The November 2019 issue of Game Informer features an interview with Shigenori Soejima, the character designer for the
Persona series as well as the upcoming
Project Re Fantasy from Atlus' Studio Zero, who briefly touches upon the latter when asked about his designs on the project.
"[
Project Re Fantasy] is completely different from what I've worked on [previously]," Soejima said. "I've always loved fantasy, but once I started working on it, it became, 'Well, what exactly is fantasy and how can we bring a meaningful fantasy game into this world? What can we bring to this sort of genre and game?' And so there's a lot of trial and error and thinking about this whole genre and how to [create] the design."
Soejima continued, "I feel like we are finally at a place where we have a direction and are moving forward with it. Hopefully, we'll have something to show everyone in the not so distant future. We're creating something only we can bring to the table—a very unique design. [It's] something for fans to look forward to."
In December 2018 interviews with publications such as
4Gamer.net and
Famitsu, Atlus Studio Zero creative producer and game director Katsura Hashino teased a potential official announcement for
Project Re Fantasy in 2019. Hashino
has also said that the studio would gradually share more information on the title after the release of
Catherine: Full Body this past February 14 in Japan.
