.hack Dev/Production Team, Staff, Creators and More!

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This is just an open thread I'm making (setting up) to list names both English and Japanese of the people responsible for working on and having a hand in producing .hack in both Japanese and English.

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CyberConnect2

Hiroshi Matsuyama - Director, Graphics
Hiroto Niizato - Director, Main Planner

Kazunori Itô - Story
Kirin Mori - Script, Story background
Mitsuhiko Sawamura - Story Background

Takashi Aoyama - Chief Producer
Ken Nakata - Executive Producer (US version)
Naruo Uchida - Producer (US version)
Daisuke Uchiyama - Producer, Bandai Visual Staff
Shin Unozawa - Executive producer
Hirotaka Watanabe - Producer

Chikayo Fukuda - Music
Norikatsu Fukuda - Music
Seizo Nakata - Music

Takayuki Isobe - Art Direction
Yasushi Otsuka - Art Design

Les E. Claypool III - Recording Engineer
Chikayo Fukuda - Sound
Norikatsu Fukuda - Sound Programmer
Kenji Nagashima - Recording Engineer
Seizo Nakata - Sound

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Character Designer

Collin McQueen - Editorial

Taizo Abe - Graphics
Takashi Aoyama - Bandai Visual Staff
Youichi Arizono - Programmer
Roy Brewer - Localization (US version)
Mary Claypool - English ADR Script
Naoki Hashimoto - Programmer
Hideyuki Higashi - Motion and Streaming
Kouki Inoue - Movie Designer
Shin'ichirô Inoue - Kadokawa Shoten Staff
Yoshinari Irikawa - Motion and Streaming
Kazunori Itô - CATFISH Staff
Takashi Kamada - Web Site Designer
Haruyo Kanesaku - ZRO Limit Producer
Masao Kashino - Programmer
Masayuki Kawano - Motion and Streaming
Rika Maruya - Localization (US version)
Osamu Maseba - ZRO Limit Producer
Yutaka Maseba - ZRO Limit Producer
Kôichi Mashimo - BeeTrain Staff
Shin Masuda - Web Site Designer
Kei Matsuoka - Web Site Designer
Michael McCarty - Digital ADR Tracking
Kotaro Mitoma - Graphics
Kôji Morimoto - Bandai Visual Staff
Toru Nakano - HALF H.P. STUDIO Coordinator
Yuuki Nishikawa - Graphics
Takayoshi Noguchi - HALF H.P. STUDIO Coordinator
Yasuhiro Noguchi - Motion Director
Kazuhiro Oda - Motion and Streaming
Hideki Ogino - Web Site Designer
Marlon Okazaki - Localization (US version)
Keisuke Onishi - ZRO Limit Producer
Kazuki Oota - Programmer
Mitsutaka Sakamoto - Graphics
Lia Sargent - Animaze Inc. Staff
Yuuki Sato - GAINAX Staff
Kevin Seymour - Animaze Inc. Staff
Shinji Soyano - Programmer
Kentarou Sugata - Motion and Streaming
Takeshi Takadera - HALF H.P. STUDIO Coordinator
Minako Takahashi - Localization (US version)
Kirk Thornton - Animaze Inc. Staff
Miyuki Ueno - Motion and Streaming
Shin Unozawa - Bandai Visual Staff
Kôsuke Usami - Programmer
Hirotaka Watanabe - Bandai Visual Staff
Masao Watanabe - Programmer

Mona Marshall - Kite (voice)
Sayaka Aida - Kite (voice)
Wendee Lee - BlackRose (voice)
Masumi Asano - BlackRose (voice)
Kirk Thornton - Orca (voice)
Yasunori Masutani - Orca / Sanjuro / Moonstone (voice)
Doug Erholtz - Balmung (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama - Balmung / Nuke Usagimaru / Marlo (voice)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Helba / Emma Wielant (voice) (as Mary McGlynn)
Yumi Tôma - Helba / Gardenia / Emma Wielant (voice) (as Yumi Touma)
Debra Rogers - Mia (voice)
Minami Takayama - Mia (voice)
Brianne Brozey - Elk (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga - Elk (voice)
Bob Papenbrook - Lios (voice) (credit only)
Tomomichi Nishimura - Lios (voice)
Daran Norris - Piros (voice)
Masaya Onosaka - Piros (voice) (as Masaya Onozaka)
Sandy Fox - Mistral / Moeri (voice)
Atsuko Enomoto - Mistral (voice)
Steve Blum - Wiseman / Sanjuro (voice) (as Steven Jay Blum)
Takumi Yamazaki - Wiseman / Harald Hoerwick (voice)
Lex Lang - Moonstone (voice)
Carolyn Hennesy - Gardenia (voice)
Derek Stephen Prince - Nuke Usagimaru (voice) (as Steven Prince)
Julie Ann Taylor - Rachel / Meria (voice) (as Julie Taylor)
Aya Hisakawa - Rachel (voice)
R. Martin Klein - Marlo / Harald Hoerwick (voice) (as Bob Klein)
Julie Maddalena - Terajima Ryoko (voice)
Kaori Nazuka - Terajima Ryoko (voice)
Lia Sargent - Aura (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto - Aura (voice)
Michelle Ruff - Yunore / Additional Voices (voice)
Dan Lorge - Additional Voices (voice)
Kirk Baily - Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Timoney - Additional Voices (voice)
Dan Woren - Additional Voices (voice) (as Dan Warren)
Rebecca Forstadt - Heril / Additional Voices (voice)
Eddie Frierson - Additional Voices (voice)
Jamieson Price - Additional Voices (voice) (as Jameson Price)
Christina Carlisi - Additional Voices (voice) (as Tina Calisi)
Michael Forest - Additional Voices (voice) (as Mike Forest)
Barbara Nickell - Additional Voices (voice)
Greg Fitzpatrick - Additional Voices (voice)
Matthew Labyorteaux - Additional Voices (voice) (as Matt Laborteaux)
Michael Sorich - Additional Voices (voice) (as Mike Soritch)
Peter Doyle - Additional Voices (voice)
Annett Culp - Additional Voices (voice)
Tomoyuki Kôno - Additional Voices (voice) (as Tomoyuki Kouno)
Kan Tanaka - Additional Voices (voice)
Takayuki Yamaguchi - Additional Voices (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai - Additional Voices (voice)
Yuko Kaida - Additional Voices (voice) (as Yuuko Kaida)
Tomoko Ishimura - Additional Voices (voice) (as Kyouko Tsuruno)
Rie Kanda - Additional Voices (voice)
Gabriel Judek - Additional Voices (voice)

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BeeTrain

Kôichi Mashimo - Director (26 episodes)
Yuuki Arie - Director (7 episodes)
Shin'ya Kawatsura - Director (7 episodes)
Hiroshi Morioka - Director (7 episodes)
Kôji Sawai - Director (5 episodes)
Shigeki Takagi - Director (1 episode)

Kazunori Itô - Screenplay (24 episodes)
Hiroaki Jinno - Screenplay (8 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo - Screenplay (9 episodes)
Kirin Mori - Screenplay (1 episode)
Akemi Omode - Screenplay (9 episodes)
Mitsuhiko Sawamura - Screenplay (9 episodes)
Michiko Yokote - Screenplay (13 episodes)

Ken Iyadomi - Executive Producer (26 episodes)
Kôji Morimoto - Producer (26 episodes)
Kazunori Takagi - Producer (26 episodes)
Daisuke Uchiyama - Producer (26 episodes)
Kuninori Egawa - Producer (19 episodes)
Ryoji Maru - Producer (7 episodes)

Yuki Kajiura - Music

Katsuaki Kamata - Cinematography

Seiji Morita - Film Editing
Yukie Oikawa - Film Editing
Chieko Takayama - Film Editing

Yoshimi Umino - Art Direction

Tomoyuki Kurokawa - Production Manager (6 episodes)
Hideaki Muraoka - Production Manager (6 episodes)
Takayasu Shimizu - Production Manager (6 episodes)
Ryoji Maru - Production Manager (4 episodes)
Tatsuya Hamamoto - Production Manager (3 episodes)
Fumi Matsushita - Production Manager (3 episodes)
Yoshito Nishouji - Production Manager (1 episode)

Yuuki Arie - Unit Director
Shin'ya Kawatsura - Unit Director
Kôichi Mashimo - Unit Director
Hiroshi Morioka - Unit Director
Kôji Sawai - Unit Director
Shigeki Takagi - Unit Director

Yukiko Ban - Character Designer
Mari Kawai - Art Manager
Makiko Kojima - Color Designer
Kôichi Mashimo - Storyboard Artist
Satoshi Ohsawa - Character Designer
Tatsuya Oka - Mechanical
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Character Designer
Minako Shiba - Character Designer
Kenji Teraoka - Mechanical
Kôji Sawai - Storyboard Artist
Shunsuke Tada - Storyboard Artist (25 episodes)
Chie Iwamoto - Studio Road Color Setting (13 episodes)
Natsuyo Otani - Studio Road Color Setting (13 episodes)
Yuuki Arie - Storyboard Artist (7 episodes)
Hiroshi Morioka - Storyboard Artist (7 episodes)
Shin'ya Kawatsura - Storyboard Artist (5 episodes)
Naoki Fukutani - Studio Road Color Setting (2 episodes)

Keith Arem - Sound English Adaptation / Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Draghi - Re-recording Mixer
Kôichi Mashimo - Sound / Sound Director
Toru Nakano - Sound Director / Sound Producer
Stuart Provine - Sound Editor / PCB Productions
Stephen Robinson - Sound English Adaptation

Masahiro Murakami - Special Effects

Masayuki Kurosawa - 3D CG (26 episodes)
Kenji Teraoka - Mechanical Designer (26 episodes)
Natsuko Taki - 3D CG (12 episodes)
Ayumi Kamo - 3D CG (5 episodes)
Hitomi Miyatake - 3D CG (4 episodes)
Setsuko Satou - 3D CG (1 episode)

Satoshi Fujita - Camera Operator
Yohei Konishi - Camera Operator
Seiichi Morishita - Camera Operator
Hitoshi Saito - Camera Operator
Kenji Takehara - Camera Operator

Miho Azuma - Animator / Key Animator
Yukiko Ban - Animation Director / Character Designer / Animator / Key Animator
Nobuhiko Genma - Animator
Yuko Iwaoka - Animation Director / Character Designer / Animator / Key Animator
Tomoaki Kado - Animator / Animation Director / Key Animator
Ayumi Kamo - CG Animator
Masahiko Kaneda - Animator
Yoko Kikuchi - Animator
Masayuki Kurosawa - CG Animator
Tokuyuki Matsutake - Animator
Satoko Miyachi - Animator / Key Animator
Hitomi Miyatake - CG Animator
Atsuko Nakajima - Animator
Satoshi Ohsawa - Animation Director / Character Designer / Key Animator
Tatsuya Oka - Animation Director / Animator / Key Animator
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Original Character Designer
Makoto Sawazaki - Animator / Key Animator
Minako Shiba - Character Designer / Key Animator
Yukie Suzuki - Animator / Key Animator
Yoshiaki Tsubata - Animation Director
Kenji Yokoyama - Animator / Key Animator
Makiko Yamanaka - Studio Road Finishing Checker (14 episodes)
Hanae Yokota - Studio Road Finishing Checker (13 episodes)
Naoko Shimada - Inbetween Checker / Key Animator (11 episodes)
Wakako Yoshida - Key Animator (11 episodes)
Kyôko Kotani - Key Animator (10 episodes)
Mika Shirota - Key Animator / Inbetween Checker (10 episodes)
Sachiko Mori - Key Animator (9 episodes)
Takaaki Chiba - Key Animator (8 episodes)
Takato Nakajima - Key Animator / Inbetween Checker (8 episodes)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka - Key Animator (7 episodes)
Mihoko Nomura - Key Animator (7 episodes)
Yuki Kon - Key Animator (6 episodes)
Rie Maehara - Key Animator (6 episodes)
Akio Shimotsukasa - Key Animator (6 episodes)
Hiroyuki Takahashi - Key Animator (6 episodes)
Kazuyuki Ikai - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Daichi Kamiya - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Satoshi Kitahara - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Osamu Kurosawa - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Tadashi Muraoka - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Kaori Nakamura - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Kenichi Umemoto - Key Animator (5 episodes)
Shinji Abe - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Yuichi Akimoto - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Akinori Fudesaka - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Tomoko Ishida - inbetween checker (4 episodes)
Masakazu Ishikawa - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Kumiko Katou - inbetween checker (4 episodes)
Kiyoshirô Katô - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Tsutomu Kikuchi - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Takao Kosone - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Akihiko Mamashita - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Daisuke Nakamura - inbetween checker / Key Animator (4 episodes)
Akiko Nakano - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Motoki Onishi - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Yudai Suzuki - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Tomoyuki Ôshita - Key Animator (4 episodes)
Akihito Aoki - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Jun'ichi Fukunaga - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Takashi Iwao - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Kunihiko Kimura - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Shin'ya Kokaji - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Takahiro Kuroishi - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Takumi Murakami - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Taeko Oda - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Noriko Onoda - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Mutsumi Sasaki - inbetween checker / in-between Animator (3 episodes)
Aiko Sonobe - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Kazuyuki Takayama - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Kotaro Tamamoto - inbetween checker / Key Animator (3 episodes)
Kaname Watanabe - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Kunisu Watanabe - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Odahiro Watanabe - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Masaru Yoshioka - Key Animator (3 episodes)
Mariko Aikawa - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Ryotarou Akao - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Tomoaki Chishima - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Kumiko Habara - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Keita Hagio - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Koji Haneda - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Miyuki Harada - inbetween checker (2 episodes)
Kaori Hashimoto - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Naotaka Hayashi - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Emi Honda - inbetween checker (2 episodes)
Satoshi Honda - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Shin'ichi Iimura - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Keiichi Ishida - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Saori Kasai - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Eriko Kiguchi - inbetween checker / Key Animator (2 episodes)
Chikashi Kubota - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Kazuko Matsumura - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Takaaki Nagano - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Masafumi Nakagawa - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Shinya Nishizawa - inbetween checker (2 episodes)
Hiroyuki Okaji - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Shinmei Saito - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Takushi Satou - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Yuji Shigekuni - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Atsuko Takahashi - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Masahiro Takahashi - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Ryûji Tsuzuku - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Makiko Yamasaki - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Kazuhiro Ôta - Key Animator (2 episodes)
Misao Abe - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yukiko Akiyama - Key Animator (1 episode)
Satoru Fujimoto - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yoshiaki Hatano - Key Animator (1 episode)
Satoshi Hattori - Key Animator (1 episode)
Keiko Hayashi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yoshinori Higuchi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Naoki Hisatsune - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yoshiaki Honda - Key Animator (1 episode)
Mamoru Hoshino - Key Animator (1 episode)
Chiyo Hosokawa - Key Animator (1 episode)
Satoru Iida - Key Animator (1 episode)
Maki Inada - Key Animator (1 episode)
Kazuhiko Ishii - Key Animator (1 episode)
Harumi Ito - Key Animator (1 episode)
Kousuke Kawazura - Key Animator (1 episode)
Satomi Kitahara - Key Animator (1 episode)
Daisuke Kusakari - Key Animator (1 episode)
Takeshi Maekawa - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yûichirô Miyake - Key Animator (1 episode)
Kazuya Morimae - Key Animator (1 episode)
Kouji Murai - Key Animator (1 episode)
Tomoaki Ohta - Key Animator (1 episode)
Akihiro Okuzawa - Key Animator (1 episode)
Akiko Seki - Key Animator (1 episode)
Eikichi Takahashi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Keiji Tani - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yoshiyuki Tomita - Key Animator (1 episode)
Yuki Tsugihashi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Genki Yagi - Key Animator (1 episode)
Hiroyuki Yanase - Key Animator (1 episode)
Manabu Yasumoto - Key Animator (1 episode)
Naomi Yoshida - Key Animator (1 episode)

Masayuki Kurosawa - Off-line Editor (1 episode)
Kôichi Mashimo - Off-line Editor (1 episode)

Tomohito Aoki - Bass
Emily Bindiger - Vocals
Masayoshi Furukawa - Acoustic Guitar / Mandolin
Norimitsu Iijima - Music Coordinator
Masaharu Ishikawa - Musician
Kazunori Itô - Soundtrack Supervisor
Yuki Kajiura - Additional Vocals / Keyboards, programming / Piano
Ayano Kasahara - Viola
Hitoshi Konno - Violin
Hijiri Kuwano - Violin
Kôichi Mashimo - Soundtrack Supervisor
Masato Matsuda - Percussion / Piano
Yasunori Mori - Music Co-producer
Susumu Nishikawa - Irish Bouzounki / Acoustic Guitar / Electric Guitar
Keiichi Nozaki - Music Producer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Soundtrack Supervisor
Yoshiaki Sato - Accordion
Tomoharu Takahashi - Bass
Fumio Takano - Torushitsu Music Coordinator
Haruko Yano - Viola
Genji Sawai - Saxophone (3 episodes)

Fukashi Azuma - Program Chief
Shin'ichirô Inoue - Planning Cooperation
Kazunori Itô - Series Supervisor
Kazumi Kawashiro - Planning
Daisuke Uchiyama - Series Supervisor
Shin Unozawa - Planning

Megumi Toyoguchi - Mimiru
Kazuhiro Nakata - Bear
Kaori Nazuka - Subaru
Amanda Winn Lee - Mimiru
Paul Mercier - Bear
Kim Mai Guest - Subaru
Mitsuki Saiga - Tsukasa
Akiko Hiramatsu - BT
Brianne Brozey - Tsukasa
Donna Rawlins - BT
Hiroshi Yanaka - Sora
Isshin Chiba - Silver Knight
Dave Wittenberg - Sora
Douglas Rye - Silver Knight
Lex Lang - Crim
Shin'ichirô Miki - Crim
Rie Tanaka - Morganna
Valerie Arem - Morganna
Kôichi Sakaguchi - Crimson Knight 1
Tomoyuki Kôno - Crimson Knight 2
Mitsuyo Kondo - Grunty
Sandy Fox - A-20
Atsuko Enomoto - A-20
Yumi Tôma - Helba
Takumi Yamazaki - Harald Hoerwick
Kôichi Nagano - Additional Voices
Sara Nakayama - Kaochin
Masashi Ogawa - PC 2
Keiji Matsuo - Blademaster 2
Nobuyuki Hiyama - Balmung
Nozomu Sasaki - Teddy
Tokuyoshi Kawashima - PC
Kan Tanaka - Wavemaster
Yukimasa Obi - PC 3
Kazuya Kobayashi - Blademaster 3
Taisuke Yamamoto - Wavemaster 1
Maaya Sakamoto - Aura
Minako Moto - Long Arm 2
Takayuki Kawasugi - Wavemaster 4
Tsubasa Katô - Long Arm 3
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Helba (uncredited)
Jamieson Price - Teddy (uncredited)
R. Martin Klein - Harald Hoerwick (uncredited)
Crispin Freeman - Balmung (uncredited)
Kirk Thornton - Heavy Blade (uncredited)
Lia Sargent - Aura (uncredited)
Chiemi Chiba - Puchi (uncredited)
Lani Minella - Girl 1 (uncredited)

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Artist Itsuki Hoshi

CC2 Tokyo Studio staff

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Around when did you join CyberConnect2 and why?
I joined in 2016. I had been accepting jobs for CC2 as a freelancer before joining the company as an employee. Being inside the company during the work day, though, makes it so I can get in contact with the other staff in a more timely manner. That’s why CC2 requested that I become an employee. I had always liked .hack and had been supporting them as a fan. The president knew about me before I started working with the company. Before joining CC2, I worked as a manga artist, which spurred him to suggest working together.

Can you give me a rundown of your job at the moment?
I’m currently drawing illustrations for a certain project I can’t mention the title of yet. I provide the illustrations needed within proposals and design documents to make the project easier to understand to the reader. 

What do you like doing on your days off?
I like drawing, so I end up doodling, even on my days off. Because there aren’t any time limits or anything when I’m drawing on my own vacation days, which makes it really fun. I especially like drawing fan art!

Itsuki Hoshi is on Twitter! Follow them if you're interested! (Note: posts are in Japanese)
https://twitter.com/prankstar_ih

 

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Head Public Relations Sara Nelkin

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Hi guys—Sarah here. Today, I'm going to tell a personal story of mine.
I first knew the name “.hack” when I was in elementary school.
In love with games like “Final Fantasy” and “Dark Cloud,” “.hack” should have been the next step for me. There was just one problem…
The illustration of Aura on the cover of “.hack//Infection” scared me. The white background, her pure white skin and hair… 
Maybe I was a weird kid, but it scared me for some reason.
So, the first time I ever touched .hack was in 2007 with .hack//G.U. Suggested to me by a friend in high school, I started playing, but was so hooked I couldn’t stop. I shared my games with my friends, and we also shared strategies and thoughts about the story. On my own, I constantly looked up the lore and production history behind the games.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that my love for “.hack” took up a large part of my high school life.
Who here also got into .hack through G.U.?
At the time I was just starting to get into “.hack,” it was still 2007 or 2008. While Tokyopop had released a number of the novels and manga related to the series in English, there was one manga I had interest in that hadn’t been released yet overseas: “hack//Alcor,” a manga revolving on a new female character’s friendship with Alkaid, as well as this new character’s one-sided romance for Silabus.
I was desperate to read it. There was just one problem… While I could speak Japanese, I couldn’t read it for the life of me.
I ordered a copy of “.hack//Alcor” from overseas as the very first Japanese book I ever bought in my life. It was thanks to this book that I was ever able to begin learning to read Japanese at all, actually.
So, with me now doing various things—including some translation—at CyberConnect2, the creators of the “.hack” franchise, I guess you could say that things have come full circle.
Have any fond memories about the “.hack” manga?

 

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Motion Aritst Natsuko Abe

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Name: "Natsuko Abe"
Hometown: "Fukuoka, Kitakyushu"
CC2 role: "Motion Artist"
Games created: "Naruto Storm 2, Naruto Storm 3, .hack Versus"
Characters worked on: "There's so many but I guess off the top of my head for those three titles, Deidara, Kisame, Shikamaru, Temari, Obito (Tobi), Sasuke (Cursed mark), Kabuto, Sarutobi Vs 9 tails, Black Rose, Sakuya and Hermit and manuy more haha!"
Hobbies: "I loveeeee games and drawing / art"
Dislikes: "I hate cockroaches and shrimp, who are the cockroaches of the sea!"
Favorite game of all time: "Has to be Monster Hunter or FF7"
Favorite anime/cartoon/movie: "I'm a big fan of One Punch Man and Dragon Ball!"
Secret about yourself that no one knows:"I'm a huge 20 plus year fan of the band Glay"
Reason for becoming a game creator: "To do something I love and be a part of the world that helped shape me, I also wanted to give that same love back to the younger generations through the things I create"
Advice for fellow game creators: "Experience a lot of things and analyse them intently so that you can reproduce them if need be"
Dreams for the future?: "I guess as a person who did what they wanted in life and now as a mother, I want to continue to be a creator that enables my children to look at me and be inspired to do what they want to do and be who they want to be in life as well."
Message to the fans: "We always strive to do our utmost best to forge our own CC2 style in the gaming world and hope you can continue to enjoy and support our projects in the future!"

 

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Programmer Hyunsoo Lee

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Name: Hyunsoo Lee
Nickname: Lee
Hometown: Korea
CC2 role: "Programmer"
Games created: "Storm 4, Storm Road To Boruto, .hack//G.U. Last Recode"
Hobbies: "Video games, delicious alcohol (Beer)"
Dislikes: "Insects & horror movies"
Favorite game of all time: "The Last of Us"
Favorite anime/cartoon/movie: "Cowboy Bebop"
Secret about yourself that no one knows: "Erm....I can drink 6 beers and not blackout I guess?" (Bonus: Lee is actually known as the nicest guy in the company and his secret is that he is awesome!)
Reason for becoming a game creator: "I wanted to be able to give those that play my games the same amazing feeling I have when playing the titles I love"
Advice for fellow game creators: "For all the programmers out there it's absolutely necessary to make lots of different kinds of programs, if you don't you'll never gain the ability to create your own stuff at will"
Message to the fans: "Thank you for supporting us and please continue to look forward to what we bring in the future as we're trying our hardest!"
Dreams in the future: "It's more so a personal quest than a dream, but I want to continue to taste more and more delicious alcohol in the future" 

 

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Artist & Character Modeler Junichi Taniguchi

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Name: Junichi Taniguchi
CC2 role: "Artist/ Character modeler"
Games created: "Guilty Dragon, New World, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4"
Characters worked on:"Gamakichi/ Many smartphone characters, Weapons / Equipment/ monsters"
Hobbies: "Sports (Basketball,Tennis,Futsal), playing games"
Dislikes: "I'm a very positive person and I believe in being bright and cheerful so I guess I'd say I dislike negative people haha"
Favorite game of all time: "Final Fantasy 10"
Favorite anime/cartoon/movie: "I loved Digimon when I was younger and I think the Avengers movies and Transformers movies are awesome. I always wonder how they managed to make everything look so cool. I guess Sci-fi is my favorite genre haha"
Reason for becoming a game creator: "The first time I played Final Fantasy 10 I was blown away. It really made me realize the potential of what games could be and the emotions they could conjure up inside the players. After that, I knew I wanted to be the one that helped give the same emotions I felt playing FF 10 to millions of other people around the world."
Advice for fellow game creators: "Decide which area you really like and focus on it. There are so many avenues you can go down that when I first started I was confused. Ok you want to make games but within that you can be a character modeler, programmer, motion artist etc. I went to a specialist school and once I started modeling that's all I wanted to do and it's brought me this far!"
Message to the fans: "I want to say a special thank you to every single fan that plays our games, please continue to stand by us as we take bigger and bolder steps in the future"

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Producer Hiroto Niizato

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Around when did you join CyberConnect2 and why?
Before forming CyberConnect2 (known as CyberConnect at the time), I worked at the game developer Taito, that at the time mostly worked with arcade games. I ended up joining the company not really understanding that. (laughs) Taito had released RPGs and other games for home consoles, but the creation of those games was left to outside developers. The only in-house development Taito did was for arcade games. I loved RPGs, so I really wanted to create one myself. One of my co-workers—the first president of CyberConnect—reached out to me and asked to work together to form a new company. That’s how I became a founding member.

Can you give me a rundown of your job at the moment?
CyberConnect2’s games are split into two categories: original games and licensed games. Ever since the company’s creation, I’ve been in charge of the development of original games, including ".hack". At the beginning, I was working only in project planning, development, and direction, but now I don’t just focus on one project, but multiple original projects. I give advice to the creators, and also help organize things.
For starters, I participate in meetings for the original projects. To be specific, I have meetings with the leaders of the C5 projects, as well as the president. I give the leaders advice on their game’s story and setting. The president has his own thoughts as well, so one of my jobs is to be a middle-man when the project leaders and the president aren’t getting their thoughts across clearly.

What do you like doing on your days off?
I’m always studying in order to excel at my job. To be more specific: I play video games. I watch anime. I watch TV shows. I read manga. My most recent recommendation is the anime Megalobox. It’s kind of a remake of Ashita no Joe, a fairly old manga. Megalobox is about a boy who is training to become a professional boxer so he can face off against his rival. The creators are very good at crafting a story. Every episode gets me excited.

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