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The above listed individuals are by no means the only artists associated with ''Fire Emblem'' games; each individual game usually has several artists, sometimes including the above, who work on creating the graphics in the games themselves. Additionally, the individuals responsible for providing the character and box artwork for {{title|Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light}}, {{title|Gaiden}} and, prior to Koya's work, {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}} and {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} are currently unknown. | The above listed individuals are by no means the only artists associated with ''Fire Emblem'' games; each individual game usually has several artists, sometimes including the above, who work on creating the graphics in the games themselves. Additionally, the individuals responsible for providing the character and box artwork for {{title|Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light}}, {{title|Gaiden}} and, prior to Koya's work, {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}} and {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} are currently unknown. | ||
===TCG artists=== | ===TCG artists=== | ||
While the majority of the character artwork for cards in the {{TCG}} was the work of Katsuyoshi and Hirota, a plethora of other artists contributed card artwork for the Jugdral Anthology card series in 2003. | While the majority of the character artwork for cards in the {{TCG}} was the work of Katsuyoshi and Hirota, a plethora of other artists contributed card artwork for the Jugdral Anthology card series in 2003. These artists included Eiji Kaneda and Yusuke Kozaki, among numerous other illustrators with no other known tie to the ''Fire Emblem'' series. | ||
*Akihiro Yamada (Japanese: {{hover|山田章博|Yamada akihiro}} ''Yamada Akihiro''): AN-002 [[Arvis]], AN-003 [[Deirdre]] | *Akihiro Yamada (Japanese: {{hover|山田章博|Yamada akihiro}} ''Yamada Akihiro''): AN-002 [[Arvis]], AN-003 [[Deirdre]] | ||
*Kamui Fujiwara (Japanese: {{hover|藤原カムイ|Fujiwara kamui}} ''Fujiwara Kamui''): AN-004 [[Seliph]], AN-006 [[Julia]], AN-036 [[Asvel]] | *Kamui Fujiwara (Japanese: {{hover|藤原カムイ|Fujiwara kamui}} ''Fujiwara Kamui''): AN-004 [[Seliph]], AN-006 [[Julia]], AN-036 [[Asvel]] | ||
*Munku Mutsuki (Japanese: {{hover|睦月ムンク|Mutsuki munku}} ''Mutsuki Munku''): AN-005 [[Julius]], AN-014 [[Jamke]], AN-019 [[Ishtar]] | *Munku Mutsuki (Japanese: {{hover|睦月ムンク|Mutsuki munku}} ''Mutsuki Munku''): AN-005 [[Julius]], AN-014 [[Jamke]], AN-019 [[Ishtar]] | ||
*Kaya Kuramoto (Japanese: {{hover|椋本夏夜|Kuramoto kaya}} ''Kuramoto Kaya''): AN-007 [[Tailto]], AN-018 [[Dew]], AN-021 [[Teeny]], AN-022 [[Linda]] | *Kaya Kuramoto (Japanese: {{hover|椋本夏夜|Kuramoto kaya}} ''Kuramoto Kaya''): AN-007 [[Tailto]], AN-018 [[Dew]], AN-021 [[Teeny]], AN-022 [[Linda]] | ||
*Itsuki Hoshi (Japanese: {{hover|星樹|Hoshi itsuki}} ''Hoshi Itsuki''): AN-008 [[Lex]], AN-029 [[Finn]], AN-033 [[Eyvel]] | *Itsuki Hoshi (Japanese: {{hover|星樹|Hoshi itsuki}} ''Hoshi Itsuki''): AN-008 [[Lex]], AN-029 [[Finn]], AN-033 [[Eyvel]] | ||
*Fujitani (Japanese: {{hover|藤谷|Fujitani}} ''Fujitani''): AN-009 [[Azel]], AN-030 [[Ced (character)|Ced]], AN-034 [[Mareeta]] | *Fujitani (Japanese: {{hover|藤谷|Fujitani}} ''Fujitani''): AN-009 [[Azel]], AN-030 [[Ced (character)|Ced]], AN-034 [[Mareeta]] |
Revision as of 02:29, 21 August 2014
Throughout its history, numerous artists have made significant contributions to individual games in the Fire Emblem series by providing illustrations of its characters, settings and scenarios. These artists, and the games in which each is credited, are summarized here.
Katsuyoshi Koya
Katsuyoshi Koya (Japanese: 小屋勝義 Koya Katsuyoshi) provided the vast majority of the card illustrations for the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game, with their work covering the entire casts of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, and is also credited as a graphic designer for Mystery and Genealogy. Although they were not the original designated character illustrator for any of these games, their work has effectively replaced the original artwork accompanying Mystery and Genealogy and is now the most widely used to represent characters from these two games, including being used in Fire Emblem Awakening for the bonus unit portraits for the cast of Genealogy. They also contributed two "bonus artworks" of Lena and Barst for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem: Graphic Designer
- Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War: Graphic Designer
- Fire Emblem Trading Card Game: Illustrator
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon: Artwork (Lena and Barst)
Gallery
Marth in Mystery of the Emblem, illustrated by Koya.
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Noish in Genealogy of the Holy War, illustrated by Koya.
External links
- Katsuyoshi Koya on the Japanese Wikipedia
Mayumi Hirota
Mayumi Hirota (Japanese: 広田麻由美 Hirota Mayumi) provided the character artwork for Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, having first come into contact with the series through her work on the Fire Emblem: Treasure art book in 1999; in an interview published in Treasure, director Shouzou Kaga said he considered her illustrations to be the perfect rendition of his ideas for the characters of Genealogy of the Holy War and, later, Thracia 776.[1] She was also responsible for the art book Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Illustrated Works and an assortment of other merchandise art accompanying Thracia 776. Her Treasure illustrations were reused for the first series of the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game, and she would continue to work with Shouzou Kaga after he left Intelligent Systems, serving as the illustrator for Tear Ring Saga and Berwick Saga.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Treasure
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776: Character Design
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Illustrated Works
- Fire Emblem Trading Card Game
Gallery
Lewyn in Genealogy of the Holy War, illustrated by Hirota for Treasure.
Mareeta in Thracia 776, illustrated by Hirota.
"Fiana", a piece by Hirota from Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.
External links
- Mayumi Hirota on the Japanese Wikipedia
Rika Suzuki
Rika Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木理華 Suzuki Rika) provided the cutscene illustrations which accompanied the original live broadcasts of Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga. They later returned to the series in 2012 to contribute artwork of Seliph for the Fire Emblem Awakening DLC package Lost Bloodlines 3.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga: Artwork
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Artwork (Lost Bloodlines 3 Seliph)
Gallery
Midia in Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga, illustrated by Suzuki.
External links
- OWL FOREST Notebook: Rika Suzuki's personal website
- Rika Suzuki on the Japanese Wikipedia
Eiji Kaneda
Eiji Kaneda (Japanese: 金田榮路 Kaneda Eiji) provided the character artwork for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. He also contributed two card illustrations for the Jugdral Anthology set of the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game, and later returned to the series to provide the artwork for Ike in the DLC package Rogues & Redeemers 3.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Image Illustration
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: Illustration (not listed in credits)
- Fire Emblem Trading Card Game: Illustration (Cards AN-018 Beowolf, AN-035 Shiva)
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Artwork (Rogues & Redeemers 3 Ike)
Gallery
Card AN-018 Beowolf, illustrated by Kaneda.
Shanna in The Binding Blade, illustrated by Kaneda.
Hector in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, illustrated by Kaneda.
External links
- COLONYONE: Eiji Kaneda's art gallery website
- Eiji Kaneda on the Japanese Wikipedia
Sachiko Wada
Sachiko Wada (Japanese: ワダサチコ Wada Sachiko) provided the character artwork for Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and is also credited as contributing to the character portraits and other duties in all games from Thracia 776 to Radiant Dawn. They also contributed two "bonus artworks" of Palla and Julian for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, as well as the artwork for Leif in Fire Emblem Awakening's DLC package Lost Bloodlines 1.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776: Character Graphic
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Main Design & Face Design
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: Main Design & Face Design
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: Director, Scenario Support, Main Design & Face Design
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance: Level Designer, Face Image, Window Designer
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn: Assistant Director, Level Design, Character Design
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon: Artwork (Palla and Julian)
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Artwork (Lost Bloodlines 1 Leif)
Gallery
Ephraim in The Sacred Stones, illustrated by Wada.
Julian in Shadow Dragon, illustrated by Wada.
Senri Kita
Senri Kita (Japanese: 北千里 Kita Senri) provided the character artwork for Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, and was also responsible for the in-game character portraits in Radiant Dawn. They later provided the artwork of Marth for the Fire Emblem Awakening DLC package Champions of Yore 1.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance: Character Illustration
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn: Character Illustration, Face Graphic
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Artwork (Champions of Yore 1 Marth)
Gallery
Mia in Path of Radiance, illustrated by Kita.
Micaiah in Radiant Dawn, illustrated by Kita.
External links
- SCRIBBLE: Senri Kita's art gallery website
- Senri Kita on the Japanese Wikipedia
Masamune Shirow
Masamune Shirow (Japanese: 士郎正宗 Shirō Masamune) provided a limited selection of character artwork for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon: Illustration
Gallery
Marth in Shadow Dragon, illustrated by Shirow.
External links
- Masamune Shirow on Wikipedia
Daisuke Izuka
Daisuke Izuka (Japanese: 井塚大介 Izuka Daisuke) provided a limited selection of character artwork for Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem, also contributing to Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon a small set of character artwork depicting the game's seven new playable characters. They are also credited for working on the character portraits in the former game, but not the latter despite the majority of their Shadow Dragon work remaining nearly unedited in New Mystery. They later provided the artwork of Eirika for the Fire Emblem Awakening DLC package Smash Brethren 2.
Credits
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon: Face Image
- Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Illustration
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Artwork (Smash Brethren 2 Eirika)
Gallery
Athena in Shadow Dragon, illustrated by Izuka.
Caeda in New Mystery of the Emblem, illustrated by Izuka.
Yusuke Kozaki
Yusuke Kozaki (Japanese: コザキユースケ Kozaki Yūsuke) provided the character artwork for Fire Emblem Awakening. His first contact with the series was in the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game, to which he contributed three card illustrations for the Jugdral Chronology set. In an interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, Kozaki described how he was first contacted to work on Awakening when he received an email request from Intelligent Systems to design sixty characters for an unidentified game, to which his first response was "Is this Fire Emblem?"[2]
Credits
- Fire Emblem Trading Card Game: Illustration (Cards AN-015 Lewyn, AN-028 Leif, AN-038 Sara)
- Fire Emblem Awakening: Character Design & Illustration
Gallery
Card AN-015 Lewyn, illustrated by Kozaki.
Robin, Lucina and others in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, illustrated by Kozaki.
External links
- KYMG: Yusuke Kozaki's personal website
- Yusuke Kozaki on the Japanese Wikipedia
Other artists
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The above listed individuals are by no means the only artists associated with Fire Emblem games; each individual game usually has several artists, sometimes including the above, who work on creating the graphics in the games themselves. Additionally, the individuals responsible for providing the character and box artwork for Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Gaiden and, prior to Koya's work, Mystery of the Emblem and Genealogy of the Holy War are currently unknown.
TCG artists
While the majority of the character artwork for cards in the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game was the work of Katsuyoshi and Hirota, a plethora of other artists contributed card artwork for the Jugdral Anthology card series in 2003. These artists included Eiji Kaneda and Yusuke Kozaki, among numerous other illustrators with no other known tie to the Fire Emblem series.
- Akihiro Yamada (Japanese: 山田章博 Yamada Akihiro): AN-002 Arvis, AN-003 Deirdre
- Kamui Fujiwara (Japanese: 藤原カムイ Fujiwara Kamui): AN-004 Seliph, AN-006 Julia, AN-036 Asvel
- Munku Mutsuki (Japanese: 睦月ムンク Mutsuki Munku): AN-005 Julius, AN-014 Jamke, AN-019 Ishtar
- Kaya Kuramoto (Japanese: 椋本夏夜 Kuramoto Kaya): AN-007 Tailto, AN-018 Dew, AN-021 Teeny, AN-022 Linda
- Itsuki Hoshi (Japanese: 星樹 Hoshi Itsuki): AN-008 Lex, AN-029 Finn, AN-033 Eyvel
- Fujitani (Japanese: 藤谷 Fujitani): AN-009 Azel, AN-030 Ced, AN-034 Mareeta
- Kaori Fujida (Japanese: 藤田香 Fujida Kaori): AN-012 Ayra, AN-023 Reinhardt, AN-024 Olwen
- Osamu Kine (Japanese: 木根ヲサム Kine Osamu): AN-013 Holyn, AN-031 Misha, AN-037 Pirn
- Akira Maminami (Japanese: 真南旭 Maminami Akira): AN-016 Mahnya, AN-017 Ferry, AN-032 Karin
- Riya Hozumi (Japanese: ほづみりや Hozumi Riya): AN-025 Shanan, AN-026 Ulster, AN-027 Larcei
Manga artists
Many games in the series have been adapted into the form of manga, each of these being done by a different artist.
- Mitsuki Ōsawa (Japanese: 大沢美月 Ōsawa Mitsuki): Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
- Nattsu Fujimori (Japanese: 藤森ナッツ Fujimori Nattsu): Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
- Koutarou Yamada (Japanese: 山田孝太郎 Yamada Kōtarō): Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi; also responsible for the DLC Ephraim in Awakening
Fire Emblem: Awakening DLC contributors
In addition to featuring new work from Kita, Wada, Suzuki, Izuka and Kaneda, a large number of other artists with no prior connection to the Fire Emblem series also contributed individual character artwork for the DLC packages in Fire Emblem Awakening.
- Kimihiko Fujisaka (Japanese: 藤坂公彦 Fujisaka Kimihiko): Roy, Champions of Yore 2
- Rco Wada (Japanese: ワダアルコ Wada Rco): Micaiah, Champions of Yore 3
- HACCAN: Alm, Lost Bloodlines 2
- Douji Shiki (Japanese: 四季童子 Shiki Dōji): Elincia, Smash Brethren 1
- Shirow Miwa (Japanese: 三輪士郎 Miwa Shirō): Lyn, Smash Brethren 3
- Masatsugu Saitou: (Japanese: 斎藤将嗣 Saitō Masatsugu): Celica, Rogues & Redeemers 2
- Kinu Nishimura (Japanese: 西村キヌ Nishimura Kinu): Est, Death's Embrace
- Shinnosuke Hino (Japanese: 日野慎之助 Hino Shinnosuke): Catria, Five-Anna Firefight
- Homare (Japanese: 誉 Homare): Palla, Roster Rescue
References
- ↑ Serenes Forest: Fire Emblem: Treasure - Interview
- ↑ Iwata, Satoru et al. (2013). Iwata Asks: Fire Emblem: Awakening [online] Nintendo. [Accessed 2014-07-26]