Shu Takumi, the creator of the Ace Attorney series and the director of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, is a practitioner of magic tricks and performed one during his job interview at Capcom. The performance went well with the interviewer, who was curious about how the magic trick worked. Despite magicians traditionally declining to reveal their secrets, Takumi reluctantly revealed a small part of the trick as he wanted the job. He later said of the interview: "I'd like to believe that was not the only reason I got hired..."