{"id":373494,"date":"2026-07-29T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373494"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:12:17","slug":"pragmata-new-report-claims-diana-nearly-got-a-bob-cut-to-save-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pragmata-new-report-claims-diana-nearly-got-a-bob-cut-to-save-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pragmata: new report claims Diana nearly got a bob cut to save costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pragmata.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Pragmata<\/a><\/em> report making the rounds claims Capcom animators Kenji Irie and Serina Ohara said at CEDEC 2026 that Diana almost ended up with a bob cut because it would\u2019ve been cheaper. <strong>As of now<\/strong>, though, the public coverage doesn\u2019t confirm that Irie and Ohara actually said that, so this is one to read carefully, not something to accept as settled fact.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That rumor gets attention because Diana wasn\u2019t thrown together casually. Capcom seems to have built her with <strong>a lot of care<\/strong> as Hugh\u2019s childlike android companion. Director Yonghee Cho has pointed to Arale-chan from <em>Dr. Slump<\/em>, along with small android-like mannerisms, and even an internal all-female \u201cDiana Police\u201d review group that checked whether her movement and voice felt natural instead of drifting into something overly cute.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her finished long hairstyle also reportedly helped Capcom push the RE Engine\u2019s strand-based hair tech further. Add in the fact that <em>Pragmata<\/em> had already <strong>sold more than 2.5 million<\/strong> copies by July 2026, plus Yoshikazu Shimauchi talking about a sequel and the steady back-and-forth over Diana\u2019s design and fan content, and it\u2019s easy to see why even an unconfirmed story about a haircut is drawing eyes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been following Capcom\u2019s <em>Pragmata<\/em> closely, <strong>this is the kind of update<\/strong> to keep in mind, but with some skepticism.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can play <em>Pragmata<\/em>, released on <strong>April 17, 2026<\/strong>, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Pragmata report making the rounds claims Capcom animators Kenji Irie and Serina Ohara said at CEDEC 2026 that Diana almost ended up with a bob cut because it would\u2019ve been cheaper. As of now, though, the public coverage doesn\u2019t confirm that Irie and Ohara actually said that, so this is one to read &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pragmata-new-report-claims-diana-nearly-got-a-bob-cut-to-save-costs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pragmata: new report claims Diana nearly got a bob cut to save costs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9343,"featured_media":373493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-373494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373495,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373494\/revisions\/373495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373494"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=373494"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=373494"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=373494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}