Nightshade
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| System(s): PlayStation 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega WOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nightshade, known as Kunoichi (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a 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 Cast
Hibana: Atsuko Tanaka
Onibi: Wataru Takagi
Hisui: Chiwa Saito
Kazaguruma/Narration: Unsho Ishizuka
Countdown Announce: Mami Kosuge
Agent: Isshin Chiba
Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader: Toshitsugu Takashina
Kurohagane F: Hiroshi Iida
Kurohagane β: Masao Harada
Jimushi: Ikuya Sawaki
- 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
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