even had some awesome Final Fantasy XIV guests there, too! The men, the myths, the legends, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox (Localization Director at Square Enix) and Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi (Head of Square Enix’s Community & Service Division and Global Community Producer for Final Fantasy XIV), to be exact. And somehow, we were fortunate enough to get to interview them! 

But to really give our Adventurers as much Koji and Foxclon content as we could, we also talk about two of the panels they were on while at Otakon. The ones we cover are Adventures in Localization: Koji Fox’s Journey Across FINAL FANTASY XI, XIV, and XVI and Duty Finder: Otakon 2026 – A FINAL FANTASY XIV Community Panel. So this episode has plenty of bang for your gil!

The Spoiler Food is: Evercold Shaved Ice “Thinly shaved ice, generously heaped into an oversmall bowl and drizzled with sweet-yet-tangy rolanberry syrup. Why it never melts is a question best served cold.” The reason that this is the spoiler food will be come evident during the interview. That said, oddly enough despite the name of the food has “Evercold” in the name… This episode overall is actually pretty spoiler light? But you’ll find out why in the interview too! Funny how that works. 

OSMnotes

Thank you once again to Sqaure Enix, the Final Fantasy XIV development team, and Otakon for the interview. We say it a bunch during the episode, but it’s no less true now. And here are some Time Cues:

• 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling
• 00:00:50 – Intro and General Gabbing
• 00:08:11 – Michael-Christopher Koji Fox & Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi Interview @ Otakon 2026
• 00:08:11 – Some Post-Interview Chatter About Otakon 2026 and Their Panels
  • 00:08:16 – That time when Koji approved of a badge pun
  • 00:09:45 – Adventures in Localization: Koji Fox’s Journey Across FINAL FANTASY XI, XIV, and XVI
  • 00:17:42 – Duty Finder: Otakon 2026 – A FINAL FANTASY XIV Community Panel
  • 00:23:30 – Wrapping Things Up! But…
  • 00:30:20 – Then Anna Remembered Some Things! (Yo-Kai Watch is back, Nintendo Switch 2 version is here, and it turns out so is The Moonfire Faire!?)

Music is this episode features tracks such as “Fiend” by Masayoshi Soken, and “Calamity Unbound” composed by Masayoshi Soken and arranged by Nobuko Toda and Yoshitaka Suzuki.

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