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{{sub-stub}}'''''Nightshade''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[Sony PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[Wow Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
 
{{sub-stub}}'''''Nightshade''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[Sony PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[Wow Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
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==Production Credits==
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: '''Voice Talent Staff'''
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'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson<br>
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'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill<br>
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'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest<br>
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'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos<br>
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'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson<br>
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'''Onibi:''' K.Miller<br>
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'''Agent:''' I.Cross<br><br>
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'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
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: '''Designers'''
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'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima<br>
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'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue<br>
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'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama<br>
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'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura<br>
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: '''Programmers'''
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'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo<br>
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'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki<br>
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'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka<br>
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'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa<br>
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'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]<br>
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'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi<br>
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'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo<br>
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: '''Artists'''
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'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
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'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa<br>
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'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi<br>
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'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
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'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
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'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
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'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]<br>
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'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa<br>
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'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase<br>
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'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]<br>
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'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
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'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama<br>
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'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]<br>
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'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]<br>
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'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]<br>
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'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]<br>
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'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]<br>
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'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]<br>
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'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki<br>
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: '''CG Movies'''
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'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe<br>
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'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
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'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
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'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa<br>
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: '''Script (Cooperation)'''
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Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
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'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta<br>
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'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe<br>
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: '''Motion Capture Staff'''
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'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''<br>
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'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji<br>
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'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki<br>
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'''Motion Capture Cast'''<br>
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* '''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi<br>
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* '''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama<br>
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* '''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi<br>
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* '''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki<br>
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* '''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama<br>
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* '''Safety:''' Manabu Kato<br>
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* '''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi<br>
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: '''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
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'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' Hans van Veenendaal, Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka<br>
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'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda<br>
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: '''Sound'''
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'''Wave Master Inc.'''<br>
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'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]<br>
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'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]<br>
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'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]<br>
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: '''English Voice Over Recordings by:'''
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'''Webtone Productions:''' [[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller<br>
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: '''Movie Cooperation'''
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'''Equipment Inc.:''' Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama<br>
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: '''Sega Corporation'''
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'''Marketing:''' Tadashi Takezaki, Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka<br>
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'''Public Relations:''' Yasushi Nagumo, Kouki Akiyama<br>
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'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa<br>
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'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]<br>
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'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi<br><br>
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'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''<br>
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'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami<br>
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'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa<br>
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: '''Sega of America Inc.'''
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'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]<br>
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'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall<br>
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'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins<br>
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'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy<br>
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'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount<br>
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'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya<br>
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'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick<br>
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'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham<br>
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'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin<br>
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'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin<br>
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'''Special Thanks'''<br>
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* '''Sega WOW:''' Atsushi Seimiya, Tomoyuki Ito, Akira Nishino, Tohru Yosida, Yoshiaki Endo, Toru Shimizu, Hirabayashi Takao, Satoshi Arai<br>
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* '''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler<br>
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'''Senior Director:''' Masahiro Kumono<br>
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'''Producer:''' Ryutaro Nonaka<br>
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'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], Noriyoshi Ohba<br>
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[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]<br>
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'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]<br>
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'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
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© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003<br>
  
 
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Nightshade
System(s): Sony PlayStation 2
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Nightshade, known as Kunoichi (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a Sony PlayStation 2 game developed by Wow Entertainment and published by Sega. It is an entry in the Shinobi series of games, and is a direct sequel to Shinobi. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.

Production Credits

Voice Talent Staff

Hibana: K.Swenson
Hisui/Countdown Warning: E.Cahill
Jimushi: A.Chriest
Kazaguruma/Commander: T.Enos
Kurohagane/Narration: C.Robertson
Onibi: K.Miller
Agent: I.Cross

Director: Masahide Kobayashi

Designers

Main/Character: Kazutaka Karashima
Maps: Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue
Enemies: Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama
Cutscenes: Kenji Matsumura

Programmers

Main: Tsutomu Matsuo
Maps: Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
Character (Player): Yoshiji Kosaka
Character (Enemy/Boss): Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, Mitsugu Hara, Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa
Cutscenes: Mitsugu Hara
Interface: Motohiko Hayashi
Technical Support: Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo

Artists

Art Director: Koki Mogi
Lead Artist: Hirotaka Kanazawa
Character Concepts: Makoto Tsuchibayashi
Character Design: Koki Mogi
Character Setup: Kiminori Kusano
Enemy Design: Nobuto Iwao, Makiko Ishizuka, Takashi Iida, Daisuke Kobayashi
Map Design: Koki Mogi, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, Nobuto Iwao
Lead Map Modeler: Hitoshi Fukazawa
Map Modelers: Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase
Character Model/Lead Modeler: Makiko Ishizuka
Enemy Model: Shizuyo Kanda, Takashi Iida, Tetsuya Oguri, Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Daisuke Kobayashi
Character Animation/Lead Animator: Hisashi Tohyama
Enemy Animation: Makoto Shimizu, Takuya Toyota, Sachiko Kanemitsu, Tomoko Kanesaku, Yoshiaki Ide
Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist: Yasushi Homma
Visual Effects: Sayaca Takahashi, Miki Nakahara, Arugo Shinohara, Yuko Takahashi, Tetsuya Oguri
Lead Cutscene Artist: Takashi Iida
Cutscene Motion Artists: Shinji Kaneko, Makoto Shimizu, Takuya Toyota, Sachiko Kanemitsu, Tomoko Kanesaku, Yoshiaki Ide, Kazuyuki Watanabe
Cutscene Effects Artists: Yasushi Homma, Miki Nakahara, Arugo Shinohara, Yuko Takahashi
Main Visuals/2D System Design: Asako Yamazaki

CG Movies

Movie Director: Tamotsu Kushibe
Movie Leader: Kiminori Kusano
CG Artist: Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, Daisuke Kobayashi
CG Character Modeler: Hiroaki Ichikawa

Script (Cooperation)

Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, Koki Mogi, Masahide Kobayashi
Cutscene Storyboarding: Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
Web Support: Masakatu Watanabe

Motion Capture Staff

Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.
Action Director: Yuta Morokaji
Chief Manager: Hiromiti Suzuki
Motion Capture Cast

  • Hibana: Miwa Hashiguchi
  • Jimushi/Kurohagane: Kazutoshi Yokoyama
  • Onibi: Hikaru Takahashi
  • Hisui: Hitomi Hiraki
  • Kazaguruma/Narration: Arata Okumiyama
  • Safety: Manabu Kato
  • Setting Safety: Eiichi Takagi
Motion Capture Studio Staff

Sega Motion Capture Studio: Hans van Veenendaal, Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo: Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda

Sound

Wave Master Inc.
BGM: Fumie Kumatani, Tomonori Sawada, Keiichi Sugiyama, Yutaka Minobe
S.E.: Junko Shiratsu
Sound Director: Masaru Setsumaru

English Voice Over Recordings by:

Webtone Productions: Greg Weber, Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller

Movie Cooperation

Equipment Inc.: Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama

Sega Corporation

Marketing: Tadashi Takezaki, Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
Public Relations: Yasushi Nagumo, Kouki Akiyama
Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
Localization Support: Shinobu Shindo
Domestic License Coordinator: Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi

Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.
Software Manual & Package Design: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
QA: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa

Sega of America Inc.

Executive Vice President: Shinobu Toyoda
Product Manager: Heather Hall
Senior Media Specialist: Terin Higgins
Creative Services Manager: Arianne McCarthy
Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
Director of PD: Osamu Shibamiya
Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
Lead Tester: Demetrius Griffin
Release Manager: Andrei Belkin
Special Thanks

  • Sega WOW: Atsushi Seimiya, Tomoyuki Ito, Akira Nishino, Tohru Yosida, Yoshiaki Endo, Toru Shimizu, Hirabayashi Takao, Satoshi Arai
  • Sega of America Inc.: Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler

Senior Director: Masahiro Kumono
Producer: Ryutaro Nonaka
Executive Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa, Noriyoshi Ohba
Sofdec, ADX
Created by: Sega WOW
Presented by: Sega
© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003

Physcial Scans

PlayStation 2, US
Nightshade PS2 US Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, EU
Nightshade PS2 EU Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, JP
Nightshade PS2 JP Box.jpg
Cover

External Links



Games in the Shinobi series
Arcade
 Shinobi (1987) | Shadow Dancer (1989)
Sega Master System
 Shinobi (1988) | The Cyber Shinobi (1990) | Shadow Dancer (1991)
Amiga
Atari ST
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
IBM PC compatibles
MSX
 Shinobi (1989)
Sega Mega Drive
 The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Sega Game Gear
 The GG Shinobi (1991) | The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
Sega Saturn
 Shinobi Legions (1995)
Game Boy Advance
 The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Shinobi (2002) | Nightshade (2003)
Nintendo 3DS
 Shinobi 3D (2011) | 3D Shinobi III (2013)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
Music
 The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) | Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) | Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) | Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) | Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) | The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
Book
 Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) | Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) | Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) | Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) | Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) | Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)
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