PlayStation 2
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

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Published by

Namco Hometek Inc.

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Perspective

1st-Person Perspective, 3rd-Person Perspective

Non-Sport

Flight

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3.5

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Game Designers
Lead Game Designer	Natsuki Isaki
Level Designers	Ryosuke Waki, Mori, Satoshi Kawase, Makoto Kiyokawa, Masahide Kito, Tadahiro Katsuta
Radio Script Editors	Takeshi Oi, Masahide Kito, Ayako Oumi, Tomidokoro Yayoi, Daisuke Murano
Script Editor	Naoto Maeda
Programmers
Lead Programmer	Suzuki Satoshi
Senior Programmer	Katsuhiro Ishii
Programmers	Yasumichi Onishi, Shigeya Muto, Kunichiro Uekusa, Hiroki Odagaki, Yoichi Murakoshi, Shogo Nakamura, Yoshiaki Hirai, Hitoshi Ueda
Tools & Technical Support	Shima Masanori, Yoshimi Kurihara
NU Sound Library Sound Engineers	Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Shogo Nakamura, Yuichiro Okamura, Narumi Takahara, Tsuyoshi Fukutomi
Designers - Map Unit
Map Director & Lead Designer	Masato Kanno
Map Designers	Chigusa Hosoda, Iwasaki Sachiko, Akiko Matsunaga, Aoki Natsuko, Ryoko Horie
Map Designer & Technical Support	Masaaki Hirano
Map Designer & Weapon Designer	Eiji Senke
Weapon Designer	Aya Takemura
Mechanical Designer	Masato Kanno
Designers - Aircraft Unit
Aircraft Modeling Director	Isshin Yabuki
Aircraft Modeling Artists	Naito Ryo, Izumi Takayuki, Hara Kenichi
Lead Aircraft Texture Artist	Yasuhiro Kawai
Aircraft Texture Artist	Yuichi Nakamura
Lead Cockpit Artist	Ryuta Jufuku
Cockpit Artists	Masaji Miyaki, Fujita Kenichi
Designers - Cinematics Unit
Cinematics Director	Kosuke Itomi
Animation Director	Keiko Harada
Director of Photography	Hiroyasu Hosoya
Storyboard Artist	Kosuke Itomi
Color Setting	Keiko Harada
Technical Supervisors	Abe Tomohiro, Hiroyasu Hosoya
Lead Background Artists	Hiroki Nagaoka, Hiroyasu Hosoya
Background Artists	Masahiro Onda, Isao Kato, Daisuke Kataoka, Natsuko Shimizu, Naoki Kawata, Tatsuya Ikarashi, Kurihara Izumi
Aircraft Modeling & Animation	Takafumi Abe
Animal Modeling & Animation	Isao Kato, Koki Nishida
Character Modeling Director	Abe Tomohiro
3D Character Modeling & Rendering	Takao Shigeyama, Taichi Higashino, Wada Ikuko, Masaya Suzuki, Ishihara Ryutaro, Yukie Matsuo
Character Animators	Takamasa Nakada, Ryuji Kamakura, Saori Ogiya, Kubo Mitsuhiro, Atsushi Sakamoto, Takayuki Naito, Isao Nakayama
Character Designer	Takuji Kawano
3D Visual Effects	Keiichi Fujii, Kazuhiro Takimoto
2D Visual Effects	Yokobe Masaki
2D Compositors	Yokobe Masaki, Keiko Harada, Kosuke Itomi, Hiroyasu Hosoya
Editor	Kosuke Itomi
Designers - Real-Time Cinematics Unit
Lead Animator & Technical Supervisor	Abe Tomohiro
Storyboard Artist	Kosuke Itomi
Aircraft & Camera Animation	Tatsuya Ikarashi, Naoki Kawata, Koki Nishida, Saori Ogiya, Hiroki Nagaoka
Designers - In-Game Effects Unit
Visual Effects	Keiichi Fujii
Designers - Graphic Design Unit
Art Director	Kazutoki Kono
"A Blue Dove for the Princess" Written & Illustrated by	Tadahiko Kawaguchi
GUI Designers	Kazutoki Kono, Ooie Yumiko
Briefing Movie Designers	Kazutoki Kono, Ooie Yumiko, Tadahiko Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Takimoto, Kosuke Itomi
Package Designers	Takaharu Suzuki, Tadahiko Kawaguchi, Kazutoki Kono, Masahiro Onda
Motion Capture
Motion Capture Staff	Sumio Itou, Kumiko Naemura, Naoaki Ishida, Sawada Yoshiyuki, Tetsuya Kono, Kaoru Suzuki, Yasunobu Samata, Mio Sato, Naoko Yoshiyama
Motion Capture Actors	Araki Shigeru, Takahashi Rinpei, Shigehiro Takeda, Eugene, Ono Kagari
Motion Capture Talent Management	Gocoo Entertainment
3D Modeling Support
Character Modeling Support	Anima Inc.
Producer	Kazuya Sasahara
Director	Tomohisa Ishikawa
Modeling & Texture Artists	Akira Nakamura, Kazuki Amenomiya, Yukiko Hirokawa, Mai Nakamura, Sato Ei, Sato Takashi
Sound
Sound Director	Tetsukazu Nakanishi
Music Director	Keiki Kobayashi
Composers	Keiki Kobayashi, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Junichi Nakatsuru, Hiroshi Ohkubo, Katsuro Tajima
Cinematics Composer	Keiki Kobayashi
Sound Effects	Tetsukazu Nakanishi
Cinematics Sound Effects	Tomomitsu Kaneko
Voice Effects	Kanako Kakino
Music
"ACE5 Main Theme" Music	Keiki Kobayashi
"The Journey Home" Music	Keiki Kobayashi
"The Journey Home" Lyrics	Joe Romersa
"The Journey Home" Chorus	Honma Yukie, Asai Miho, Inoue Michiko, Hattori Tomoka, Saito Reimi, Uchiyama Hiromi, Oda Asami, Yamada Machiko, Arai Akiko, Nohara Saori, Hirakoso Junko, Yamashita Hiroki, Seki Kiketsu, Tsuda Shunsuke, Sasaki Jun, Kondo Takayuki
"The Journey Home" Chorus Lyrics Translation	b‑cause inc.
"The Journey Home" Electric Guitar	Takanori Goto
"Blue Skies" Lyrics & Vocals	Stephanie Cooke (Courtesy of King Street Sounds)
"Blue Skies" Recording Support	BPM King Street Sounds
Mixing Engineer	Hidetaka Hikosaka, Tomoatsu Okamura
Mixing Support	Birdie House Inc.
"ACE5 Main Theme" & "The Journey Home" Performed by	The Warsaw Philharmonic
"ACE5 Main Theme" & "The Journey Home" Arranged by	Katsuro Tajima
"Blurry" Written by	Wesley Scantlin, Douglas Ardito, James Christopher Allen
"Blurry" Performed by	Puddle of Mudd
VO Recording - Japan
VO Produced by	Mit Gathering
Sound Engineers	Masayoshi Shimano, Yuki Yasoshima
Casting Management	Aoni Production
Casting Director	Yasuaki Sumi
Japanese Voice Actors	Wakana Yamazaki (as Kei Nagase), Hideo Ishikawa (as Alvin H. Davenport - Chopper), Kenji Nojima (as Hans Grimm), Unshou Ishizuka (as Jack Bartlett), Chikao Otsuka (as Peter N. Beagle - Pops), Hirata Hiroaki (as Albert Genette), Kenji Nomura (as Marcus Snow), Daisuke Gouri (as Orson Perrault), Yasunori Masutani (as Allen C. Hamilton), Takeshi Aono (as Nicholas A. Andersen), Tanaka Hideyuki (as Vincent Harling), Masashi Ebara (as Seryozha Viktorovich Nikanor), Misa Watanabe (as Nastasya Vasilievna Obertas), Tomohisa Asoh, Kinryu Arimoto, Ikemizu Michihiro, Kazuya Ichijou, Tetsu Inada, Fumiko Inoue, Naoki Imamura, Hidenari Ugaki, Hisao Egawa, Endo Takeshi, Moriya Endou, Ryuzaburo Ohtomo, Mahito Oba, Okuda Keiji, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Nobuhiko Kazama, Shouto Kashii, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kawachi Takahiro, Yasuhiko Kawazu, Takaya Kuroda, Yoshiyuki Kouno, Kobayashi Toshio, Koichi Sakaguchi, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, Sato Masaharu, Sato Yuki, Bin Shimada, Hisayoshi Suganuma, Soya Shigenori, Keiichi Sonobe, Takatsuka Masaya, Yugo Takahashi, Satoshi Taki, Takishita Tsuyoshi, Naoki Tatsuta, Kazunari Tanaka, Kazumi Tanaka, Hirofumi Tanaka, Munehiro Tokita, Tokuyama Yasuhiko, Nakao Michio, Ryouhei Nakao, Kouichi Nagano, Tamotsu Nishiwaki, Nojima Hirofumi, Hamano Masashi, Kouji Haramaki, Naoki Bando, Keiji Hirai, Hirano Masato, Kohei Fukuhara, Fujimoto Takahiro, Makishima Yuki, Yuji Machi, Taiki Matsuno, Miura Hiroaki, Tsuguo Mogami, Yamamoto Keiichiro, Takahiro Yoshimizu, Yonemoto Chizu, Osamu Ryutani, Watanabe Takehiko
US Localization
Localization Manager	Noriko Wada
Localization Producer	Hiroshi Tanaka
Assistant Localization Producer	Taiki Homma
US Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Manager	Glen A. Cureton
Quality Assurance Supervisor	Daryle Tumacder
Lead Tester	Gene Bang
Aircraft License Management
Licensing Coordinator	Andreea Enache
Licensing Manager	Hiroaki Ochiai
BAE SYSTEMS - Public Relations Manager/Customer Solutions & Support	Mike Sweeney
BAE SYSTEMS - Intellectual Property Manager	John Eastmond
Boeing Business Services Company - Manager, Trademark & Product Standards	Gay Hawkins
Boeing Business Services Company - Business Development Manager/Trademark Management Group	Gail M. Roth
DESSAULT AVIATION - Manager/Institutional Relations and Corporate Communications Department	Bruno Briegel
DESSAULT AVIATION - Operational Expert/International General Directorate	Herve Hamon
Equity Management Inc. - Vice President, Licensing Sales	Jonathan Samet
Equity Management Inc. - Product Coordinator	Marc M. Dion
Northrop Grumman Corporation - Trademark Licensing Manager	Patrick Joyce
Special Thanks	Melinda Bonewell
US Marketing
Senior Product Marketing Manager	Kim Morgan
Product Marketing Managers	Yoko Nakao, Wayne Shiu
US Special Thanks
	Terry C. Mitchell (OASD Public Affairs), Gene Jillson, Neva Lawson, Don Houghtailing, Defense Visual Information Center, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Svetlana Watkins, Irma Gog, Yutaka Maseba (ZRO Limit Productions), Haruyo Kanesaku (ZRO Limit Productions), Les Claypool, Mary Claypool, Namco Hometek Choir, John Kenzo Hickey, Scott Pendleton, Jesse Mejia, Namco Hometek IS Department, Jim Atkiss, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Jennifer Tersigni, Brian Schorr, Yoshi Niki, Kristin Calcagno, Mika Kelly, Jeffrey Lujan, Rodney Nakamoto, Garry Cole, Robert Ennis, Nobuhiro Kasahara
US VO Recording
VO Produced by	ZRO Limit Productions in association with Animaze Inc.
Associate VO Producer	Keisuke Onishi
ADR Directors	Quint Lancaster, Joe Romersa
Recording Facility	Magnitude 8 Post
Sound Engineers	Collin McQueen, Michael K. McCarty, David W. Barr
Script Editor	Hiroshi Tanaka
Military Consultant	Pete Bonanni (Boomer)
Translation
Scenario and Radio Script Translation	InterOne Inc.
Translation Editor	John Ricciardi
Translators	Kevin Gifford, D. Scott Miller
Coordinators	Fukuda Tetsuo, Hiroko Minamoto
UK Localization - Namco UK Office
Representative Director	Hideo Yanagihara
Senior Manager	Hiroaki Ochiai
Production Manager	Takashi Ebiike
Assistant Product Manager	Ed Valiente
Assistant Producer	Luis Alis
Production Assistants	Nobuko Mihara, Hidetoshi Nakatsukasa
UK Localization - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Producer	Simon Roberts
Assistant Producer	Alison Lau
Senior Product Manager	Isabelle Tomatis
PR Manager	Imogen Baker
Assistant Product Manager	Carly Tilbrook
Assistant PR Manager	Kevin Smyth
Marketing
Hi‑Res Image Artists	Masahiro Onda, Hiroyasu Hosoya, Keiko Harada, Takafumi Abe, Yoshikazu Hara, Isao Kato, Natsuko Shimizu, Kurihara Izumi, Takao Shigeyama, Wada Ikuko, Saori Ogiya, Masaya Suzuki, Taichi Higashino
Demo Reel Production	Kosuke Itomi, Hiroyasu Hosoya, Kazutoki Kono, Tadahiko Kawaguchi
Aces Web Designer	Mishina Yukihiko
Sales Promotion
Sales Promotion Managers	Kai Tanaka, Hiroshi Ikeda
Sales Promotion Coordinators	Taku Tsuge, Ken Takeda, Morikazu Orikasa, Hiroshi Fujii
JPN Localization Staff
Unit Leader	Michael Murray
Localization Staff	Masanori Kato, Takashi Akiyama, Shoko Doi
JPN Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Manager	Shinichi Tsuruya
Quality Assurance Staff	Tanaka Ryo
Special Thanks
	Oogami Masako, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Naito Keiichi, Tanabe Tetsuto, Higashino Isao, Nishizawa Kazuhiro, Watanabe Taro, Tajima Masahiro, Isobe Takeshi, Nagata Yoshihiro, Nakamura Takashi, Shibuya Miyuki, Miura Kouichi, Daigo Momoko, Keiko Iso, Numakami Hiroshi, Ryo Takahashi, Sawada Yoshiyuki, Ishikawa Kana, Ando Makoto, Kazuaki Iwasawa, Kazuaki Fujimoto, Nakazawa Akiko, Hoshimura Mieko, Imamiya Jun, Daigo Okumura, Umaki Takashi, Kobayashi Masaki, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Teramoto Hideo, Naoi Yoshinori, Tanaka Yoshiya, Eto Motoharu, Nishiwaki Kazuma, Iwasaki Takuya (cavia inc.)
Production Support
Screenplay Support	Studio 4 °C
Producer	Eiko Tanaka
Satellite Imagery Provided by	Japan Space Imaging Corporation
Human Resources Support	DIGITALSCAPE Co. Ltd.
Fonts Provided by	Fontworks International Limited
Radio Script Editor	Iizuka Shuhei
Military Consultant	Otsuka Yoshifuru
Credits
Screenplay	Sunao Katabuchi
Director	Kazutoki Kono
Producer	Hiroyuki Ichiyanagi

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