PlayStation 2
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

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Published by

Konami of America, Inc.

Developed by

Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.

Released

Platform

ESRB Rating

Genre

Perspective

3rd-Person Perspective

Non-Sport

BattleMech, Sci-Fi / Futuristic, Shooter

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4.3

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Cast
Dingo Egret	Peter Barto
ADA	Cynthia Marcucci
Nohman	Roger L. Jackson
Ken Marinaris	Renee Hewitt
Leo Stenbuck	Remy Le Boeuf
Viola	Jean Mazzei
Lloyd	JS Gilbert
Taper	Matt Chavez
Elena Weinberg	Debbie Rogers
Captain	Bryan Session
Volkovo	Andrew Chaikin
Rick	Jim Singer
Angie	Des Goyette
LEV Navigator	Corina Harman
Ellie Kayton	Willow Wray
Doctor	Ian Swift
Staff
Planning / Game Design	Shuyou Murata
Written by	Shuyou Murata, Ryosaku Ueno, Kensuke Yoshitomi
Mechanic Design / Art Director	Yoji Shinkawa
"Inhert" & "Lloyd" Designs	Kazuma Kaneko (ATLUS)
Character Designer	Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Original Character Design / Costume Design	Tsubasa Masao
Assistant Director	Ryosaku Ueno
Line Producer	Kensuke Yoshitomi
Planning	Shuyou Murata, Takashi Kitao, Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Shinichiro Shimano, Ryosaku Ueno, Kensuke Yoshitomi, Yoji Shinkawa, Hideo Kojima
Script Unit
Concept Map	Shuyou Murata
Script	Ryosaku Ueno, Motoaki Nishino, Masatoshi Uehara
Extra Missions Script	Masatoshi Uehara
Script Director / ADA System	Ryosaku Ueno
3D Design Unit
Mechanic Part	Yoshiteru Kobayashi, Kyoko Hariyama, Atsuko Ito, Daizo Shikama, Kenji Shiraishi
Modelling Structuring	Kyoko Hariyama
Mechanical Art Director	Yoshiteru Kobayashi
Background Part	Shinichiro Shimano, Yoshiyuki Koido, Daisuke Mogi, Noriyuki Katsumura, Yasuhiro Ikoma, Atsunori Kato, Natsuyo Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tsuchida
Background Concept Design	Yoshiyuki Koido
Background Art Director	Shinichiro Shimano
Lighting Director	Yoji Shinkawa
Visual Concept / Director of 3D CG Design	Takashi Mizutani
2D Design Unit
2D Design	Takahiro Omori
Mechanic Design	Toshio Noguchi
Director of 2D CG Design	Takahiro Omori
Program Unit
Main Programmer (game system)	Makoto Sonoyama
Main Programmer (graphic system)	Takashi Kitao
Jehuty	Makoto Sonoyama
Enemy System	Takashi Kitao, Hiroki Satoyoshi
System	Fumito Miyauchi, Shinya Nakashima, Kenjirou Kano
Character	Hiroki Satoyoshi, Shinya Ishikawa, Naoyoshi Yamashita, Shinya Nakashima, Fumito Miyauchi, Shigeo Okajima
Tool Support	Kenjirou Kano, Nobumitsu Tanaka, Yoshihito Kira
Program Director	Makoto Sonoyama
Visual Effects Unit
Programmers	Shigeo Okajima, Tsunehiko Shibata, Takayuki Aoki, Masao Tomosawa, Masao Awaji
Concept Design	Takashi Mizutani, Toru Kawakami
Visual Effects Director	Shigeo Okajima
Real Time Demo Unit
Storyboard	Takashi Mizutani, Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Real Time Demo Production	Takashi Mizutani, Masaya Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Natsuyo Tanaka
Real Time Demo Director	Takashi Mizutani
Program	Kenjirou Kano, Tsunehiko Shibata, Nobumitsu Tanaka
Vibration Effects	Masaya Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Natsuyo Tanaka
Motion Unit
Animators	Makoto Akashi, So Toyota, Masahiro Yoshinaga, Yukiko Kaneda, Yoriko Shimizu, Ryoko Yoshimura, Kumi Sato, Hiroyuki Inoue
Motion Design Directors	So Toyota, Hiroyuki Inoue, Makoto Akashi
Sound Unit
Composition	Maki Kirioka, Akihiro Honda, Toshiyuki Kakuta, Norihiko Hibino
Built‑in Sound Effects	Ryoji Makimura
Demo Part Sound Effects	Hiroe Noguchi
Mixing	Sotaro Tojima
Sound Editing	Hiroe Noguchi, Akihiro Honda, Maki Kirioka, Kazuki Muraoka, Toshiyuki Kakuta
Sound Program	Kazuki Muraoka
Sound Director	Hiroe Noguchi
Cockpit Demo
Layout / Color Setting	Tsubasa Masao
Original Sketches / Illustrations	Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Background	Toshio Noguchi
Script	Kensuke Yoshitomi
Cockpit Demo Director	Takahiro Omori
Program	Shinya Nakashima
Voice Recording Part (US version)
Voiceover Director	Robert Iriartborde
Voiceover Recording Engineer	Chris Cooper
Voiceover Casting	Janice Lee, Robert Iriartborde, Tony Wentzel
Voiceover / Recording Manager	Janice Lee
Recording Studio	Annex Digital / Menlo Park - California
Animation Demo Part
Director	Toru Yoshida
Digital Director	Tomohiro Hirata
Animation Director	Moriyasu Taniguchi
Mechanical Animation Director	Toru Yoshida
Assistant Animation Director	Izumi Shimura, Yoshiko Nakajima, Kenji Kosama, Takenori Tsukuma, Toru Yoshida, Tomoko Nitta, Kazuo Nakatani, Minoru Murao
Key Animator	ANIME ARU, Toru Yoshida, Takeshi Morita, Hirohumi Kashihara, Tomoko Nitta, Hiroki Harada, Yuichi Nakazawa, Fumiaki Kohta, Hiroyuki Kaidou, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Naoya Dogen, Kouichi Takai, Kiyoshi Nohji, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Minoru Murao, Tomohiro Hirata
Animation Checker	Tomoko Miyata
Animation	Tomoko Miyata, DR.MOVIE
Color Director	Eriko Murata
Color Setting	Hiromi Uchibayashi
Paint Final Check	Hiromi Uchibayashi, Toshie Suzuki
Finishing	DR.MOVIE
Retouch	Shin Inoie, Miyako Hoshi, Yasufumi Soejima
Art Director	Hiromasa Ogura
Art	OGURA KOUBOU, Ryotarou Ueda, Hiroshi Gouroku, Takanori Tanaka, Kazumi Yamasaki, Tuki Yamaguchi, Yuji Kaneko, Tsukasa Kakizakai
2D Works	Akiko Nakayama
2D VFX Director	Hiroo Yoshioka
SD VFX	Kojiro Hayashi
3D CGI Director	Yasufumi Soejima
3D CGI	Sadanori Kaneda, Kazuhira Tanaka, Hidemitsu Shiono
Edit	Soji Goto, Kiyoshi Hiroshi
Animation Producer	Shinji Nakashima
Production Manager	Yukio Takahashi
Digital Production Staff	Nobutaka Kasama
Production Staff	UFO Takamoto, Yoshiharu Takeshita, Kentaro Hattori, Kazusa Hamamoto
Animation Production	GONZO DIGIMATION
Setting	Takahiro Omori, Toshio Noguchi
"Jehuty" Animation Director	Yoji Shinkawa
Storyboard / Character Animation Director	Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Previous Story
Editing	Shuhei Yasumura (Karitajian)
Game Play	Masashi Tommy (METAL WORKS)
Package Unit
Artwork (Art Direction & Design)	Ichiro Kutome
Software Manual	Shuyou Murata
Title Design	Ichiro Kutome
Illustration	Tsubasa Masao, Nobuyoshi Nishimura
Software Manual Cuts	Toshio Noguchi
International Coordination	Scott Dolph
English Translations	SPROUT
Additional English Translations	Scott Dolph
Testing	Roppongi Monitoring Center
Web Site	Takaaki Kitamura, Takaaki Kumemura, Masato Ide (ASSEMBLE)
Art Direction	Ichiro Kutome
Main Theme "Beyond the Bounds"
Lyrics	Scott Dolph, Sanae Shintani (Sana)
Music	Maki Kirioka
Arrangement	Daisaku Kume
Vocal	Maki Kirioka
Musicians
Strings	Aska Kaneko (vn), Kaori Takahashi (vn), Keiko Shiga (va), Hiroki Kashiwagi (vc) (by the courtesy of Rock Chipper Record Inc.)
Staff (Music)
Mixing Engineer	Takehiko Kamada
Synthesizer Operation	Shinji Kano (Plankton)
Strings Recording Assistant Engineer	Mamiko Katakura (ON AIR Azabu Studio)
Production Management	Akiko Nakamura (3-D)
Strings Performer Management	Emi Kobayashi (Planet Arts)
Song Direction	Scott Dolph
Lyrics Concept	Shuyou Murata
Coined Word Transformation	Maki Kirioka
Recording Studio	pathway studio, ON AIR AZABU
Remix Staff
Mixing Engineer	Norihiko Hibino
Audio Track Editor	Maki Kirioka
Supervisor	Kazuki Muraoka
Mastering Engineer	Chiaki Ikematsu (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Special Thanks
Special Thanks	Yukihiro Akutsu (ATLUS), Atsushi Morita (ATLUS), Takanori Mochizuki (SMC), Minoru Arakawa (atelier ampersand), Kenichiro Imaizumi (Konami HWI), Wilson Cheng (KOA), Tammy Schachter (KOA), David Chen (KOA), Monique Catley (KOA), Rick Naylor (KOA), Satoshi Shimomura, Noriaki Okamura, Yoshikazu Matsuhana, Kazunobu Uehara, Yutaka Negishi, Miyuki Morita, Chihoko Uchiyama, Mineshi Kimura, Hideaki Mori, Kazunori Hideya, Shuhei Tanaka, Hajime Yashiro, Toshiaki Tarumi, Takeshi Nakahashi, Yumiko Kitamura, Aki Hitachi
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Executive Producer	Motoyuki Yoshioka
Producer	Hideo Kojima
Development	Konami JPN West
Production / Copyright	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publisher	KONAMI Corporation

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