Itoh is one of the senior-most employees in the company. The last game he's worked on as a director was FFXII, which he was pulled in to finish up for Matsuo, due to his nervous breakdown.
I refuse to believe he hasn't been working on a serious project since then.
As for Kawazu, whom I mentioned earlier. What the hell has he been working on? The last major game listed for him was The Last Remnant, which despite technical problems (and let's be honest, his games tend to have those in spades) was a pretty awesome game. What the hell is HE doing.
Ito is an A-list designer for sure. Kawazu... probably B or maybe C list. But god do I love how off the wall his designs are. Some really crazy ****.
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