Shintaro Takai
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Shintaro Takai | |
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| Born | Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Art, Graphics & VFX Director for video games at Square Enix. |
Shintaro Takai (高井 慎太郎, Takai Shintarō) is an art, graphics & VFX Director at Square Enix. Takai has been working for Square Enix since at least 1993 with their first credit on Secret of Mana. Takai has held a lead position on several major Final Fantasy games and has been working with Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama since Final Fantasy VII. Takai worked with Yusuke Naora as the art directors for Final Fantasy X before being the sole art director for Final Fantasy X-2. In more recent years, Takai was the graphics & VFX director for the Final Fantasy XIII series and the art director for Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster.
Works
| Release | Title | System | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Secret of Mana | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Magic animation |
| 1995 | Seiken Densetsu 3 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Graphic design effect |
| 1997 | Final Fantasy VII | PlayStation | Special magic effect director |
| 1998 | Ehrgeiz | PlayStation | FF VII staff |
| 1999 | Final Fantasy VIII | PlayStation | Battle effect director |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy X | PlayStation 2 | Art director (battle) |
| 2002 | Unlimited Saga | PlayStation 2 | Effects design supervisor |
| 2003 | Final Fantasy X-2 | PlayStation 2 | Art director |
| 2005 | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | PlayStation 2 | VFX director |
| 2005 | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War | PlayStation 2 | Special thanks |
| 2007 | Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings | Nintendo DS | Special thanks |
| 2009 | Final Fantasy XIII | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Graphics & VFX director, crystal tools dev. staff |
| 2010 | Final Fantasy XIV | Windows | Crystal tools |
| 2011 | Final Fantasy Type-0 | PlayStation Portable | VFX supervisor |
| 2011 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Graphics & VFX director |
| 2013 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Graphics & VFX director |
| 2013 | Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | Art director |
| 2015 | Mobius Final Fantasy | iOS, Android | VFX director[1] |
| 2015 | Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius | iOS, Android | Special effects supervisor |
References
- ^ "Series 3! It's now the time for our SHINTARO TAKAI!". Square Enix. September 4, 2016.
External links
- Shintaro Takai profile at the Square Haven People Database
- Shintaro Takai at IMDb
- Shintaro Takai MobyGames
- Shintaro Takai Metacritic