Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24494913-20140319193521/@comment-6003396-20140411061320

"Finally, he points to his role in assigning the pair of replacement game directors – Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura – who have now assumed the reins of the Souls series." source

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"Two new directors have been appointed, first believed to be chosen by Miyazaki himself. However, it has come to light that the two new directors, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura were chosen by "FromSoftware and Namco Bandai as a whole." source

Dasvildanya wrote: Nevermind this, we are all dumb. Miyazaki didn't say that Lordran and Drangleic are different places. Tomohiro Shibuya, one of the 2 directors, said they were different places but the same world. We attributed the quote to the wrong person.

That's incorrect Dasvildanya. They both made separate statements. Tomohiro Shibuya's is inline with what Miyazaki stated. I quoted it in my earlier comment above.