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The Tenth Mosaic
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- Release
- live_action · September 22 and 23, 2026 · Tokyo · 2026-10-17
- Release
- game · 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-23 · Tokyo · 2026-09-07
- Release
- game · 2026-09-22 to 2026-09-23 · Japan · 2026-08-06
- Announced
- Institut Français de Tokyo Hosts The Tenth Mosaic Games Event (The Tenth Mosaic) · 2026-10-06
- Announced
- game culture festival (September 22 and 23, Tokyo French Institute in Shinjuku) · 2026-09-13
- Announced
- full program with Rez, indie showcase, game music performances, hardware exhibitions, and live drawing · 2026-09-07
- Announced
- two-day game culture festival on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen · 2026-09-04
- Announced
- two-day game culture festival (The Tenth Mosaic Game Culture Festival) · 2026-08-06
- Noted
- General admission costs 2,000 yen per day, granting access to exhibitions, music, the indie showcase, and live drawing. · 2026-09-07
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Oct 17
The Tenth Mosaic ran for two days, September 22 and 23, 2026, at the Institut francais de Tokyo in Iidabashi, Tokyo. The event treats games as the tenth art, a French and Italian classification that also names film as the seventh art and manga as the ninth. Its name comes from the idea of scattering many games like a mosaic to bring the whole picture to the surface. A courtyard DJ booth played remixes of game music, a lobby lined up vintage consoles and hobby PCs, and classrooms held exhibits and talk sessions by creators from Japan and abroad. The opening report describes a venue that did not read as a game show: the building's white architecture and green courtyard hid most of the programming, and talk tickets sold out quickly. French food and wine stalls sat in the courtyard, and the crowd stayed quiet despite the turnout.
Oct 9
Eric Chahi, known for Another World and Heart of Darkness, and Fumito Ueda, known for ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, held a talk session at The Tenth Mosaic at the Institut francais du Japon in Tokyo. The two-day event ran September 22 and 23, 2026, and the conversation took place on the second day. Ueda said he first played the Super Famicom version of Another World at a friend's house during his university years. Chahi said he played ICO around 2000 after being recommended it following work on Heart of Darkness. The two traded questions about influence, with Ueda acknowledging that the shadows in Heart of Darkness informed his work and Chahi asking whether the bond between Ico and Yorda drew from the relationship between Lester and the alien in Another World. The talk also covered technical constraints, testing games as a player rather than a designer, and the use of gesture in place of dialogue.
Oct 8
At The Tenth Mosaic, a game culture festival held at the Institut francais du Japon in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada discussed how Danganronpa's story and music shaped each other. Takada said he wrote the theme song "DANGANRONPA" in about 20 minutes after putting the title into the lyrics, and the Monokuma design arrived in roughly five minutes.
Oct 6
The Tenth Mosaic ran September 22 and 23 at the Institut français de Tokyo, an event where creators present work themed around games. Katsuya Terada drew live at the entrance, Haruhisa Tanaka spun game music in the courtyard, and exhibits included Eric Chahi, Frédérick Raynal, Kenji Iino, indie games, the Sega Saturn game Enemy Zero, PSVR's Rez Infinite, and a Minecraft ARG.
Sep 19
From Yellow to Orange announced on September 19, 2026 that an exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of Enemy Zero will be held at The Tenth Mosaic, an event planned by Archipel on September 22 and 23 at the Institut francais de Tokyo in Shinjuku Ward. The venue will display the 200,000 yen special box sold at the game's release, and a limited run of 200 acrylic logos in a box modeled after it will be sold for 2,000 yen with a Kenji Eno hologram sticker.
Sep 13
The Tokyo French Institute in Shinjuku will hold The Tenth Mosaic, a game culture festival, on September 22 and 23. Planning and curation come from Archipel. The program includes a dialogue between Fumito Ueda and Eric Chahi, a horror roundtable with Frederic Raynal, Keiichiro Toyama, Makoto Shibata and Kono Hifumi, and a Rez 25th anniversary talk with Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
Sep 7
The Institut francais du Japon - Tokyo will host The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22 and 23, 2026. The event goes beyond previously announced talk sessions by Yoko Taro, Ueda Fumito, and Mizuguchi Tetsuya, adding game music performances, hardware exhibitions, a curated indie game showcase, and live drawing. A Rez 25th anniversary session will feature Mizuguchi, director Jun Kobayashi, music producer Ken Ishii, and music coordinator Masakazu Hiroishi. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida curates the Indie Legacy Showcase, presenting more than 15 Japanese indie titles including Cave Story, La-Mulana, and Exit 8. The Dream Machines exhibition will display rare hardware such as the Panasonic M2 and the Sega-IBM co-developed Teradrive. Music acts include Saori Kobayashi performing Panzer Dragoon pieces, Yuzo Koshiro, and an Enemy Zero acoustic live. General admission costs 2,000 yen per day, granting access to exhibitions, music, the indie showcase, and live drawing. Creator talks require separate 3,000 yen tickets.
Sep 4
Archipel will hold The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen. The lineup includes talks with Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada, a Rez 25th anniversary session with Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Ken Ishii, a horror panel with Keiichiro Toyama and Frederic Raynal, and a Persona 30th anniversary talk. Shuhei Yoshida curates an indie legacy showcase with 15-plus titles, and music sets include Yuzo Koshiro and Saori Kobayashi. Several talk sessions have already sold out.
Aug 6
The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day festival celebrating games as the "tenth art," will be held on September 22 and 23, 2026, at the Institut français du Japon in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The event is planned and curated by Archipel and will feature stage talks, special exhibitions, music live performances, and live drawing sessions. A panel discussion on September 23 will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Persona series, bringing together director Katsura Hashino, art director Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro, the trio behind Persona 3 through Persona 5. Other scheduled talks include a conversation between Fumito Ueda and Eric Chahi, a roundtable on horror game origins with Frédérick Raynal, Keiichiro Toyama, Makoto Shibata, and Hifumi Kono, and a lecture by Tetsuya Mizuguchi marking the 25th anniversary of Rez. Shuhei Yoshida will curate the Indie Legacy Showcase, and illustrator Katsuya Terada will create an original piece live over both days. Festival admission tickets cost 2,000 yen, while talk session tickets cost 3,000 yen.