Kazushige Nojima
Japanese video game writer (born 1964)
Kazushige Nojima
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Born | ( 1964-01-20 ) January 20, 1964 (age 59) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Game designer , writer |
Employer | Stellavista Ltd. |
Kazushige Nojima ( 野島 一成 , Nojima Kazushige , born January 20, 1964) is a Japanese video game writer . He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix 's Final Fantasy franchise—namely Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs Advent Children and Crisis Core , Final Fantasy VIII , and Final Fantasy X and X-2 —in addition to the Kingdom Hearts series , [1] the Glory of Heracles series , and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl . Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of " Liberi Fatali " for Final Fantasy VIII and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for Final Fantasy X . He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd.
Biography
Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East . [2]
Square Co.
He joined Square in 1994. He began work on Final Fantasy VII after the main character settings were done, though Nojima considered this early in the process; he was still working on Bahamut Lagoon .
Nojima also wrote the mythology of Fabula Nova Crystallis , which has been used as the story foundation for all the titles within the series. [3] Nojima also wrote most of the Kingdom Hearts games. [4] He also wrote the scenario for Final Fantasy XV (Previously known as Versus XIII) . [3]
Freelance
Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company. [5] He wrote the story for Sakura Note . [4] He also contributed some story concepts to the script of Final Fantasy XIII . [5] While developing the scenario for Glory of Heracles , Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae . [6] Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were. [6]
In 2011 Enterbrain announced on its Famitsu resource that a short anime and audio drama, based on a novel written by Kazushige Nojima, will be streamed with a name Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army (Armed Middle School Student Basket Army). [1] [7] [8]
Writing style and reception
Nojima has been called one of the "strongest voices" in the video game industry for his writing. [5] His stories have been noted for their complexity and fearlessness in delving into romantic plot lines. [5]
Works
Video games
- Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Kiken na Futari (1988–1989; as Scenario Writer)
- Heracles no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō (1989; as Scenario Writer)
- Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Toki no Sugiyuku mamani... (1991; as Scenario Writer)
- Heracles no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku (1992; as Scenario Writer)
- Heracles no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono (1994; as Scenario Writer and Director (with Eiichi Nishiyama))
- Bahamut Lagoon (1996; as Director)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997; as Scenario Writer) (with Yoshinori Kitase )
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy X (2001; as Scenario Writer) (with Daisuke Watanabe , Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase) [9]
- Kingdom Hearts (2002; as Scenario Writer) (with Jun Akiyama and Daisuke Watanabe)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003; as Scenario Writer) (with Daisuke Watanabe )
- Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (2004; as Scenario Supervisor)
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004; as Scenario Supervisor)
- Kingdom Hearts II (2005; as Scenario Writer)
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007; as Scenario Writer) (with Sachie Hirano)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008; as Scenario Writer for Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary ) (with Masahiro Sakurai )
- Glory of Heracles (2008; as Scenario Writer)
- Sakura Note (2009; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy XIII (2009; as Scenario Concept)
- Last Ranker (2010; as Scenario Writer)
- Lord of Arcana (2010; as Original Lyrics)
- Black Rock Shooter: The Game (2011; as Scenario Writer) [1]
- Sol Trigger (2012; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (2013, Scenario Writer, Audio Drama Writer) [10]
- Zodiac (2015; as Scenario Writer) [11]
- Mobius Final Fantasy (2015-2020; as Scenario Writer) [12] [13]
- Dragon's Dogma Online (2015; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy XV (2016; as Original Story Plot) [14]
- Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary (2017; as Scenario Supervisor)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (2018; as Scenario Concept)
- Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition (2018; as Original Story Plot)
- Kingdom Hearts III (2019; as Scenario Supervisor)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020; as Story and Scenario Writer. Lyrics for Main Theme.) [15]
- Astria Ascending (2021; as Scenario Writer) [16]
- Final Fantasy VII: First Soldier (2021; as Scenario Supervisor)
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (2022; as Scenario and Story)
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (2022; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (TBA; as Scenario Writer)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (TBA; as Story and Scenario Writer)
Novels
- Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile (2005-2009; as Writer)
- Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story (2011; as Writer)
- Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~ (2013; as Writer)
- Basket Army (2013; as Writer)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake: Trace of Two Pasts (2021; as Writer)
Film
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005; as Scenario Writer) [7]
Anime
- Last Order Final Fantasy VII (2005; as Story) [7]
- Lupin the 3rd Part V (2018; as Screenplay for episode 12)
References
- 1 2 3 "Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy's Nojima Makes Short Anime" . Anime News Network . Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ "クリエイターズ・ファイル:『ファイナルファンタジーVII』『キングダムハーツ』などの野島一成氏" . Gpara.com. July 20, 2004. Archived from the original on July 23, 2004 . Retrieved April 16, 2013 .
- 1 2 Anoop Gantayat (January 28, 2011). "Kitase and Toriyama Talk FFXIII-2 and Fabula Nova Crystallis" . andraisang. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014 . Retrieved February 27, 2013 .
- 1 2 Gifford, Kevin (August 25, 2009). "Sakura Note Lands on DS" . 1UP.com . Archived from the original on October 18, 2012 . Retrieved February 27, 2013 .
- 1 2 3 4 Bonnie Ruberg (January 1, 2012). "The Gamasutra 20: Top Game Writers" . Gamasutra . Retrieved February 27, 2013 .
- 1 2 RPGamer Staff (September 1, 2009). "RPGamer Feature - Glory of Heracles Interview" . RPGamer. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013 . Retrieved February 27, 2013 .
- 1 2 3 "Kingdom Hearts/BRS/FF Writer Nojima's New Work Previewed" . Anime News Network . Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ "『武装中学生』のショートアニメとオーディオドラマの配信が決定――豪華キャストも判明 - ファミ通.com" . ファミ通.com (in Japanese) . Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix . pp. 191–193, 476.
- ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (August 12, 2013). "Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster's new 30 min audio episode revealed" . Eurogamer . Retrieved September 3, 2013 .
- ↑ 2014-09-18, TGS 2014: Introducing Zodiac, a New JRPG for PS Vita , IGN
- ↑ Square Enix (February 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy . Square Enix. Scene: Final Fantasy VII event credits.
- ↑ Square Enix (July 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy . Square Enix. Scene: Chapter 8, Part 2 credits.
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Final Fantasy XV - Episode 15 (END) - Final Boss & Endings" . YouTube .
- ↑ "Final Fantasy 7: Square Enix set to make story changes in PS4 remake" . June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Astria Ascending, an RPG written by Kazushige Nojima, announced for PS5, PS4, and Switch [ Update: First look ] " . March 24, 2021.
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