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Dawn of Mana

aka: Seiken Densetsu 4
Moby ID: 33469

PlayStation 2 credits (2006)

322 people (288 professional roles, 34 thanks) with 337 credits.

Credits

Producer & Director Koichi Ishii
Lead Programmer Toshinori Shimono
Lead Planner Yuichi Tsuchiya
Lead Designer Mikiharu Ōiwa
Cinematics Supervisor Yūichi Itō (I. Toon Ltd.)
Original Story Writer Masato Kato
Scriptwriter Ryo Akagi
Music Composers Kenji Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Sound Director Tomohiro Yajima
Image Illustrator Hiroo Isono

Programmers

Background & Level Editor Toshinori Shimono
Concept Work Yoshiyuki Miyagawa
Effects Nao Kasahara
Characters Shinji Takeda
Menu System Masahiro Katsumata
Effects & Cinematics Daiki Hoshina
Character AI & Navigation Satoshi Kitade
Boss Enemies Shoichi Tateishi, Hidetaka Saneshige, Takeshi Aramaki
Script Engine & System Masaki Kimura
Objects & Mechanisms Masashi Hanyu, Yasuharu Ishibashi
Menus & Tools Keita Kimura
Programming Advisor Takaaki Tonooka

Planners

System Yuichi Tsuchiya, Toshinori Mizumachi
Motion Hidetomo Saito, Sho Numakura
AI Kazuyuki Miyamoto
Chapter Design Ryōji Uchimichi, Hiroyuki Ando, Hijiri Muta, Tatsumaro Tezuka, Yuichi Ninagawa, Wataru Ueda, Kazuyuki Shindo
Boss Enemies Hiroshi Satori, Jyunichi Shinomiya
Battle Arena Yasuyuki Hayasaka
Realtime Events Yuichi Nakagawa, Hideo Iwasaki, Miyuki Harada
Cinematics Shinya Yoshino
Planning Advisor Toshirou Tsuchida

Designers

Character Design Nao Ikeda
Monster Design Airi Yoshioka
Facial Rigging Yoshinori Kanada
Character Model Lead Takeshi Miyazawa
Character Models Minako Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Awata, Kazutaka Kurosaka, Takeshi Maruyama, Tasuku Tsuchiya, Rika Ojima, Sawako Kobayashi, Yasushi Suzuki, Miwa Hashimoto
Character Texture Lead Hirofumi Sakoi
Character Textures Eiichi Amano, Maiko Araki, Kaname Shindoh, Toru Nakazawa
Character Motion Lead Shigenobu Komuro
Character Motion Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kazuhiro Takagi, Tadashi Soeda, Takemasa Kawahara, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Yushi Inagaki, Takahiro Nishigaki
Background Design Misako Tsutsui, Mizushi Sugawara, Nobuya Aoki, Tonny W. M. Koo
Background Graphics Lead Mikiharu Ōiwa, Hiroyuki Sano, Kouki Ishinuma, Motoi Nakamura, Masaki Yasuda, Yoshiko Hiyama
Cinematic Background Graphics Yuichiro Takao
Background Graphics Daisuke Komatsu, Yasuyuki Kawamata, Hirotaka Nakayama, Eiko Hasegawa, Shinpei Sakata, Mayako Sugimoto, Shin Ienaka, Kunio Ikeda, Emi Noto, Manabu Daishima, Motohiro Murakami, Yasunori Yanagawa, Shinichiro Tsukada, Mayumi Furuzawa
Effects Lead Makoto Ōta
Effects Shizuo Kusano, Takuji Yasuda, Ryota Nozoe, Hikaru Suzuki, Masaki Kawai, Gakushi Kobayashi
Menu Design Yuka Miyamoto, Ryoko Arimura

Pre-production Support

Pre-production Support Yoshiyuki Aiuchi, Daisuke Fukugawa, Hiroshi Bunno

Sound Section

Composer Masayoshi Soken
Arrangers Masayoshi Soken, Junya Nakano
Synthesizer Operator Hirosato Noda
Sound & Dialogue Editors Yuji Isogawa, Kazuhiro Hosoe, Hideki Uchimura, Atsushi Ōnishi, Jota Goto
Sound Editors Rieko Shimura, Ai Yamashita, Atsushi Suganuma
Movie Sound Editor Shojiro Nakaoka
Sound Programmer Tatsuya Shoji
Support Keyboard Player Kenichiro Fukui
Project Manager Masayuki Tanaka
Project Coordinator Masashi Kitagawa
Project Assistants Kazuki Hamamoto, Saeko Kanazawa
Opening & Ending Theme Music Written by Ryuichi Sakamoto

~Dawn of Mana~ Opening Theme Performed by

Oboe Shoko Ikeda
Harp Tomoyuki Asakawa
Piano & Keyboard Ryuichi Sakamoto

~Dawn of Mana~ Ending Theme Performed by

Oboe Fumiaki Miyamoto
Mr. Miyamoto appears by the courtesy of Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Piano Ryuichi Sakamoto

Sound Section (2)

Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Recorded by Tomoyuki Tanaka (554)
Assistant Engineer Hanae Saito (Birdie House)
Mixed by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Associate Producer Norika Sora-sky (KAB America Inc.)
Production Management Satoshi Nakashiro, Kazue Hasegawa (KAB Inc.)
Piano Tunes Masanori Hanaoka (Yamaha)
Equipment Coordination Masanobu Tsuchiya (Office Intenzio), Kiyoharu Terada (Office Intenzio)
Contractor Shigeru Ohtake (Daybreak)
Music Copiest Michiharu Sasaki (Tokyo Hustle Copy)
Legal Coordination Takuo Morikawa (KAB Inc.)
Development Cooperation KAB Inc., JVC Entertainment Networks Inc., Grick Inc.

New Generation Pictures, Inc.: US Dialogue Recording

Producers Reiko Matsuo, Jonathan Klein
Voice Director Jonathan Klein
Recording Studio Soundscape Inc.
Recording Engineers John Sanacore, Pablo Solorzano

Sound Section (3)

Composer & Orchestrator Kenji Ito
Conductor Koji Haishima
Strings Masatsugu Shinozaki's Group
Flute Takashi Asahi
Oboe Tomoka Hirota
Horns Masato Yoshinaga, Masato Abe, Hitoshi Imai, Yasushi Higa
Trumpets Shigeo Okura, Hiroko Shibata, David Herzog
Trombones Kenji Nishiyama, Koichi Akiyama, Kou Okumura
Tuba Isao Watanabe
Percussion Tamao Fujii, Ikuo Kakehashi, Tomoko Kusakari, Mari Kotake
Harp Satomi Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Asakawa
Piano Kenji Ito
Guitar Hiroshi Imaizumi, Masahiro Itami
Bass Hitoshi Watanabe
Bandoneon Satoshi Kitamura
Scat Kazuko Kawashima
Tenor Solo Kazushige Shimura
Chorus Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Recording & Mixing Engineers Kazuhiko Misumi, Toru Kamekawa
Recording Studios Avaco Creative Studio Inc., Sound Inn
Mixing Studios Studio TonMeister, Sound Inn
Recording Coordinator Fumio Takano
Mixing Studio 408 THX Suite [THX PM3 certified] at Sony PCL Inc.
Mixing Engineer Kazutaka Someya
Assistant Engineer Moon Yeonhwa
Post Production Manager Chiaki Ikejima

Cinematics & CG Movies: Avant Co., Ltd.

Line Producer Yoshimi Fujii

Quality Assurance

QA Coordinator Tomokazu Nagamori
QA Assistant Coordinator Gyosuke Nagashima
QA Technical Engineers Kazuya Okamoto, Hisato Iwatsuki
QA Technical Assistants Toshimitsu Umezawa, Tomohito Kohno
QA Senior Tester Taku Kato
QA Testers Toshiaki Ohnari, Tsukasa Torigata, Toshinari Iwafune, Yutaro Nagatomo, ...and all other QA staff
QA Technical Director Hideyuki Kato
QA Manager Yukihiro Shibuya

Localization

Localization Director Jin Kimura
Localization Assistant Shu Hiratou
Translation Advisor Richard Mark Honeywood
Editor Colin Williamson
Localization Manager Masashi Hiramatsu
Additional Localization Assistance Joseph Reeder, Mizue Uda, Aziz Hinoshita, Shingo Hosokawa, Brody Phillips
Ratings Advisors Hiroko Hamada, Sueko Kogai, Reiko Kondo

Square Enix, Inc.

Quality Assurance Manager David Carrillo ("Ribs")
Assistant QA Manager Mohammed A. C. Wright
Senior QA Coordinator Mathew A. Clift
QA Associate Jason Sanders
QA Coordinator Bryan D. Chen
Associate QA Coordinator Thaddeus Phillips
QA Team Steven Ray, Isagani Camangian, Kenn Konno, Eric Lea, Natasha Lifa, Korey Patterson, Lila Shin
QA Translators Elijah Smolko, Takahiro Soh
Localization Specialist Laurie Spillane
Localization & QA Director Yutaka Sano
Executive Director of Community & Service Yasu Kurosawa
Senior Manager of Operations Franko F. Fonseca
Information Center Manager Walter Brame
Information Center Supervisors Carl Hidalgo, Jereme Skelton
Information Center Representatives James Massey, Neil Herrera ("Tak")
Back-End Support Manager Sean Michael
Back-End Support Associates Gene Messerschmitt, Jose Osio
Public Relations Sonia Im, Charlie Sinhaseni, Klee Kuo
Product Marketing Fernando Bustamante, Charles McCarter, Issei Shimizu, Laurie Ma
Project Coordination Kumiko Hakushi, Naoko Yamamura-Rice, Emi Bliss, Wilbur Lin
Marketing Communications Patrick H. Cervantes, Tim Law, Parker Sapp, Sakura Minamida
Sales Ronald Kurtz, Alaine C. de Leon, Kanji Tashiro, Jaysen Rodriguez, John Siy
Executive Director, Sales & Marketing Shinji Futami
Senior Vice President Shinji Hashimoto
Director of Legal Affairs & Associate General Counsel Clinton Foy
President & CEO Daishiro Okada
PR Director Ryutaro Sasaki
PR Staff Chieko Tsurunaga
Chief Overseas Coordinator Ayako Kawamoto
Overseas Coordinator Emiko Sato
Project Manager Yoshinori Kamei
Project Assistant Asako Uenishi
Coordinators Tomoya Asano, Shingo Kosuge
The World of Mana Project Koji Taguchi, Yoshimasa Koreeda, Yasuhito Watanabe, Shinji Futami, Hajime Tabata, Koji Okohara, Takashi Orikata
World of Mana Promotions, Movie Production Hiroshi Kuwabara, Ryosuke Inagaki, Digital Media Lab Inc.

Technology

Havok® ©2007 Havok and Havok 3 are registered trademarks of Havok and Telekinesys Research Limited. All other products, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Dolby® Pro Logic II -
THX® pm3 THX pm3 is a trademark of THX pm3, which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All rights reserved.

Credits (2)

Special Thanks Ryo Shin, Yoshikazu Yoshiura, Akihiko Kasuga, Ayako Hino, Dan Yamamoto, Katsunobu Iida, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Kazuyoshi Tashiro, Mizuki Kubo, Naoto Shimada, Noriko Watanabe, Takahiro Fujii, Takashi Sannohe, Yasuhiro Takamatsu, Yasutaka Kiriya, Yuka Naito, Yuki Nishimura, Junichi Hayashi, Kotaro Beppu, Tomoya Suzuki, Yoko Abe, Glenn Lee, Hiromichi Tanaka, Ken Narita, Koji Yamashita, Masashi Hiramatsu, Michihiro Sasaki, Satoru Nakajima, Shinji Hashimoto, Tatsuo Tomiyama, Yoshinori Kitase, Yosuke Saito, Yū Miyake
Supervisor Akitoshi Kawazu
Executive Producer Yōichi Wada
- And a big thanks to all Square Enix staff!
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