Zangetsu's 3D Model revealed!

looks like a great character and I can see him fitting into the story pretty well to make things more interesting. don't think he would fit in as a playable character though, the way Iga described him it sounded like he would be very anti magic/all things demonic, meaning I don't think the whole shard thing, or using demonic ability theme would work, would also feel a bit out of place having him use some weapon types. After Dominique I can't think of a 3rd character I would really want as playable, I hope more are introduced soon.

well I do like the idea of having at least 1 of the 3 playable characters being a male, and he probably would fit the role better than Alfred. Just don't see what your saying about second playable character, Dominique being the top voted pick so far should make her 2ed, so Zangetsu would be 3rd

Oh nice! Thanks for sharing, Dengojin!

dastlecan touched on some of this already, but...I'm not sure what you mean by some of this here.

Extra playable characters in IGA's games never have the same systems and playstyles as the main character. He wouldn't use shards, and neither would Dominique if she was playable. He likely wouldn't have any other equippable weapon period, just his katana, which would likely have different moves/power-ups, or just a set of abilities that use a system separate from Miriam's (i.e. Alucard-style spells).

What do you mean about her being the most voted character? If you mean those thread polls, that was just between her, Alfred and Anne, which aren't all that strong as far as competition lol. The forum polls also, while they can give a general idea of things, don't really mean all that much in the grand scheme of things. There's too much we don't know.

All that said, I want Dominique to be playable too, but it's always been well-assumed Zangetsu would be one of the character choices. His anti-demonic stance makes him perfect to tell another side of the story. If he isn't a playable choice, I think he'll appear occasionally as a rival battle in the game, such as how Soma has to fight Julius, Hector against Trevor, etc.

Looks like something out of SoulCalibur... and I love it!

FIRST OF ALL,  i watched IGA's part at Bitsummit livestream, you can see it here  as CastleDan  said, at 2:12:00 onwards. 
And just...look at this


Well, now that i showed that, i want to talk about what they talked, not only Zangetsu's 3D model. So, let's get into it:
After IGA shows some goods that fangamer is going to be selling (like a t-shirt and stickers and such) they start talking about the game and specially Zangetsu. 

WHY IS THERE A SAMURAI IN A GOTHIC HORROR GAME?

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Ben asks this question, and they start talking about the game. As IGA says that, the game happens in 18th century, England, right at the industrial revolution. 10 years ago, demons showed up and such. And that has absolutely nothing to do with a Samurai or any japanese theme. So, they start to explain what Zangetsu is doing in the game.

IGA says that Zangetsu despises all demonic things. If he feels there is a demon nearby, he feels it is his duty, his life objective, to destroy it. 
When the demons showed up and started to attack years ago, Zangetsu lost a beloved friend, as well as his right arm in the attack.

HOW ZANGETSU WAS CREATED?

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IGA then says that when you are creating a game that is a sequel from previous ones, you don't really need a large cast of characters, because you already have a base to work on. But with a totally new game / franchise, you need more characters ot add mystery and other elements to the game. IGA gives as a example, the fact that, MAYBE, the bad guy is not who we think he is, and maybe there is something else pulling the strings. So, IGA felt the need to create more characters, instead of the basic three of the kickstarter (the heroine, the supporter and the villian) to fill up more roles.

IGA also says that, when they were drawing and creating ideas for different backgrounds for the game, one of them was a Japanese classic temple setting. And the game's director (IGA is the producer) said "You know what? We never had a japanese character in any of our games". And IGA responded "Yeah...we never had any japanese character in our games. That is kinda of strange". And then, they look at each other and said "Well, let's put a japanese character in one of our games!". And, as IGA says, Zangetsu creation is nothing special, they kinda just wanted more characters and wanted to put a japanese character because no Igavania games ever had one.

He also said that, when you are creating a game, you may have high-level ideas, plot points and such and sometimes, what you want to do doesn't fit at all. But, when he was thinking about it, IGA realized that having a samurai in the game, actually does fit with a lot of plot-twists he had in mind. It was a happy coincidence because he didn't really planned to add Zangetsu from the start, so, the fact that he fits with what he planned is, as IGA says, almost that "the powers that be" wanted.

VOICE RECORDING AND 3D MODEL

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IGA also said that they almost finished the japanese voice recording. They can't reveal who the actors are, but he can say that Zangetsu's voice actor is cool and fits perfectly into his role. And he said that during kickstarter, they planned to do something with IGA (i think they are talking about IGA's being a boss, the video had a cut at this point) and he said that he "heard the rumor that his part in the voice acting was finished as well" (probably making a joke, since it is kinda obvious that IGA will dub his own boss).
And then, they show up Zangetsu 3D model and talk about it.

Part of what they said got cut for unknown reasons, so, we couldn't see much of it.
UPDATE: thanks to Yän 's link, i was able to see the rest of it.
So, in the end, they do some jokes with IGA being dressed as a Samurai, while wearing a cowboy hat.

CLOSING COMMENTS

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I really loved Zangetsu's 3D model. He looks so badass, manly and powerful. Great.
But actually, i really got interested in the few bits about Zangetsu's backstory. So, he lost a beloved friend and his arm at the demon attack (i think he lost one eye as well, right?). And that made him despide demons in a really hateful level. All that make me think that Zangetsu will be a boss in the game. He will be inside the castle slaying demons AND he will fight Miriam, because anything related to demons must be destroyed. That is his mindset. 

It is also REALLY suspicious what IGA said, saying that he needed more characters to add mystery, like that "maybe" the real villian is not what we think it is. It almos sounds like he want us to believe that.

That's all folks!

Bummer that they cut him off. Would've loved to hear more. The model looks really good though.
EDIT Nevermind, it was posted on Youtube. bloodstainedfanforums.com/thread/2373/iga-bitsummit-2017

Bingo, you elaborated perfectly on what I was trying to say.

Also - DastleCan strikes back

Nothing interesting for me to say. It looks pretty cool.