Who did the beautiful concept art for Elebits?

December 20, 2006 6:49 PM

IGN.com posted some of the original concept artwork for the new game, Elebits, and it's graphically stunning. Do you know who the artist is? What other work is he/she responsible for? (Be nice; I'm new!)
posted by santojulieta to media & arts (6 comments total)

Link?
posted by raf at 7:06 PM on December 20, 2006

Here, here and here for samples of the concept art. I can guarantee that the credits in the game will give you an artist's credit, but I can't find a listing online.
posted by hindmost at 7:44 PM on December 20, 2006

According to the booklet, the Lead Artist is Hiroaki Sonobe. However, Takashi Tsuchiya is credited as Opening Movie Lead Artist, and nearly all the concept artwork is used there.

There are a ton of credits for different artists, but those seem like the most likely.

Not to derail, but this game is awesome.
posted by sharkweek at 10:41 PM on December 20, 2006

After reading the credits page I can narrow it down to likely one of these:

Character Artists
Shiho Yonemaru
Yukiko Nishimura
Hiroki Nakamura

Illustrators
Shigeya Suzuki
Saori Yashuhiko

Opening Movie Artists
Takashi Tsychiya
Yoshie Suzuki, Shingo Yuri, Naoki Tarama, Shigeye Suzuki

There are a few other artists but they are animators, 3D artists. If I spelled a name wrong sorry, it's tiny font and japanese (?) names.

Hope that helps.

The game itself is a bit disappointing - the gameplay graphics are okay, but the store is lame, and the game quickly becomes redundant.
posted by jesirose at 10:42 PM on December 20, 2006

the game is really fun but it has probably the worst voice acting ever.
posted by kneelconqueso at 8:02 AM on December 21, 2006

Add another possibility...producer Shingo Mukaitouge apparently has some drawing skillz.
posted by juv3nal at 1:54 PM on January 12, 2007