Lunar Silver Star Story
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| Lunar Silver Star Story | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||
| Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten | |||||
| Developer: Game Arts | |||||
| Peripherals supported: Movie Card(Complete) | |||||
| Genre: RPG | |||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||
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Lunar Silver Star Story (ルナ シルバースターストーリー) is an update to Lunar: The Silver Star released by Game Arts in 1996. It was first released on the Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan before receiving a worldwide release on the Sony PlayStation.
The Saturn version also had a special "MPEG Ban"/"MPEG-ban"/"MPEG Edition" (ルナ シルバースターストーリー ＭＰＥＧ版) released for it.
Sales
The Saturn version sold 115,343 units during its first week on sale in 1996 and went on to sell 200,035 units in Japan overall as of April 1999.[1]
The PlayStation version sold over 223,000 units within its first year in North America,[2] making it the highest-selling Working Designs title and the third highest-selling role-playing game of 1999, next to Final Fantasy VIII and Planescape: Torment.[3]
Production Credits
- Cast
Alex: Akira Ishida
Luna: Kyoko Hikami
Nall: Junko Hagimori
Ramus: Yasuhiro Takato
Nash: Daisuke Sakaguchi
Mia: Yoko Asada
Jessica: Haruna Ikezawa
Killy: Tomokazu Seki
Temujin: Yasunori Masuya
Xenobia/Remilia: Aya Hara
Phacia/Pilya: Sakura Tange
Royce: Machiko Toyoshima
Laike/Dyne: Akio Otsuka
Ghaleon: Kiyoyuki Yanada
Fidy/Mel/Myght: Yuusaku Yara
Producer: Youichi Miyaji
Scenario Director: Kei Shigema
Director of Event Movie: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Screen Play Director: Toshio Akashi (Ikusabune)
Game Director: Masaaki Ando (Japan Art Media)
- Scenario Staff
Original Story: Studio Alex
Story: Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshio Akashi, Takashi Hino
Main Game Scenario: Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu)
Game Scenario: Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu), Daisuke Tazawa, Takahiro Hasebe, Kei Shigema
Image Board: Hajime Sato
- Game Staff
Game Design: Japan Art Media
Main Programmer: Shigeyuki Sata
Battle Programmer: Masaaki Ando, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
System Programmer: Miyuki Inoue
Music Programmer: Tsuyoshi Tanaka
System Design: Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Shin Ito (Vanguard)
Battle Balance: Go Sugiyama (Vanguard), Toru Yamazaki (Vanguard)
Trap Design: Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Kazuhiro Ohtahara (Vanguard)
Text: Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata
Character Demonstration: Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata, Masaaki Ando
Map Designer: Junichi Kamiya, Ryuichi Nawamura, Hidenori Sato, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Kyosuke Naito, Shinichi Shibazaki, Kouzi Shinozaki, Junichi Kashiwagi, Masaki Kurosawa, Erika Kame (Neverland)
Battle Map Designer: Ryuichi Nawamura, Kazumitsu Bokuzen
Character Graphic: Naoko Sakurada, Daisuke Ito, Hirohisa Suzuki, Sachiko Yokose, Toshimasa Fukuyama
- Animation Staff
Storyboard/Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Key Animation Supervisor: Takeshi Honda, Masami Ozone, Moriyuki Matsutane, Keiichi Sato, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animater: Tomohiro Hirata, Masami Ozone, Shoichi Masuo, Kunihiro Abe, Masahiko Okura, Hiroko Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Gouda, Yasushi Shingo, Tatsuo Yamada, Susumu Yamaguchi, Junichi Hayama, Koji Sugiura, Michinori Chiba, Tomohiro Kawahara, Ritsuko Watanabe, Takaaki Fukuyo, Toshiharu Murata, Noriyuki Matsutane, Akeri Funato, Takeshi Honda, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
Inbetween Checker: Tomoyuki Hou, Sachiyo Hiraide, Sachiko Kobayashi
Inbetweeners Thanks to: Triangle Staff, Oh! Production, Wonbat, Studio Takuranke, Zero G Room, Studio Live, Dangun Pictures, Whisky Studio, Liberty, Line, production I.G, Denki Gonzo
Character Color Designer: Waka Mizuho
Scan/Paint/2D Rendered: Raretrick, Jitensha, Daumu, Takahashi Production, T-2 studio, Tokyo Kids, Visual Work Shop, OLM, Denki Gonzo
Art Director: Masanori Kikuchi
Background Artists: Kusanagi, Studio Uni
2D Digital Effect: Tudo Koubo, Big X
3D C.G.: Toshio Akashi, Taku Sakuragawa, Hidenori Tanaka, Kenichi Iwaida
CGI: Denki Gonzo
Publicity Poster Thanks to:
Animation Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Assistant Producer: Keiichi Kitada, Kazuki Tsunoda, Koji Nakano
Animation Producer: Shoji Murahama
Cinepak Data Creation: Sega Digital Studio
Animation Production: Gonzo
- Face Windows Staff
Illustrator: Takeshi Mori
Graphicker: Waka Mizuho
- Battle Mode Background Art Staff
Illustrator: Umanosuke Iida
Background Artists: Kazuo Ogura, Yuji Kihara, Yoji Nakaza, Nobuhito Sue, Kusanagi
- Music Staff
Sound Producer: Isao Mizoguchi (Two Five)
Music: Noriyuki Iwadare (Two Five)
Sound Effect: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Production), Sanae Kasahara (Two Five)
- Debugging Staff
Chief Debugger:
Test Player:
Title Logo Designer:
Supervisor:
Special Thanks to:
Kadokawa Shoten Staff:
Executive Producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Promotional Material
Flyer (complete)
Physical Scans
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- ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-23 21:11)
- ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-11" (JP; 1997-06-27), page 1
- ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 86
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 193
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 59
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (JP; 1996-10-25), page 230
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10