the picture change in the second scene got me cacklin'

0:20 this photo will never not be funny.

I can really see the reanimatedness of kiryus face in that picture, for a still image he moves so animatedly and real it's making my face melt off from how real it is

The raised eyebrow on the goon in the second scene is a great touch, also that balengicia flashback 😂

Yakuza modding is the pinnacle of humancreativity

The improvements on these scenes are fantastic. I can tell you've given a lot of thought on how the characters Express themselves through subtle movements. I cant wait to see if this can become a mod for kiwami. Also side note the picture change of kiryu and that random meme in the flash back was hilarious. Cant wait to see more!

Never really noticed the facial animations on Kiwami were lacking till now. Splendid work Janfon! The long battle finale cutscene works in both ways oddly enough. The OG Kiwami Kiryu face makes for a real badass stoic approach, while yours gives it that human touch he starts to show in later games - more expressive and truly ready to fuck their shit up. I'm so proud to have been a subscriber since your early Vermintide animations, and while my love for Vermintide has since been dulled, my appreciation for your videos has not seen the same way. Keep up the good work my man! and I hope for more Yakuza shit too alongside your Vermintide videos!

The fact that kiryu looks so naturally angry that when he smiles it looks cursd ASFF

The Last Scene you showed was PERFECT!

0:39 I got major clutch cargo vibes from this

This was my biggest complaint about Kiwami (and Kiwami 2), that the cutscenes still using PS2 animations are just.. strange, especially coming off of 0, which had amazing cutscenes. I'd preferred the PS2 cutscenes, but this mod really changes that for me, amazing work!

This is incredible. My main gripe about the Kiwami remakes is that half of if not most of the facial animations are just very static and don't show much emotion compared to the originals. This mod is not only going to make it like that but even better.

“Ten years in H&M made you a fashion disaster!” ~ Premium Grade Rice Nishiki Medium Grain Rice Specially Selected, 2005

you're pretty good at showing micro emotions in little facial movements

Source for the meme used in the halfway mark: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htyBjc2ktNG-fXU.html Update #1 - changed cutscenes are as follows: Chapter 1 Cutscene 2 (update 1.1) Chapter 3 Cutscene 4 (update 1.1) Chapter 4 Cutscene 5 (viewable in the proof of concept vid) Chapter 4 Cutscene 8 (viewable in the proof of concept vid) Chapter 13 Cutscene 1 (partial, only the last scene; update 1.1) Was holding off on posting this until I got the update itself sorted out. Hopefully this time it won't get auto-quarantined as I took some precatuions. Download link in the description. Enjoy!

This is really amazing work and if you somehow managed this treatment with all the non New-Nishiki scenes I have to imagine this would be a must download mod for any K1 playthrough.

Very cool! I see how much did you put in this mod, good work!

It's really awesome that kiyu now has more expressions in cutscenes to show he's not that stone faced all the time.

Maybe for the final scene have Kiryu slowly building up his stance? Although imo the classic pose works for nostalgia as if he is semi taunting/challenging them. One thing if possible I would suggest a change for is maybe some walking animations

Being a family patriarch of a family can be a difficult task, however thanks to Balenciaga I look fashionable all the time.

0:20 this one killed me

Im so looking forward to this holy shit this is amazing!!

I feel like both final scenes work and I honestly can't decide which works best. The remake, with Kiryu getting into a fighting stance, shows a more realistic, active reaction to the situation at hand. The original, where Kiryu hardly moves conveys his strength and that this army of guys is so insignificant to him he doesn't even need to ready himself.

0:20 That image radiates pure violence.

amazing work man

youre doing gods work

Looks fantastic man!

It's looking great! I've been tracking this so I can play with this mod once I'm ready to replay K1 on Legend 😎

I cant wait to see more of this stuff

dude you're a king, you're a legend

That's rad! My only nitpick, and i can't really point it out, but Kiryu's pose at the end felt kinda off to me for some reason. IDK.

this is so good!! I'd love to play Kiwami again if this gets released

this looks sick dude

The humour in this is on point. Makes it exciting to watch your progress, and just an entertaining video in general. For some feedback, keep Kiryu's mouth closed in the last scene. It makes him look more stern & dignified. Keeping it open makes Kiryu look less composed.

Yakuza Kiwami. These men are so extreme, that their facial muscles completely died off

That last one looked dope, good job mang

This is crazy good

Bro I wish I had this mod for when I first played this game. Really good shit.

the part at kakatte koi reanimated is A truly way to show that kiryu is about to ready for fight those mob

It continues

holy shit these look so nice lol, the game would look so much more realistic with these kinds of animations holy shit, nice work!!

Amazing. Though my only crit would be that leaving the mouth hang seems out of char for him. Sure he needs more expression but he is still serious and stoic.

Still unsure if it's a genuine article or an elaborate shipost (well, series of shitposts). Either way, looks great. Characters definitely got a lot more animated.

Love it

id replay kiwami with this also shoutout to the. lil pic of kiryu in the reanimated. i just about lost it at that

I like the actual emotion of the rage that Kiryu's going through. It shows more of him. Good.

I will be exitingly be waiting for this mod to release. So I can experience kiwami with very lively expression! No pressure though

THIS FUCKING ROCKS . never seen somthing like this great fucking work dude

The picture change got me 😭

Wondering if you are going to ever continue this project, it's honestly amazing. But I can understand not wanting to!

Kiryu is as stiff as a board, didn't really notice it in my first playthrough until I saw videos restoring Kiryu's facial animations from the original Yakuza and realised that Kiryu is capable of different emotions besides "R1 to lock on"

Third one is perfect

How bout you animate a father into my life

Engine graphics still going strong to this day

I would PAY A FULL GAME PRICE for a mod that would include all of your memes throughout the whole game 😂

"I used the 10 billion to buy Balenciaga."

1:07 honest they should have used the promotional version Just made it feel more badass

1:17 I think this change is unnecessary

Do you have a patreon or kofi or whatever where I could support you? I seriously need this project in my life

yes yes yes!!!

The reanimated that make kiyru is more ready to fight all of that bastards😎😎😎

This is so good, how is the development going? Keep up the good work.

That photo..

I want to get used to seeing this more, but I’ve just come so conditioned to seeing kiryu be completely emotionless most of the time, but i could get used to this

The photo lmao

I really wish someone would do this for Kiwami 2 too. Many cutscenes have the exact same issues.

Big improvment!!!!!!

Fucking lmao the balenciaga flashback

That scene with Majima’s intro could use some work (when he’s beating that guy with the umbrella).

coded so good that he even hacked into the rgg studios archive to get the pre-rendered cutscene files

The picture man... I'm dying.. I was like "Hold on what was that? *goes back 5 seconds and looks at image* DTGHNJDGHNBSFH" dumbest but best thing ever done

would you ever make one for kiwami 2?

Yo, if you have the dragon style animation files, could you please lmk because im struggling on the workflow rn. And also the model for kiryu + textures

It’s crazy how much better it looks

Love the subtle changes, can't be easy working with a game in another language

when he gets in his dragon of dojima fighting pose, his arm (elbow) flaps like a chicken wing in the last scene unlike all the other scenes, needs some polishing imo but overall good work 👍

Are you still working on this project? It looks great, I would love to use a mod like this

0:20 sega explain us

omg, kiwami but good

so, is the project dead?

how did you mod the animations?

the ending made me a loser (remastered 2022)

Man I wish I could do facial animation too so I could maybe contribute, I just started learning Blender

I think this video is a good idea but at certain turns reminded me of the facial animations from like a PS1 tekken when the guy drops his dad off the cliff. They definitely could have done better with the facial tech of today though

Keep on doing it! The original cutscenes look low budget in comparison

1:04 where'd you find this video

Finally Kiwami 1 isn't shit

evil little mod muahhahahah

1:04 where can i find this

i wanna know the background music at the end of the video

1:04 does anyone know the song used in the promo?

Ten billion in balenciaga wtf

Man I love watching videos of people reanimating facial expressions for Kiwami 1. They all look so... Emotionless it's jarring? Og yakuza 1 had no such issues.

coding is so wide spread now that modders can do what only was possible by development staff

So, what happened with this mod?

Wonder how's it goinf

Nice work. Do you mind some critique? In my opinion, the last scene looks unnatural. His fist looks weird.

REaL

I used the ten billion to buy Balenciaga 💀

Really kiwami needed to be re animated? great job but I loved kiwami 1's overall body language and facial animations was the best out of the games I played(0, kiwami, kiwami 2, 3) your edits are amazing, last one is one of the few that i felt lacking (the original not yours)