Final Fantasy IX
ファイナルファンタジーIX

2000.07.07 Square


ART DIRECTOR
HIDEO MINABA

IMAGE ILLUSTRATION
YOSHITAKA AMANO

ORIGINAL SCORE & MUSIC
NOBUO UEMATSU

EVENT DESIGN
KAZUHIKO AOKI

REAL-TIME GRAPHICS
AKIRA FUJII

BATTLE DESIGN
YASUSHI KUROSAWA

BATTLE PROGRAM
TAKAYUKI NIWA

WORLD MAP PROGRAM
TATSUYA YOSHINARI

WORLD MAP GRAPHICS
MASAHIDE TANAKA

FIELD DESIGN
NOZOMU YAMAGISHI
TAKESHI ENDO

FIELD DATA
HIDETOSHI KEZUKA

FIELD GRAPHICS
SHINICHIRO OKANIWA
JUN SAKURAI
KAZUYUKI IKUMORI

CHARACTER DESIGN
SHUKOU MURASE
TOSHIYUKI ITAHANA
SHIN NAGASAWA

CHARACTER MODELING
HIROSHI ARAI
TOMOHIRO KAYANO

CHARACTER ANIMATION
JUN URIU
TATSUYA KANDO

STORYBOARD
TOSHIYUKI MOMOSE

COMPUTER GRAPHICS MOVIE
HIROSHI KUWABARA

SOUND EFFECTS
TERUAKI SUGAWARA
EIJI NAKAMURA

SOUND PROGRAM
MINORU AKAO



BATTLE SECTION

BATTLE PLANNERS
RYUTARO KANNO
SATOSHI SHIOZAKI
MANABU WASHIO

BACKGROUND DESIGNERS
NORIFUMI NAGAOKA
JUNNOSUKE KANAZAWA
JUNICHI MURATA
TAKEHITO SUZUKI

BATTLE PROGRAMMERS
TADAMICHI OBINATA
NOBUHIRO FUJII
SOICHIRO YASUI

EFFECTS DESIGNERS
HIROYUKI IKEDA
HIROKATSU SASAKI
YUICHIRO SUZUKI
TAKENOBU TOMITA

EFFECTS PROGRAMMERS
TSUYOSHI SONODA
MAKOTO HASEGAWA
TOMONORI HIRAISHI

EFFECTS SUPPORT
SHINICHIRO OKANIWA
TATSUO HEIANZAN
SHIN NAGASAWA
JUN SAKURAI
KANAME SHINDO
RYOTARO TAKAHASHI


CHARACTER SECTION

ADDITIONAL CHARACTER DESIGNERS
FUMIYASU SASAKI
YASUHISA IZUMISAWA
YUICHIRO KOJIMA
TAKUJI SASAKI
KAZUKO SHIBUYA
KANAME SHINDO
YUICHI SHIOTA
KUNIHARU TAKEUCHI
SANAE TSUJI


FIELD SECTION

EVENT PLANNERS
MASAHIRO KATAOKA
NAOYA KAWAHIRA
NOBUAKI KOUMOTO
AKIHIKO MAEDA
MOTOHARU TANAKA
RYOTA TOYAMA

MAP PLANNERS
MINORI HISAMATSU
TOMOKO IEMURA
HIDETOSHI KEZUKA
NOBUHIRO NAKAJIMA
KIMINORI ONO
CHARLES PINADY
HIROSHI TAKAHASHI
SANAE TSUJI

FIELD MAP GRAPHICS
GEN ARAI
BRIAN BEPPU
WESLEY CANN
FRANCISCO CORTINA
KARL COYNER
MANABU DAISHIMA
REI FUKUZAWA
VERONIQUE GARCIA
MASATAKA HAYAKAWA
TAKEHIKO HOASHI
SANGWOO HONG
HIROYUKI HOSHINO
SHIN IENAKA
HIROKI INOHARA
AKIRA IWATA
YASUHIKO KAMATA
INSUN KANG
KOJI KAWAMURA
CECIL KIM
ATSUSHI KIMURA
MOTOKO KITAMURA
THOMAS LEE
GREG LEV
TOSHITAKA MATSUDA
HIDEYUKI MATSUMOTO
TAKAHARU MATSUO
HIROKI MITSUSHIMA
TAKAKO MIYAKE
KIMIHIKO MIYAMAE
HIDEAKI MORITA
PAUL MOYA
KOKI NARA
MATHISHA NIHALSINGHA
TATSUHIRO OKAMOTO
SHO OKAMURA
ERIC PAVEY
BEHROOZ ROOZBEH
JACOB ROWELL
CHRISTIAN SCHEURER
RICHARD SEMPLE
SHINOBU SHINAGAWA
KAZUYA TAKAHASHI
SHIHO TAMURA
YUKIHIRO TANIGUCHI
DONALD TAYLOR
AKIHIRO TOKUNAGA
TAKUJI TOMOOKA
MISAKO TSUTSUI
KAZUSHI URATA
CHRISTOPHER VOY
MITSUHIRO YAMADA
KANA YAMAZAKI
MASAKI YASUDA
MEGUMI YASUE
IKUYO YOSHIDA
AIRI YOSHIOKA
MASAHITO YOSHIOKA

PARTICLE DESIGNERS
MIO KOKAMI
SHINICHIRO OKANIWA
RYOTARO TAKAHASHI
MAKOTO YAGISHITA

PARTICLE MANAGEMENT
HIROSHI TAKAHASHI

EVENT PROGRAMMER
YASUO KUWAHARA

FIELD MAP PROGRAMMER
SHAWN TARAS


MENU SECTION

PLANNER
MANABU WASHIO

PROGRAMMER
SOICHIRO YASUI


CARD GAME SECTION

CARD DESIGNER
TOSHIYUKI ITAHANA

PROGRAMMER
NOBUHIRO FUJII


MODELING SECTION

CHARACTER MODELING
TATSUO HEIANZAN
BRANDON IDOL
SATOSHI ITO
NAHO KODAMA
MARI MIYAMOTO
YOSHITSUGU SATO
RYOTARO TAKAHASHI
MAKOTO YAGISHITA

MONSTER MODELING
KOICHI EBE
MIWA HASHIMOTO
YOSHIFUSA HAYAMA
KOJI IDA
HIDEO KUBOTA
HIROMICHI MORITA
KAZUMI SEKI
HIROYUKI SUZUKI
TAKANARI TAJIMA


ANIMATION STAFF

BATTLE CHARACTER ANIMATION
REINA IKEDA
MANABU INOKUCHI
GO KIKUCHI
YUSUKE TANAKA

FIELD CHARACTER ANIMATION
HIROYUKI HAMADA
TIMOTHY KYLE HARRISON
BRANDON IDOL
SATOSHI ITO
MANABU INOKUCHI
NAHO KODAMA
MARI MIYAMOTO
KENJI NOMURA
YOSHITSUGU SATO
MASATERU SUZUKI
KUNIHARU TAKEUCHI

MONSTER ANIMATION
HIROYUKI HAMADA
SAMUEL HEINE
SHINYA ICHIDA
REINA IKEDA
MANABU INOKUCHI
ATSUSHI INUZUKA
RYOMA ITO
TAKUYA IWASAKI
KENJI KADONISHI
GO KIKUCHI
MIEKO KINOSHITA
SHINJI KOIDE
KYOKO MURAMATSU
YOKO NAGARE
KENJI NOMURA
MITSUKI SATO
TOMOYUKI SATO
KOICHIRO SOEDA
YOSHIYUKI SOUMA
MASATERU SUZUKI
KAYOE TAKAGI
SHINTARO TAMAI
YOICHI TANAKA
YUSUKE TANAKA

3D CHARACTER PROGRAMMER
THOMAS SHIH-TA PENG


TEXTURE DESIGN

TEXTURE ARTISTS
TAKESHI ARAKAWA
TOMOHIRO HASEGAWA
RYOTARO HASHIMOTO
HARUYA ISHII
MASAAKI KAZENO
DAIJU KOMATSU
TATSURU NAKAZA
KAZUHIKO OKAWA
TAKUJI SASAKI
MAKOTO SAWANO
TETSU TSUKAMOTO


WORLD MAP SECTION
PLANNER
SHOJI SHIRONMOTO

GRAPHICS
TATSUO HEIANZAN
KUMI KANAI
EMI KOMINE


MANAGEMENT

COORDINATORS
HIROSHI TANAKA
MAYUMI CLARK
DAVID MANTZEL

PRODUCTION MANAGER
AKIRA KASHIWAGI

PROJECT MANAGER
KENJI TAKEMOTO

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
NOBUYUKI UEDA
ERI MORIMOTO

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
RYOJI SUGIYAMA


PUBLICITY

RIEKO KATAYAMA
KATSUMI MIYAZAKI
YUKA NAITO
TADASHI NOMURA
KAKUKO OBINATA
AKIO OHFUJI

PRODUCER
MICHIO OKAMIYA


MOVIE SECTION

FULL MOTION VIDEO

SQUARE VISUAL WORKS CO.,LTD.

SUPERVISOR
SATOSHI TSUKAMOTO

DIRECTOR
HIROSHI KUWABARA

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
YOSHINORI MORIIZUMI

CG DESIGNERS
HIROSHI FUJIWARA
SYUNTARO FURUKAWA
TAKUYA HADA
HIROYUKI HONDA
KEIKO IMAMURA
MASAHARU INOUE
TADAHIRO INOUE
TAKAYUKI KATAGI
KOJI KOBAYASHI
AYAKO KURODA
TOSHIAKI MATSUMURA
KEI MIYAMOTO
TAKAOMI MOTO
SANAE NAKANISHI
SATOSHI NAITO
MOTOHITO NASU
TAKESHI NOZUE
MITSUNOBU OCHI
TOMOHIKO OSUGI
KAORI SATO
SHINYA SENZAKI
KOICHIRO SHIRATORI
KENICHI SOMEYA
EIJI TAKAHASHI
KOICHI TAKAHASHI
EISYU TAKAMURA
HIDEAKI TAKEDA
KENGO TAKEUCHI
MASAYO TATEISHI
TAKESHI TATEISHI
TAKUJI TOMOOKA
AKIHIRO TSUCHIYA
KIMITOSHI TSUMURA
KAZUHITO YAMAMOTO
TAKUJI YASUDA
MASANORI YOSHIDA

ENGINEERS
TAKAYUKI HIRAYAMA
KEISUKE MIYAZAKI
MASASHI NAKATA
RYUSUKE SASAKI
TERUAKI SHIRAISHI
KEITA TAKAGI

MANAGER
NORIMICHI KUROSAWA

COORDINATORS
NORIKO ABE
HISAKO SAKURAI
MIHO TAKAGI
MAKIKO YASUDA


MOTION BG

CG DESIGNERS
FRANCISCO CORTINA
KARL COYNER
TAKEHITO HOASHI
KAZUYUKI IKUMORI
HIROKI INOHARA
AKIRA IWATA
YASUHIKO KAMATA
KOJI KAWAMURA
ATSUSHI KIMURA
GREG LEV
HIDEYUKI MATSUMOTO
TAKAKO MIYAKE
HIDEAKI MORITA
KOKI NARA
TATSUHIRO OKAMOTO
SHO OKAMURA
ERIC PAVEY
BEHROOZ ROOZBEH
JACOB ROWELL
KAZUYA TAKAHASHI
MITSUHIRO YAMADA
KANA YAMAZAKI
MASAKI YASUDA
MASAHITO YOSHIOKA

MOTION BG SUPPORT
MANABU DAISHIMA
TAKESHI ENDO
HIDETOSHI KEZUKA
KIMINORI ONO

CHARACTER MODELING
FRANCISCO CORTINA
TAKEHIKO HOASHI
TOSHIAKI MATSUMURA
ERIC PAVEY
EISYU TAKAMURA
HIDEAKI TAKEDA
YOSHIO YAMAKAWA

STORYBOARD
HIROYUKI SHIMAZU
KOJI KAWAMURA
TATSUYA YABUTA
MASAHITO YOSHIOKA

MOVIE PROGRAMMER
SHAWN TARAS


MUSIC & SOUND

SQUARE SOUNDS CO.,LTD.

MUSIC
NOBUO UEMATSU

SOUND PROGRAMMER
MINORU AKAO

GAME SOUND EDITORS
TERUAKI SUGAWARA
MAKOTO ISE

MOVIE SOUND EDITORS
EIJI NAKAMURA
YOSHITAKA FUJITA

GAME SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS
RYO INAKURA
TOMOHIRO KAMIYA
MASAYUKI NAKAJIMA
NATSUKO SUGIYAMA
MASATAKA SAITOU
KYOJI UMAKOSHI

SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMER
KEIJI KAWAMORI

PRODUCTION MANAGER
KENSUKE MATSUSHITA

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
NAOTO ECHIZEN

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
MEGUMI FUKUDA

ORCHESTRATION
SHIROU HAMAGUCHI

CONDUCTOR
KOJI HAIJIMA

RECORDING ENGINEER
TOSHIYUKI YOSHIDA

MIXING ENGINEER
KENJI NAKAI

RECORDING COORDINATOR
YUJI SAITOU


... SONGS ...

『 Melodies of Life 』

VOCALS
EMIKO SHIRATORI

COMPOSER
NOBUO UEMATSU

LYRICS
CIOMI

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
KAKO SOMEYA

ARRANGER
SHIROU HAMAGUCHI

PRODUCER
NOBUO UEMATSU


『 Ancient Music version of FU-RU-SA-TO 』

COMPOSER
NOBUO UEMATSU

SOUND PRODUCER
KENICHI FUNAYAMA

MANIPULATOR
HIDENOBU "KALTA" OHTSUKI

RECORDING ENGINEER
HIDENOBU "KALTA" OHTSUKI

ARRANGER
KUNIHIKO KUROSAWA

PERFORMERS
KUNIHIKO KUROSAWA
HARUO KONDO


QUALITY ASSURANCE

SQUARE CO.,LTD.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HIROMI MASUDA

RATING AND LEGAL ADVISER
REIKO KONDO

G.A. SUPERVISOR (TOKYO)
YOSHIA SHIBANO

G.A. ASSISTANT COORDINATORS
KOJI SHIRASUGI
RYOICHI NORINAGA
SHINTARO KAMIYAMA
YOSHIO KISHI

G.A. SUPERVISOR (HONOLULU)
TAKASHI SANNOHE

ANALYSTS
HIROTSUGU YAMAMOTO
KENSUKE MATSUURA
MASAMICHI TAKANO
KEISUKE TAKEDA
KENZO TAKEDA
TADASHI MIYOKAWA

CUSTOMER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR
EMIKO NAKAMURA
TAKESHI OGURA
YUI SUZUKI
MISAKO ISHIKAWA
KENTA TAKEUCHI
MEGUMI WAKUTA



TYO / DIGITAL FRONTIER

PRODUCER
KEN KOBAYASHI

ASSISTANT PRODUCER
KUNI FUJIWARA

DESIGNERS
ATSUSHI DOI
SACHIKO OKADA

HIROSHI YAGISHITA

ASSISTANT DESIGNERS
JITSUHISA SHIBATA
CHIKAKO TANAKA


KUSANAGI CO.,LTD

DESIGNERS
NOBUHITO SUE
TADASHI IWASA

HIDEYASU NARITA
KEN ARAI

MANAGEMENT
YOJI NAKAZA
HARUKO NAKAO


D.A.A.C. CORPORATION

PRODUCER
YUTAKA MATSUURA

CG DESIGNERS
KEIICHI SUDA
JUN TERAI
TOMOYA HIROSHI

NORIFUMI KOJIMA
KOUICHI OKAWARA


BIHOU, INC
■ CG DEPARTMENT ■

SUPERVISOR
KOJI IWAMOTO

CHIEF CREATOR
SATORU FUJIYO

CREATORS
NORIHIRO KASHIMA
NOBUHIRO HATORI

■ ART DEPARTMENT ■

DESIGNERS
JUN OKABE
TATSUYA KUSHIDA


SPICE INC,
COMPUTER GRAPHIC ROOM

CG DIRECTOR
JOJI HAYASHI

CG DESIGNERS
TETSUICHIRO KITAGAWA
TAKASHI YAKUSHIJI
ERIKO YAMADA

YASUHIRO KAWADA
ATSUSHI YASUOKA
KYO SHUTSU


DIGITAL MEDIA LAB, INC

PRODUCER
KEISUKE TOYOSHIMA

DIRECTOR
JUNICHI KANZAKI

PRODUCTION MANAGER
MASATOSHI KOBAYASHI

VISUAL EFFECTS
YOICHI IWATA
KENJI ISOBE
TAKAFUMI SASAKI

SAORI YOSHIMOTO
TOMOAKI MORIZUMI

CG ANIMATORS
YUKIKO ISOBE
HIROSHI IMAI

HIROKI MORIKAWA


EXMACHINA

DIRECTOR
MARC BELLAN

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
ILEANA ALTMANN

PROJECT MANAGERS
ALAIN GRACH
JEAN-JACQUES BENHAMOU

LINES PRODUCERS
PIERRICK BRAULT
CAROLINE HUCHET

MARCO VILLAMIZAR

DATABASE
JEROME GORDON
JEROME DESVIGNES
PATRIC PESTEL

LOIC ADAM
OLIVER MOSCHETTO
STEPHANE PARIS

RENDERING
JEAN-BAPTISLE LERE
GAEL SEYDOUX
PHILIPPE BILLON

EMMANUEL JARRY
FRANCK DORAT

ANIMATION
MALEK TOUZANI
LAURENT DELACHAPELE

MATTHIEU ROYER
VALERIE EDE

CAMERA
PHILIPPE TASTET

MAPPING AND TEXTURING
FRED MATTALAS
JULLIA ANDRE

ISABELLE RAMNOU
JEROME FOURNIER

SPECIAL EFFECTS
PHILIPPE LEPRINCE
NICOLAS BRUNEAU

STORYBOARD
GILLES CORNU

SCULPTOR
CHARLES-ERIC GOGNY

COMPUTING
HABIB OUADAH
CHRISTOPHE BARBOTIN

ERIC DEVAUX

ENGINEERS
BRUNO LELEVIER
CELINE BURLET

LAYERS
ERIC KREBS

VIDEOS
SEBASTIEN MARTIN

FROM ALIAS WAVEFRONT
BERT VAN BRANDE

FROM KEYFRAME
PATRICE VILA
OLIVIER SARECOT

OLIVIER MODR

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
PHILIPPE JEANNEROT

PRODUCTION
OLIVER PRIGENT
ANNE ROMEFORT

PRODUCER
SHINJI SANTOH

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
XAVIER NICOLAS


MENFOND
ELECTRONIC ART & COMPUTER DESIGN CO.,LTD.

CHIEF SUPERVISOR
EDDY WONG

SUPERVISORS
VICTOR WONG
EUGENE LAU

RANDY TSE
KELVIN HOU

ANIMATORS
GLADYS CHAN
EDDIE CHENG
ALVIN FUNG
BRIAN HO
ANTHEA LAM
ROSS LEUNG
ANTHONY TAM
RAYMOND WONG

BARANE CHAN
RAYMOND CHIU
FRANCIS FUNG
NAVEEN MOTI
PION LEE
GALAN PANG
MAN TANG
DARKUS YU


TOMMY & CO.,LTD.
KUSUTOMO KAGA


SONY PCL INC.,

EDITORS
HITOSHI TAKATSUJI
MASANORI YAMAGUCHI


IMAGE STUDIO 109, INC.,

EDITORS
HIDETAKA ISHIKAWA
MANAMI SAITO

YUSUKE YAMAZAKI


NHK PROMOTION

MOTION CAPTURE ACTOR
MAYUKO AOKI


WAKAKOMA PRO

MOTION CAPTURE ACTOR
TETSUSHIN MURATA


COMPOSITE ADVISOR
TAKASHI KOMURO



POST PRODUCTION SOUND SERVICES PROVIDED BY
SKYWALKER SOUND, A DIVISION OF
LUCAS DIGITAL, LTD.
MARIN COUNTY. CALIFORNIA

RE-RECORDING MIXERS : DENNIS LEONARD
TONY SERENO
SOUND SUPERVISOR : DENNIS LEONARD
FOLEY EDITORS : ANDREA GARD
JOEY LAURENT
FRANK "PEPE" MAEREL
FOLEY ARTISTS : DENNIE THORPE
JANA VANCE
FOLEY MIXER : TONY ECKERT
FOLEY RE-RECORDIST : FRANK "PEPE" MAEREL


SKYWALKER SOUND TECHNICAL STAFF
JENNIFER BARIN
CHRISTIAN BOATSMAN
JOHN COUNTRYMAN
DOUG FORD
GABRIEL GUY
MARK LINDOW
STEVE ROMANKO
JOHN "J.T." TORRIJOS

CHRISTOPHER BARRON
TIM BURBY
TRAVIS CRENSHAW
JONATHAN GREBER
HOWIE HAMMERMANN
BRANDON PROCTER
KENT SPARLING
CHRISTIAN VON BURKLEO

DOLBY SURROUND


SPECIAL THANKS

YUKIKO ADAMS
ATSUSHI EBISAWA
KAZUYUKI HASHIMOTO
TAKASHI ISOWAKI
STEPHANIE JAMES
MASAYUKI KASUYA
AMANDA J. KATSURADA
YASUNAGA KOBARI
MIHO KURASHINA
HITOSHI MATSUDA
HIROSHI MINAGAWA
YUKA MIYAMOTO
GARY MUNDELL
NAOYOSHI NAKAZATO
ETSUKO ONO
MOTONORI SAKAKIBARA
KIYOSHI SATO
TAKAZUMI TAMAHISA
CHIKAKO TERASHITA
KAZUNORI YAMAMOTO
KOJI YAMASHITA
DEBBIE YATOGO

YOSHIRO AKATA
KIYOMI ENOMOTO
KOICHI ISE
NOBUKO IZUMIDA
YOSHINORI KANADA
HITOSHI KATSURA
SHIN KIMURA
MIZUKI KUBO
HIROKO MARCINKOWSKI
JUN MATSUYAMA
YUMIKO MIYAHARA
TOHRU MORITA
TOSHIAKI NAGASHIMA
YUTO NARA
AKIO SAKAI
TERRI SASAKI
KAZUHIKO TAKATA
KAZUYOSHI TASHIRO
NAOKO TUNNICLIFF
YUKIKO YAMANAKA
JUNICHI YANAGIHARA
KEN YUAKA

ALL SYSTEM DEPT. STAFF
ALL SQUARE STAFF
ALL SQUAREUSA STAFF



MAIN PROGRAM BY
HIROSHI KAWAI



DIRECTED BY
HIROYUKI ITOU



PRODUCER
SHINJI HASHIMOTO



EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
TOMOYUKI TAKECHI
HISASHI SUZUKI



CONCEIVED & PRODUCED BY
HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI



FINAL FANTASY IX


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