Shining Force Neo

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Shining Force Neo
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Neverland
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 2005-03-24 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) SLPM-65908 US 2005-10-20 SLUS-21206

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Shining Force Neo (シャイニング・フォース ネオ) is an entry in the Shining series of games. It was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in 2005.

Gameplay

Different from the previous Shining Force games, which were tactical RPGs, this one is an action RPG.

Magazine articles

Main article: Shining Force Neo/Magazine articles.

Production credits

• Character Design: Yuriko Nishiyama
• Monster Design: Yoshitaka Tamaki
• Theme Music: Shiro Sagisu
• Cast:
  • Max: Jeff Maning
  • Meryl: Rumiko Varnes
  • Man Behind the Mask: Ryan Drees
  • Vandolf: Peter Von Gomm
  • Gaia: Iain Gibb
  • Maria: Caroline Millera
  • Graham: Barry Gjerde
  • Mariel: Miwa Gardner
  • Freyja: Claire O'Connor
  • Klein: Eric Kelso
  • Chiquitita: Yuko Yunokawa
  • Baron: Greg Dale
  • Rhinos: Walter Roberts
  • Rebecca: Lenne Hardt
  • Chaos: Bill Sullivan
  • Adam: Jack Merluzzi
• Voice Director: Michael Rhys
• Game Development: Neverland Company Ltd., Pyramid Ltd.
• Game Producer: Makoto Takada, E-jun
• Game Director: Naoyuki Ukeda
• Game Design: Shinya Togo, Takashi Miyasaka
• Story: Kiniharu Miyake, Hiroki Sonoda, Takashi Miyasaka
• Main Programmer: Daimo Matsuzawa
• Programming: Shinya Sato, Taikon, Satoshi Abe, Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Hajime Kazuya
• Planning: Shinya Togo, Takashi Miyasaka, Akihiko Sato, Hiroshi Muraoka, Kenichi Murakami, Tetsuta Yamada, Satoshi Nakahasi
• Ending: Naoyuki Ukeda, Takashi Miyasaka, Takion, Kuniharu Miyake, Hiroki Sonoda
• Art Director: Yoshimasa Ikeda
• Art Engineer: Kobuo Kashakuma
• Image Art: Kouji Shinozaki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kaori Nishioka
• Designers: Nobuhiro Arai, Toyoki Itoi, Kenji Takenaka, Takanobu Tsujihata, Tomoki Doi, Hidenori Machida, Shigeki Watanabe, Takeo Kimata
• Sound Composition: Tomoko Morita, Yukio Nakajima
• Supervising Story Editor: Masaki Wachi (ストーリー監修　和智 正喜) Credit given in Japanese release.
• Art Directon & Movie Direction: Shigeru Kurihara

CG Movie

• Chief Designer: Masahito Imamura
• Designers: Takeshi Ito, Tomokazu Takahashi, Kohei Kazita, Takaaki Kise
• Animation Production: STUDIO 4°C
• Screenplay: Sunao Katabuchi

Character Design

• Character Animation Director: Yumi Chiba
• Art Director: Toru Hishiyama
• Computer Graphics Director: Akiko Saito
• Animation Director & Key Animation: Yumi Chiba, Jiro Kanai, Chie Uratani, Hidetsugu Ito,m Takayo Nishimura, Riwako Matsui, Rie Nishino, Masahiro Sato, Kayoko Nabeta
• In-Between Animation Check: Mutsuko Kajigaya
• In-Between Animation: Masayuki Shibuya, Risuko Shiina, Eriko Shibata, Miyuki Aoki, Yuusuke Isizuka, Noriyo Horiguchi, Hiroko Yaguchi, Horoshi Matsumoto, Yukari Kaku, Emiko Iwayanagai, Rie Niidome, Jungo Sanuki, Keiko Watanabe, Chiuzuko Kusunoki, Miyoko Shikibu, Chiharu Haraguchi, T.A.R.O., AnimeSpot, Studio Gimlet, Studio Takuranke, Nakamura Production, AnimeR, OH!Production, production I.G, AIC, Tamazawa Dougasya, GAINAX
• Backgrounds: Marefumi Niibayashi, Junichi Taniguchi, Katsu Nozaki, Akemi Arai, Maagi, Kazuko Katsui, Yuichi Suehiro
• Color Stylist: Momoe Aoki
• Computer Graphics: Yuusuke Hirota, Kimihito Kubo, Wakako Takahshi, Daichi Yasuta, Kuimiko Naruke, Kumiko Ishii, Terumi Nakauchi, Keisuke Sasagawa, Takumi Sunakawa, Takafumi Ishida, Tomoko Washida
• Ink & Paint: Studio Step, Sunshine Digital, Studio Gimlet, Tamazawa Dougasya, AIC, J.C.STAFF
• Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
• Sound Effects Assistant: Naoto Yamaya
• Sound Mixing: Yoshito Morita
• Mixing Studio: Q-TEC,INC.
• Production Assistants: Takashi Yamao, Atsuko Fukuyama, Norifumi Fujita, Kazuhiro Takei
• Animation Producers: Yukie Saeki, Eiko Tanaka
• Translation: Riyoko Sakemoto, Koichi Katayama, Dai Kodato, Naoko Omori, Yuki NAgasawa
• Proofreading: Chris Kowalchuk, Emory Georges
• Text Editing: Daijiro Sugimoto, Minako Mori, Ryo Kuwako
• Project Management: Yoshihiro Ihara, Takayuki Hayashi

Sega of America

• President: Simon Jeffery
• VP of Marketing: Scott Steinberg
• Product Marketing Manager: Yosuke Moriya
• Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
• Associate Public Relations: Ethan Einhorn
• Creative Services Manager: Chris Mowry
• Director of Web Development: Chris Olson
• Senior Content Writer: Bridget Oates
• Director of Product Development: Osamu Shibamiya
• Localization Producer: Kevin Frane
• QA Project Lead: Demetrius Griffin
• Assistant QA Project Lead: Lee Frohman
• Build Engineer: Rick Ribble
• Package Design: Price Design
• International Business and Product Development: Shinobu Shindo, Yuka Yoshida
• SPECIAL THANKS: Masaya Kaneko, Action film set, Yasuhito Masuda, Masahide Miyata, Yuuki Tamura, Naoki Taguchi, Akihiro Suzuki, Manabu Satou, Erika Kamezaki, Nariya Takemura, Tosimi Takada, Takayuki Kawagoe, Jason Kuo, Klayton Vorlick
• Producer: Yoichi Shimosato
• Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
• '© SEGA CORPORATION,2005'
• Presented By: SEGA®

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In-game credits

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score PSM (US) NTSC-U 55

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Based on 1 review

Shining Force Neo

PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Disc Manual

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 9fd1aeea MD5 e247ef516089f5e2aa20b16ece9304e5 SHA-1 a997ac7ffcbc07358b94fcd482490bd4cc19cb1e	4,698,210,304		DVD-ROM (JP)	SLPM-65908 (V1.01)
?	CRC32 a6037a21 MD5 8a4487c056da5f2dc1d939c972b4e22f SHA-1 cd81345e840d1a14dd7b1482b7d00ff0422acc5c	2,703,917,056		DVD-ROM (US)	SLUS-21206 (V1.00)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2005-07-12	DVD-R				Page

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
• Shining Force Neo on PlayStation.com: JP, US