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Taku Makino

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 1 WOW Entertainment Sega WOW Sega Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D1
Role(s): Artist, Designer

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Taku Makino (牧野卓) was responsible for the first physical model of Sonic the Hedgehog^[1], used as a reference for animating the character in the Mega Drive game of the same name and the title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog CD^[2].

He was the lead graphic designer for Golden Axe: The Duel^[3], but for unknown reasons is credited as S.Makino. Other games where he was a lead artist include Dynamite Baseball and Dynamite Baseball 97, Ski Champ, Zombie Revenge and Sports Jam.

Production history

Games

Tetris (System 16; 1988) — Artist
Golden Axe (System 16; 1989) — Artist
Cyber Police ESWAT (System 16; 1989) — Artist
Shadow Dancer (System 18; 1989) — Artist
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (System 18; 1990) — Artist
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (System 32; 1992) — Artists
OutRunners (System 32; 1993) — Designers
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Mega Drive; 1993) — Cover Artist
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Special Thanks^[4]
Golden Axe: The Duel (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — Graphic Designer (as S.Makino)
Golden Axe: The Duel (Saturn; 1995) — Graphic Designer^[5] (as S.Makino)
Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Player Model Artist
Dynamite Baseball (Model 2; 1996) — Graphic Design^[6] (as T.Makino)
Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Player Model Artists^[7]
Dynamite Baseball 97 (Model 2; 1997) — 3Dモデリング (as 牧野卓)
Ski Champ (Model 3; 1998) — Designers
Zombie Revenge (NAOMI; 1999) — Chief Designer
Zombie Revenge (NAOMI; 1999) — Motion Designers
World Series 99 (NAOMI; 1999) — MODEL&GRAPHIC DESIGNERS (as MAKINO,Taku)
Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast; 1999) — Designers, Arcade
Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast; 1999) — Motion Designers, Arcade
Sports Jam (Dreamcast; 2001) — Design Section
Sega GT 2002 (Xbox; 2002) — Graphic Design
Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Artist^[8]
Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Artists
Ai Sareruyori Ai Shitai: The House of the Dead EX (Lindbergh Red; 2008) — Art Director
Binary Domain (Xbox 360; 2012) — Concept Art Contribution
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Windows PC; 2013) — R&D#1 (as Makino Taku)
Chain Chronicle (Android; 2013) — 2D Designer
Chain Chronicle (iOS; 2013) — 2D Designer
StarHorse 3 Season VII: Great Journey (RingEdge 2; 2018) — Special Thanks

Music

Golden Axe The Music (CD; 2008) — Art Director^[9]

Sengoku Taisen (2012) — Card Illustrations^[10]

References

↑ @NaotoOhshima on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 22:34)
↑ @NaotoOhshima on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 22:34)
↑ https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/13/c7abd417c9a8665799ea7918b484c310.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-04 20:26)
↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
↑ File:GoldenAD Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:DynamiteBaseball MOD2 JP credits.pdf
↑ File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:BloodWillTell PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 28
↑ File:GoldenAxeTheMusic CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 12
↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201606/24107383.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-27 09:32)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180518223430.2Fhttps:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2FNaotoOhshima.2Fstatus.2F847104354020552706-1] @NaotoOhshima on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 22:34)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180518223443.2Fhttps:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2FNaotoOhshima.2Fstatus.2F847129714649018368-2] @NaotoOhshima on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-05-18 22:34)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190204202633.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fdengekionline.com.2Fdata.2Fnews.2F2008.2F2.2F13.2Fc7abd417c9a8665799ea7918b484c310.html-3] ttps://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/13/c7abd417c9a8665799ea7918b484c310.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-04 20:26)

[:File:Sonic_.26amp.3B_Knuckles_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf

[:File:GoldenAD_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-5] File:GoldenAD Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:DynamiteBaseball_MOD2_JP_credits.pdf_p-6] File:DynamiteBaseball MOD2 JP credits.pdf

[:File:Die_Hard_Arcade_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:BloodWillTell_PS2_US_Manual.pdf_p28-8] File:BloodWillTell PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 28

[:File:GoldenAxeTheMusic_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p12-9] File:GoldenAxeTheMusic CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 12

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20231027093241.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.famitsu.com.2Fnews.2F201606.2F24107383.html-10] ttps://www.famitsu.com/news/201606/24107383.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-27 09:32)

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 {{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (牧野 卓) was responsible for the first physical model of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518223430/https://twitter.com/NaotoOhshima/status/847104354020552706}}, used as a reference for animating the character in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Mega Drive game of the same name]] and the title screen of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180518223443/https://twitter.com/NaotoOhshima/status/847129714649018368}}.
-He was the lead graphic designer for ''[[Golden Axe: The Duel]]''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190204202633/https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/13/c7abd417c9a8665799ea7918b484c310.html}}, but for unknown reasons is credited as '''S.Makino'''.
+He was the lead graphic designer for ''[[Golden Axe: The Duel]]''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190204202633/https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/13/c7abd417c9a8665799ea7918b484c310.html}}, but for unknown reasons is credited as '''S.Makino'''. Other games where he was a lead artist include ''[[Dynamite Baseball]]'' and ''[[Dynamite Baseball 97]]'', ''[[Ski Champ]]'', ''[[Zombie Revenge]]'' and ''[[Sports Jam]]''.
 ==Production history==