Yusuke Naora, who worked as an art director for several Final Fantasy titles, has resigned from his position after 24 years.
In a series of tweets, Naroa explained: “On September 30, I resigned from Square Enix after working for them for 24 years. With my family in mind, I’ll be going back to my home town of Izumo. Yesterday, Taba-chan (Hajime Tabata) showed me the ending of Final Fantasy XV. It was my final job, and it has the best ending. Everyone has been amazing! We did a great job. I’m a little regretful that the release date was pushed back, but I’m happy to be given credit. After my resignation, I will continue doing illustrations, designs, and the like as jobs for Square Enix, and want to take on various challenges, so I appreciate your support. I’m grateful for all the experiences I was able to have with so many people.”
Here is a list of Naroa’s works, via Wikipedia:
- V-V (1993) – Art director
- Final Fantasy VI (1994) – Field graphic designer
- Chrono Trigger (1995) – Field graphic designer
- Treasure Conflix (1996) – Visual designer
- Final Fantasy VII (1997) – Art director
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999) – Art director
- Vagrant Story (2000) – Accessories designer (CGI intro movie)
- The Bouncer (2000) – Art supervisor
- Final Fantasy X (2001) – Art director
- Unlimited Saga (2002) – Art director
- Front Mission 4 (2003) – Character designer
- Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (2004) – Art director
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (2005) – Art director
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) – Art director
- Code Age Commanders (2005) – Producer, Art director, Story
- Code Age Brawls (2005) – Producer, Art director, Story
- Front Mission 5: Scars of the War (2005) – Character designer
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006) – Art supervisor
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) – Art supervisor
- Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes (2008) – Character designer
- The Last Remnant (2008) – Art producer, Character designer
- Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals (2010) – Character designer
- Chaos Rings (2010) – Character designer
- Chaos Rings Omega (2011) – Character designer
- Chaos Rings II (2011) – Character designer
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011) – Art director
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015) – Art director
- Final Fantasy XV (2016) – Art director
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