Zootopia 2's Japanese Version Casts Metal Gear Legend Hideo Kojima as a Mole at the Zootopia Police Department

Death Stranding and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is well-known for his emotion of cameos — his games are afloat of them — but the developer is present making a cameo of his ain successful a precise unexpected place: an animated Disney movie.

According to Mantaweb via Automaton, Kojima volition look successful Zootopia 2 arsenic a mole astatine the Zootopia Police Department. Officer Paul Moledebrandt — to usage his afloat sanction — volition beryllium the director's archetypal animated cameo and appears by mode of a nonstop invitation from movie manager and CCO astatine Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jared Bush.

"I've had galore cameo appearances successful live-action films and games, but this is my archetypal acquisition dubbing for an animated theatrical film," Kojima said. "And it’s from Disney, of each places! What’s more, it’s the sequel to my favourite film, Zootopia! On apical of that, I received an connection straight from manager Jared Bush, truthful I was highly honored and accepted without hesitation.

"I lone took portion successful a tiny scene, but adjacent astatine the clip of recording, the accumulation was incredibly well-crafted. Thanks to the illustrations, the signaling went smoothly. I'm usually connected the directing side, truthful I learned a batch from really experiencing acting. I was reminded of however overmuch attraction the dependable actors wage to basal things similar turning pages successful the publication and noise."

Hideo Kojima plays Officer Paul Moledebrandt successful the Japanese mentation of Zootopia 2.

In the occidental mentation of Zootopia 2, Officer Paul Moledebrandt is voiced by Josh Gad. Already it's an tremendous hit, with a immense $556 cardinal planetary opening astatine the container office. $156 cardinal came successful domestically during the Thanksgiving vacation (five time period), but it was internationally that Zootopia 2 soared with a whopping $400 cardinal (China accounted for much than fractional that figure).

Overall, Zootopia 2 has the 4th highest planetary opening of each time, down lone MCU movies Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Zootopia 2 present looks definite to go a cardinal dollar movie astatine theaters.

Hideo Kojima astatine the Death Stranding 2 premiere successful Los Angeles, California. Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Kojima Productions.

If you privation to perceive Hideo Kojima arsenic Officer Paul Moledebrandt, you'll person to caput implicit to Japan, wherever Zootopia 2 is acceptable for merchandise connected December 5. IGN’s Zootopia 2 reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: “Zootopia 2 sends ZPD’s archetypal ever bunny-fox detective duo backmost onto the lawsuit of immoderate of the weightiest issues we look arsenic a society, and they brought each the carnal puns with them.”

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