Atsushi Saito
aka:
斉藤 敦士,
Atsushi Saitou,
Kamipallet
Moby ID: 814861
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Game Developer/Designer/Illustrations/Manga Creation
After working for two decades as a designer at a game company, he went independent in May 2018, founding atelier mimina and creating the indie game Giraffe and Annika.
Other than making games using UE4 Blueprint, he specializes in art direction, background design and UI design. He is a generalist type that is able to do many things, such as 3D modeling and videography. His work has won UnRealDevGrants and the TGS 2017 Dengeki Grand Prize Indie Category.
Other than game development, he is involved in manga and figure creation under the pseudonym "Paper Palette". An article about the making of a figure he created, Mint Miku, was included in the April 2015 edition of CGWORLD (vol. 200).
Game Career
- GitarooMan (2001/ PS2)
- Gitaroo Man Lives! (2006 / PSP)
Character Modeling/Background Modeling/Camera Authoring
- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005 / Nintendo DS)
Animation Director & Illustration
- Elite Beat Agents (2006 / Nintendo DS)
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (2007 / Nintendo DS)
Illustration
- Black Eyed Peas Experience (2011 / XBOX 360)
Background Designer
- Eden to Green (2013 / Smartphone)
Lead UI Designer
- God of Sphere: The Millennial Girl and the Seven Dragons (2014 / Smartphone)
Art Director
- Just Sing (2016 / PS4/XBOXONE)
Lead UI Designer
- Giraffe and Annika (2019 / PC)
​Original Work, Director, Program & Character Design
Credited on 11 games
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| Giraffe and Annika (2019, Windows) | Writer |
| God Eater 3 (2018, PlayStation 4) | CG Modelers |
| The Hip Hop Dance Experience (2013, Xbox 360) | Senior UI Designers |
| The Black Eyed Peas Experience (2011, Xbox 360) | Graphic Design Lead |
| Lips: Party Classics (2010, Xbox 360) | User Experience Designer |
| Lips: Number One Hits (2009, Xbox 360) | User Experience Designer |
| Lips (2008, Xbox 360) | UX Designer |
| Elite Beat Agents (2006, Nintendo DS) | Character Design / Illustration |
| Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005, Nintendo DS) | Game Concept |
| Gitaroo Man (2002, PlayStation 2) | Head of CG Design / Stage Authoring |
| Lethal Skies: Elite Pilot: Team SW (2001, PlayStation 2) | Structure CG Designers |
[ full credits ]
Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Keiichi Yano
- 8 games with Masako Harada
- 8 games with Kotaro Umeji
- 8 games with Yoko Ogasawara
- 7 games with David Ventura
- 7 games with Tomoyuki Nakane
- 7 games with Kazuo Kubota
- 7 games with Satoshi Tani
- 6 games with Tomoya Hariguchi
- 6 games with Akinori Ozawa
Companies
- 9 games with iNiS corporation
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 3 games with Volt Information Services, Inc.
- 3 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 3 games with Excell Data Corporation
- 2 games with Aditi Technologies Private Ltd.
- 2 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 1 game with Atelier Mimina
- 1 game with Unties
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