Producer & Director
Koichi Ishii
Lead Programmer
Toshinori Shimono
Lead Planner
Yuuichi Tsuchiya
Lead Designer
Mikiharu Ooiwa
Cinematics Supervisor
Yuichi Ito
(I. Toon Ltd.)
Original Story Writer
Masato Kato
Scriptwriter
Ryo Akagi
Music Composers
Kenji Ito
Tsuyoshi Kesito
Sound Director
Tomohiro Yajima
Image Illustrator
Hiroo Isono
Programmers
Background & Level Editor
Toshinori Shimono
Concept Work
Yoshiyuki Miyagawa
Effects
Nao Kasahara
Characters
Shinji Takeda
Menu System
Masahiro Katsumata
Effects & Cinematics
Daiki Hoshina
Characters AI & Navigation
Satoshi Kitade
Boss Enemies
Souichi Tateishi
Hidetaka Saneshige
Takeshi Aramaki
Script Engine & System
Masaaki Kimura
Objects & Mechanisms
Masashi Hanyu
Yasuharu Ishibashi
Menu & Tools
Keita Kimura
Programming Advisor
Takaaki Tonooka
Planners
System
Yuuichi Tsuchiya
Toshinori Mizumachi
Motion
Hidetomo Saito
Sho Numakura
AI
Kazuyuki Miyamoto
Chapter Design
Ryouji Uchimichi
Hiroyuki Ando
Hijiri Muta
Tatsumaro Tedsuka
Yuichi Ninagawa
Wataru Ueda
Kazuyuki Shindo
Boss Enemies
Hiroshi Satori
Junichi Shinomiya
Challenge Arena
Yasuyuki Hayasaka
Realtime Events
Yuuichi Nakagawa
Hideo Iwasaki
Miyuki Harada
Cinematics
Shinya Yoshino
Planning Advisor
Toshiro Tsuchida
Designers
Character Design
Nao Ikeda
Monster Design
Airi Yoshioka
Facial Setting
Yoshinori Kanada
Character Model Lead
Takeshi Miyazawa
Character Models
Minako Tsuchiya
Tatsuya Awata
Kazutaka Kurosaka
Takeshi Maruyama
Tasuku Tsuchiya
Rika Ojima
Sawako Kobayashi
Yasushi Suzuki
Miwa Hashimoto
Character Texture Lead
Hirofumi Sakoi
Character Textures
Eiichi Amano
Maiko Araki
Kaname Shindo
Tohru Nakazawa
Character Motion Lead
Shigenobu Komuro
Character Motion
Kazuhiko Takahashi
Kazuhiro Takagi
Tadashi Soeda
Takemasa Kawahara
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Yoshi Inagaki
Takahiro Nishigaki
Main Background Design
Kazuhiko Takahashi
Background Design
Takehiko Yamamoto
Ryo Hirao
Yuko Abiru
Misako Tsutsui
Mizushi Sugawara
Nobuya Aoki
Tony W. Koo
Background Graphics Lead
Mikiharu Ooiwa
Hiroyuki Sano
Kouki Ishinuma
Motoi Nakamura
Masaki Yasuda
Yoshiko Hiyama
Cinematic Background Graphics
Yuchiro Takao
Background Graphics
Daisuke Komatsu
Yasuyuki Kawamata
Hirotaka Nakayama
Eiko Hasegawa
Shinpei Sakata
Mayako Sugimoto
Shin Ienaka
Kunio Ikeda
Emi Noto
Manabu Daishima
Motohiro Murakami
Yasunori Yanagawa
Shinichiro Tsukada
Mayumi Furusawa
Effects Lead
Makoto Ohta
Effects
Shizuo Kusano
Takuji Yasuda
Ryota Nozoe
Hikaru Suzuki
Masaki Kawai
Gakushi Kobayashi
Menu Design
Yuka Miyamoto
Ryoko Arimura
Pre-Production Support
Yoshiyuki Aiuchi
Daisuke Fukugawa
Hiroshi Bunno
Sound Section
Composer & Arranger
Masayoshi Soken
Arranger
Junya Nakano
Synthesizer Operator
Hirosato Noda
Sound & Dialogue Editors
Yuji Isogawa
Kazuhiro Hosoe
Hideki Uchimura
Sound Editors
Reiko Shimura
Ai Yamashita
Atsushi Suganuma
Movie Sound Editor
Shojiro Nakaoka
Sound Programmer
Tatsuya Shoji
Support Keyboard Player
Kenichiro Fukui
Project Manager
Masayuki Tanaka
Project Coordinator
Masashi Kitagawa
Project Assistant
Kazuki Hamamoto
Saeko Kanazawa
Music
Opening & Ending Theme Music written by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Dawn of Mana Opening Theme performed by
Shoko Ikeda (Oboe)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Piano & Keyboard)
Dawn of Mana Ending Theme performed by
Fumiaki Miyamoto (Oboe)
Mr. Miyamoto appears by the courtesy of
Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Ryuchi Sakamoto (Piano)
Produced by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Recorded by
Tomoyuki Tanaka (554)
Assistant Engineer
Hanae Saito (Birdie House)
Mixed by
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Associate Producer
Nokira Sora (Kab America Inc.)
Production Management
Satoshi Nakashiro
Kazue Hasegawa (Kab Inc.)
Piano Tuner
Masanori Hanaoka (Yamaha)
Equipment Coordination
Masanobu Tsuchiya (Office Intenzio)
Kiyoharu Terada (Office Intenzio)
Contractor
Shigeru Otake (Daybreak)
Music Copiest
Michiharu Sasaki (Tokyo Hustle Copy)
Legal Coordination
Takuo Morikawa (Kab Inc.)
Development Cooperation
Kab Inc.
JVC Entertainment Networks Inc.
Grick Inc.
Cast
| Eldy | Tetsuya Kakihara |
| Ritzia | Jun Sagawa |
| Faye | Yurika Ochia |
| Stroud | Takashi Kondo |
| Masked Guru | Toru Okawa |
| Lekius | Hiroki Ishihara |
| Medusa/Anise | Yuka Komatsu |
| Village Elder | Takashi Nagasako |
| Golem Generalissimo | Toshitsuga Takashina |
| Watts | Cho |
| Gnome | Kazuhiko Inoue |
| Salanader | Akiyo Kanada |
| Undine | Eriko Nakayama |
| Dryad | Chihiro Aikawa |
| Luna | Akiko Kawase |
| Shade | Satoshi Taki |
| Jinn | Chiaki Takahashi |
| Will O The Wisp | Aiko Ohno |
| Trent | Masaharu Sato |
| Gaia | Naomi Kusumi |
| Grim Haggar | Hideyuki Umezi |
| Golems | Masakazu Kohara |
| Daisuke Sakaguchi | |
Dialogue Director
Hideyuki Tanaka (Audio Tanaka Co. Ltd.)
Recording Engineer
Masanori Tsuchiya
Assistant Engineer
Yoshiki Hibino
Booking Agent
Akiko Nakamura
Akiko Fujita
Voice Recording Studio
Studio Echo Inc.
Production Management Companies
Aoni Production Co. Ltd.
Artvision Co. Ltd.
Bi Produce Co. Ltd
Office Mori
Carrot House
Kenproduction Inc.
Kenyu Office
Sigma Seven Co. Ltd.
Bow Company
Vi-vo Inc.
B-Boy
Production Baobab
Mausupromotion
Love Live Co. Ltd.
Studio Coordination
Half H.F Studio Co. Ltd.
Orchestra
Composer & Orchestrator
Kenji Ito
Conductor
Koji Haishima
Strings
Masatsugu Shinozaki’s Group
Flute
Takashi Asahi
Oboe
Tomoka Hirota
Horns
Masato Yoshinaga
Masato Abe
Hitoshi Imai
Yasushi Higa
Trumpets
Shigeo Okura
Hiruko Shibata
David Herzog
Trombones
Kenji Nishiyama
Koichi Akiyama
Ko Okumura
Tuba
Isao Watanabe
Percussion
Tamao Fuji
Ikuo Kakehashi
Tomoko Kusakari
Mari Kotake
Harp
Satomi Kobayashi
Tomoyuki Asakawa
Piano
Kenji Ito
Guitar
Hiroshi Imaizumi
Masahiro Itami
Bass
Hitoshi Watanabe
Bandoneda
Satoshi Kitamura
Sitar
Kazuko Kawashima
Tenor Soki
Kazushige Shimura
Chorus
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Recording & Mixing Engineer
Kazuhiko Misumi
Toru Kamekawa
Recording Studio
Avaco Creative Studio Inc.
Sound Inn
Mixing Studio
Studio TonMeister
Sound Inn
Recording Coordinator
Fumio Takano
Mixing Studio
408 THX Suite (THX PM3 Certified) at Sony PC. Inc.
Mixing Engineer
Kazutaka Someya
Assistant Engineer
Moon Yeonhwa
Post Production Manager
Chiaki Ikejima
Cinematics & CG Movies
Avant Co. Ltd.
Line Producer
Yoshimi Fujii
Quality Assurance
QA Coordinator
Tomokazu Nagamori
QA Assistant Coordinator
Kouki Takahashi
Maki Nakajima
QA Technical Engineer
Kazuya Okamoto
Hisato Iwatsuki
QA Technical Assistants
Toshimitsu Umezawa
Tomohito Konho
QA Senior Testers
Taku Kato
Yuji Hatori
QA Testers
Akira Minagawa
Toshiaki Ohnari
Hironori Sato
Yutaka Ogihara
Takanori Ohnishi
Kenichi Ishikawa
Keisuke Iizuka
Yusuke Yamakura
Minoru Saitou
Akinari Fukuda
Tsukasa Torigata
Hiroshi Ohkubo
Yuta Nishimura
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Akira Kitamura
Youichi Numata
Takahiro Nasu
Osamu Miyamoto
…and all other QA Staff
QA Technical Director
Hideyuki Kato
QA Manager
Yukihiro Shibuya
Localization Staff
Richard Mark Honeywood
Aziz Hinoshita
Joseph Reeder
Jin Kimura
Shingo Hosokawa
Ratings Advisors
Hiroko Hamada
Sueko Kogai
Reiko Kondo
PR Director
Ryutaro Sasaki
PR Staff
Chieko Tsurunaga
Rei Kawano
Shiho Tsuyuki
Project Manager
Yoshinori Kamei
Project Assistant
Asako Uenishi
Coordinators
Tomoya Asano
Shingo Kosuge
The World of Mana Project
Kouji Taguchi
Yoshimasa Koreeda
Yasuhito Watanabe
Shinji Futami
Hajime Tabata
Kuuji Ookohara
Takashi Orikata
World of Mana Promotional Movie Production
Hiroshi Kuwabara
Ryosuke Inagaki
Degital Media Lab Inc.
Special Thanks
Ryo Shin
Yoshikazu Yoshiira
Akihiko Kasuga
Ayaku Hino
Dan Yamamoto
Katsunobii Iida
Kazuhiro Hasegawa
Kazuyoshi Tashiro
Mizuki Kubo
Naoto Shimada
Mizuki Kubo
Naoto Shimada
Noriko Watanabe
Takahiro Fujii
Takashi Sannohe
Yasuhiro Takamatsu
Yasutaka Kiraya
Yuka Naito
Yuki Nishimura
Junishi Hayashi
Kojitaro Beppu
Tomoya Suzuki
Youko Abe
Hiromichi Tanaka
Ken Narita
Kouji Yamashita
Masashi Hiramatsu
Michihiro Sasaki
Satoru Nakajima
Shinji Hashimoto
Tatsuo Tomiyama
Yoshinori Kitase
Yousuke Saito
Yuu Miyake
Supervisor
Akitoshi Kawazu
Executive Producer
Youichi Wada
and a Big Thanks to All Square Enix Staff!
