Minoru Kusakabe

Minoru Kusakabe
Employment history: Sega Divisions: Visual Entertainment R&D
Role(s): Director, Planner
Twitter: @kusakabemunoru

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Minoru Kusakabe (日下部 実), also known as Munoru Kusakabe (日下部 むのる) is a planner and director of video game CG movies. He has also been in charge of art direction, video production, storyboarding, modeling and compositing. In April 2014 he went freelance until December of that same year when he founded Zikan. He currently resides in Kichijōji.

Production history

Games

• Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox; 2002) — 3dsTudioMax Team Director
• Phantasy Star Universe (Windows PC; 2006) — CG Director
• Phantasy Star Universe (PlayStation 2; 2006) — CG Director
• Phantasy Star Universe (Xbox 360; 2006) — CG Director
• Sonic the Hedgehog (PlayStation 3; 2006) — CG Movie Director
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Xbox 360; 2006) — CG Movie Director
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Special Thanks
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Producers

Videos

• Sonic - Night of the Werehog (??; No results?) — Pre-Production

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

• Minoru Kusakabe interview by Sonic Channel (April 1, 2008) [Translated]

External links

• Zikan company homepage