Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima Issues Official Statement Distancing Himself From Italian Cartoonist After Now-Deleted Photo Sparked a Backlash
November 14, 2025
Death Stranding and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has issued a statement distancing himself from an Italian cartoonist after deleting a photo of the pair meeting at the Lucca Comics And Games 2025 convention earlier in November.
In the now-deleted image, below, Kojima posed alongside Michele “Zerocalcare” Rech, author of the graphic novels Kobane Calling (2015) and No Sleep Till…
