Folklore

aka: Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore, FolksSoul: Ushinawareta Denshou, Monster Kingdom, Unknown Realms
Moby ID: 30599

PlayStation 3 credits (2007)

464 people (411 professional roles, 53 thanks) with 499 credits.

Game Republic

Executive Director Yoshiki Okamoto
Director Takashi Shono
Gameplay Architect Designers Tomohisa Kano, Michiaki Nakanowatari, Masanori Mottate, Norikazu Miwa, Keiichi Kawakami
Battle System Designers Takashi Izutani, Masayuki Hino, Shuko Mitsuda, Shigeo Takaai, Yuta Amino, Katsuo Suzuki, Youichi Yamaji, Noriaki Matsunase, Katsushige Hayakawa, Yuichi Shimizu, Jin Ueba, Sugitaro Kitayama
Game System Designers Toshiyuki Kajiwara, Tadahisa Uchino, Takaaki Yamashita, Ryo Shibuichi
Scenario Writer Hidehisa Miyashita
Scenario Editor Youhei Yanase
Event Sequence Scripters Shūji Komatsu, Yuta Hanawa
Quest Sequence Scripters Yukihiro Kitada, Tomoaki Takagi
Event & Quest Assistants Takaaki Ishihara, Yasuyuki Kudo, Yukihiro Tamura
Dungeon Trial System Designers Fumihiro Asami, Kazuya Yamamoto
Game Design Supervisor Yoshinori Takenaka, Tadashi Satomi
Lead Game Programmer Hiroyuki Tanaka
Game System Programmers Daishi Sekimoto, Tomohiro Kaneko, Kazuya Takei
Graphics Programmers Daisuke Katagi, Franklyn Tamalenus
VFX Programmer Makoto Hasegawa
Manga Sequence Programmer Manabu Koga
In-game Movie Programmer Mitsuyuki Suzuki
Lead Battle System Programmer Shunsuke Kitano
Battle System Programmers Kazuki Sakurai, Daisuke Oikawa, Akira Yamamoto, Kazumasa Ohashi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hitoshi Togawa
Sound Programmer Ippei Onishi
Movie Programmer Ippei Onishi
Network Programmer Shinichi Ueyama, Daisuke Yamada, Mutsuhiro Furuya, Hitoshi Nakagawa, Kei Honda
Program Supervisors Eitoshi Ashihara, Shinya Suda
Art Director Kohei Toda
Lead Character Illustrator Chihiro Mutsukura
Character Illustrators Issei Kutsuzawa, Tetsuya Wagatsuma
Landscape Artists Kohei Toda, Hidetomo Komaki, Hiroyuki Shimai, Sosuke Miyaura
Manga Sequence Designers Ryūichi Tobe, Keiichiro Akashi, Hiromasa Suzuki
User Interface Designers Kohei Toda, Nozomi Ishii
Lead 3D Character Model & Texture Designer Yuuya Kuroyabu
3D Character Model & Texture Designers Tatsuya Ōshima, Sumire Yonemoto, Tsuyoshi Otaki, Akiyo Suzuki, Tsutomu Ono, Yuma Tanimoto, Aoi Yoshimoto, Shingo Oba, Kotomi Negishi, Masayo Horie, Tadashi Abe, Kazuya Matsumura, Hiroki Uchida, Nozomu Ikeuchi, Yosuke Yamaguchi, Ryotaro Takahashi, Yukari Hoshi, Mitsuru Sakamoto, Ahoashi
Lead Animator Hiroyuki Hamada
Animators Ryuta Inoue, Tatsuhiko Murai, Yukiko Ueda, Eri Harata, Sōsuke Honda, Takuya Sakamoto, Makoto Fukahori, Morikazu Nagaro, Yasushi Shimajiri, Aya Yamamoto, Eisuke Sagawa, Hisashi Kanie, Yoshihiro Haji, Akira Muramoto, Tomoaki Sugiura, Rui Fukuma, Kazunori Nakanishi, Toshihiko Kumazaki, Shinpei Kawai, Shinji Hosono, Mitsuo Kosaka, Asami Okouchi, Kunihiko Suzuki, Naoki Taguchi, Hideto Takegami
Lead 3D Landscape Designers Masahiro Oyama, Yoko Fukumoto
3D Landscape Designers Yuma Tanimoto, Keisuke Higuchi, Chiharu Shindo, Gouichi Watanuki, Saori Kurita, Satsuki Kuwana, Tetsu Fukada, Atsushi Numata, Mamoru Odake, Hiroki Uchida, Makiko Kubo, Yumiko Otori, Keisuke Shibutani, Takeshi Ishizu
Lead VFX Designer Arugo Shinohara
VFX Designers Hidekazu Nakajima, Miki Toyota, Jiro Yoshida, Tetsu Shoji, Tomoaki Honma, Yuichiro Okamura, Hikari Yamamoto, Chihiro Kondo, Takumi Nakamura, Atsuto Kuroe
Character & Landscape Modeling & Texturing Pearl Digital Entertainment
Sound Designers Masaya Imoto, Shohei Kawasaki, Takahiro Sasamura
Assistant Project Manager Reina Okamura
Technical Support Shin-ichiro Kajitani, Kiyotake Fujii, Masaharu Inoue, Sayaki Fujioka, Mitsutoshi Ozaki, Naomi Kurata, Hitoshi Matsuda, Takuya Shiraiwa
Game Republic Special Thanks Engines [make anything!], Yasushi Adachi, Toyohisa Tanabe, Takashi Hamamura, Yoshimasa Arita, Takayuki Nakayama, Gameage Research, Institute Inc., Eiichi Yaji, Takahito Ikeda, Seishaku Takayama, Yuji Tanaka, Tetsuya Iijima, Hiroki Matsubara, Haruki Kanemaru, Kiyohito Maeda, Junko Hosoya, Ikki Yamazaki, Ryuji Okamura, Ryū Yoshida, Koki Takuwa, Shinichi Muraoka, Daisuke Tamaki, Naoyuki Ashida

Shirogumi Inc.

Producers Hiromasa Inoue, Masayo Ono
Director Masaki Takahashi
Storyboard Artists Masaki Takahashi, tuetue kombinato
CG Director Kei Matsumoto
Lead Designer Masakuni Taira
Designers Tatsuya Hayasaki, Seiko Umeki, Katsumi Suzuki, Takayuki Ueki, Reona Yonemoto
Compositor Takeo Yoshikawa
Data Management Mika Emura
System Manager Tsuguo Hayakawa
Video Recording Tsuguo Hayakawa, Ryo Higuchi, Yūki Mizuno

Premium Agency Inc. - Real-time Cinematics Production

Executive Producer Katsunori Yamaji
Producers Kenji Ozawa, Hiroyuki Shigeta
Director Tatsuhiko Tachibe
Assistant Producers Yoshihisa Sasaki, Miwa Takahashi, Shigeki Matsumoto
3DCG Animators Shinya Kazumata, Yasuaki Sato, Kousuke Miyazawa, Kota Morishige, Kazunao Tokuda, Shogo Takata, Nobuo Gouchi, Masayuki Fukushima
Facial Animators Nobuo Gouchi, Mika Shiohara, Yoko Konno
Effect & Lighting Designer Kazunao Tokuda, Shogo Takata, Kozo Fukuyama, Kousuke Miyazawa
Lead Programmer Takayoshi Oi
Effect Programmers Akifumi Yamamoto, Hideo Tanaka, Yukihiro Obuchi, Chiho Tanihira, Shinichi Nakamura
VFX Advisers Kenta Maeda, Yoshihisa Narita, Masatake Fujita
IT Adviser Yusuke Kobayashi, Takatoshi Muto
Business Administration Tetsuya Tagaya, Akiko Fujimura, Kayo Amano, Akiko Yamaguchi, Miki Shoju
Premium Agency Special Thanks Ichirō Itano

Gaia Co., Ltd. - Development Cooperation

Creative Producer Kouji Okada
Line Producer Jonny Murakami
Director Makoto Kitano
Planners Yoshikazu Yamaki, Teruyuki Toriyama
Programmers Tetsuro Noda, Masahiro Horikoshi, Gaia Development Team

SCE Japan Studio - Sound and Video Group

Sound Production SCE Japan Studio Sound and Video Group
Sound Library Programmers Isamu Terasaka, Mitsuteru Furukawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Tomohito Ito
Lead Sound Designer Tsubasa Ito
Sound Designers Kaori Oshima, Ryou Yamamura
Sound Producer Shinpei Yamaguchi
Opening Theme Nephilim / abingdon boys school
Opening Theme Words Takanori Nishikawa
Opening Theme Arrangement abingdon boys school, Epic Records Japan
Opening Theme Music Toshiyuki Kishi
Music Kenji Kawai, Ayako Sasō (Super Sweep Co. Ltd.), Shinji Hosoe (Super Sweep Co. Ltd.), Hiroto Saito (STUDIO MINSTREL)
Musicians Strings-Uchida Group
Concert Master Michiko Miyauchi
Irish Flute Mari Yasui
Flute Mayumi Okusawa
Violin/Viola (solo) Yuriko Mukojima
Recording and Mixing Engineers (Kenji Kawai's Session) Teruaki Kitagawa, Takahira Fukushiro
Assisant Recording and Mixing Engineers (Kenji Kawai's Session) Tomoko Hasebe (Aube Studio), Takehiko Naito (Sound City), Kei Matsubara (Aube Studio)
Production Managers and Coordinators (Kenji Kawai's Session) Reiko Yasuda (Aube Inc.), Emi Okubo (Aube Inc.), Akiko Ida (Daybreak), Tomoko Nakano (Aube Inc.), Shigeru Ohtake (Daybreak)
Mastering Engineer Hirokazu Fukushima
Voice Directors Kate Saxon, Hideyuki Tanaka (Audio Tanaka)
Voice Recording Production Managers Andy Emery (Side UK), Cheryl Prince (Side UK)
Voice Recording Engineers Ant Hales (Side UK), Shinichi Enomoto (Hiro Sound Technic)
Voice Actors Lisa Hogg (Ellen), Holly Quinn (Suzette), Lorraine Pilkington (Ingrid), Jack Burke (Herve), Peter Dickson (Lord of the Faerys), Richard Coyle (Keats), Tom George (Scarecrow/Archeologist), Michael Maloney (Belgae/Ship's Captain), Lucy Robinson (Livane), Robbie Stevens (Dr. Lester/The Judge), Jun Konno (Production baobao), Keigo Suzuki (Production baobao), Airi Sakuno (DOA), Makoto Matsumoto (DOA), Takeshi Matsuoka (DOA), Shinichi Sekiya (Production baobao), Shigemi Sugiyama (DOA), Rumi Nakamura (DOA), Ryosuke Sakamaki (DOA)
Cinematics Post Production Walla-Works Inc.
Cinematics Sound Designer Tak Ogawa (Walla-Works Inc.)
Cinematics Sound Editors Hirokazu Ebisu (Walla-Works Inc.), Hideyuki Sasaki (Walla-Works Inc.), Yuji Akazawa (Walla-Works Inc.)
Cinematics Foley Artists Minami Miyazaki (Walla-Works Inc.), Junpei Fujiwara (Walla-Works Inc.), Sayaka Oda (Walla-Works Inc.), Kenichi Matsumoto (OSM)
Cinematics Recording Mixers Masayoshi Ōkawa (Bic River Inc.), Kenji Nagashima (Walla-Works Inc.)
Cinematics Post Production Coordinator Mamoru Sase (Walla-Works Inc.)

SCE Japan Studio

Technical Support Kazuo Kato, Makoto Wakabayashi
Special Thanks to Takeshi Kajii, Haruyoshi Sawatari, Shiho de Ruiter-Miyazaki, Ai Kaneko, Yuuya Takayama, Yasuhiro Iizuka, Hiromiki Kumada, Toshimichi Isoe (Zizz Studio), Aaron Orsak (SCEA), Michael Graham (SCEA), Yukiko Goto (SCEE), Elodie Hummel (SCEE), Toby Morrish (SCEE), Melanie Nero (SCEE)
Title Coordinator Reiko Sekine
Cinematics and Sound Coordinator Yoshikatsu Kanemaru (Premium Agency Inc.)
Producer Kiminori Tsubouchi
Executive Producer Bill Ritch
Development Executives Masatsuka Saeki, Fumiya Takeno, Tomikazu Kirita

SCEA Santa Monica Studios

Producer Kyle Shubel
Associate Producer Eric Fong
Director, International Software Development Barbara House
Director, Product Development Allan Becker
Senior Vice President, Product Development, SCEA, Part of SCE Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida
President, World Wide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment Phil Harrison

SCEA Video and Services Group

Senior Producer Gary Barth
Associate Producer Corinne Lucas
Production Supervisor Jahil Nelson
Cinematics Department Manager Scott McMahon
Producers Anna Petrick, David McGrath
Editor Franck Deron
Online Editor Kevin Joelson
Compositing Supervisor Devin Olden
Compositor Sean Falcon

SCEA Product Development , First Party Quality Assurance (FPQA)

Director Ritchard Markelz

Test Operations

QA Test Manager Tim Vanlaw
QA Test Supervisor Sean D. Valencia
Lead Quality Assurance Tester Tyler Everett
Quality Assurance Testers Jackie Sutherland, Mio Shimizu
Lab Technician Vince Loughney
Contingent Game Test Analysts Matthew Dolinka, Noah VerSluis, Frederick Young, Matthew Macabitas, Marc Fellows, Chris Henderson, Brian Apprille, Quardell Scott, Christian Nguyen
QA Support Manager Ken Kribs
Applications Admin Christian Davis
Program Management Group Sr. Manager Jim Wallace
Manager, Project Management Eric Ippolito
Supervisor, Training Benjamin Forrest
Sr. Project Coordinator Justin Flores
Project Coordinators Jesse Reiter, Ronald Pascucci, Brent Gocke

Product Marketing

Director, Software Product Marketing Jeff Reese
Product Marketing Manager Robert Alvarez
Associate Product Marketing Manager Chuck Lacson
Product Marketing Assistant Christina Cavallero

Public Relations

Senior Director, Communications and Brand Development David Karraker
Senior PR Manager Jennifer Clark

Promotions

Sr. Promotions Manager Donna Armentor
Mobile Marketing Manager Andrew Adams
Associate Promotions Manager Anne Gherini, Jill Grabenkort, Johanna Legarda
Senior Promotions Assistant Natalie Behrman
Promotions Assistants Dan Ambrose, Keith Hovey

Channel Marketing & Events

Director, Channel Marketing and Events Joby Hirschfeld
Senior Manager, Channel Marketing Bob Johnson
Retail Manager, Channel Marketing Kip Roggendorf
Events Manager Lori Chase-Nardi, Quinn Pham Le
Senior Manager, Creative Services Jack Siler
Senior Creative Services Specialists Alicia Beam, Joseph Chan, J. M. Garcia, Miguel Godinez
Creative Services Specialist Blanca Hernandez

Playstation® Network

Senior Director, Playstation Network Susan Nourai Panico
Director, Operations Eric Lempel
Senior Manager, Web & Loyalty Marketing Josh Meighan
Loyalty Associate Manager Chris Hagadorn
Web Content Planning Manager Dawson Vosburg
Associate Project Manager (Official Game Site) Trevor Ehle
Web Producer Cyril Tano
Senior Web Content Designer Michael McIntire
Web Specialist Sara Kwan
Asset Artist Noel Silva
Senior Manager, Playstation Store Grace Chen
PS Store Coordinator Rommel Hernandez
PMT Manager Jen Woldman
Project Manager Paul Purdy, James Isaac

Legal

Director, Legal & Business Affairs Lisa Lunger
Paralegals Richard Daniels

Special Thanks

Special Thanks Spouses/Significant Others and families of the development team.
We would like to thank each individual at Sony Computer Entertainment America for their contributions, support and dedication to the success of Folklore™ with special recognition to the Executive Management team including Kaz Hirai, Jack Tretton, Peter Dille, Jim Bass, Glenn Nash, Phil Rosenberg, Steve Ross, Riley R. Russell III, Shuhei Yoshida
We would also like to thank Phil Harrison, Will Treves, at Sony Computer Entertainment World Wide Studios for all their help and support.

Realtime Cinematics Production - Shirogumi Inc.

Producers Hiromasa Inoue, Masayo Ono
Director Masaki Takahashi
Storyboard Artists Masaki Takahashi, tuetue kombinato

Animation Production - EEN Inc.

Producer Hiroyuki Shigeta
Lead Motion Capture Animators Tatsuhiko Tachibe, Kenji Ozawa
Motion Capture Animators Keisuke Maruyama, Kazunao Tokuda, Mika Shiohara, Yasuaki Sato, Kozo Fukuyama, Kousuke Miyazawa, Nobuo Gouchi, Masayuki Fukushima, Shigemi Karaki, Hikaru Takezawa, Yuki Date, Yoshihisa Sasaki, Yoko Konno, Shogo Takata, Chie Nakaizumi, Kota Morishige, Akihiko Yanomori, Yuki Morita, Masahiro Kudo, Haruki Uchida
Motion Capture Assistant Animators Rie Nakamura, Toshimitsu Masui, Kōsuke Takada, Kenta Maeda, Motohiro Sasaki, Yui Ito
Studio Managers Miwa Takahashi
Action Coordinator Takahiro Aozasa (Plug-In Inc.)
Motion Capture Collaborators Mitsuru Kaneko (Tokyo University of Technology Creative Lab), Koji Mikami (Tokyo University of Technology Creative Lab), Crescent Inc., Harvestmoon, Plug-In Inc., Yogiproduction Inc., Omnibus Japan Inc., Zephyr Co. Ltd., Premium Agency Inc.
Motion Actors Shu Harada (Harvestmoon), Takahiro Aozasa (Plug-In Inc.), Aina Nakagawa (Yogiproduction Inc.), Miho Nishizawa (Harvestmoon), Shinji Okumoto (Plug-In Inc.), Takahiro Aozasa (Plug-In Inc.)
EEN Special Thanks Harumi Moriyama

Sony Computer Entertainment Asia

Executive Producer Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Manager Yuen-Yuen Chen
Translation (Japanese to Chinese) Yuen-Yuen Chen, Chen-Yue Xue
Localization Testers Hakuki Lin, Shao-Chu Chou
Package and Manual Coordination Sansan Yang, Misako Kobayashi (Sony Music Communications Inc.)
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