CyberConnect2
plans, develops, publishes game with music by
Taro Hakase
The game company
CyberConnect2
announced the new game
.hack//Z.E.R.O.
on Monday, the 30th anniversary of its founding. The announcement indicates that the action role-playing game is for consoles, as opposed to arcades or personal computers, and that it is part of a bigger project across multiple forms of media.
CyberConnect2
has developed previous projects in the
.hack
franchise
for publishing by
Bandai Namco Entertainment
. This time however, it is planning, developing, and releasing the game as an in-house publishing title, with permission from
Bandai Namco Entertainment
.
Violinist
Taro Hakase
composed the music heard in the teaser trailer above.
CyberConnect2
is promising the game will be “a novel RPG experience that blends the series’ trademark duality of fantasy (game world) and reality (real world) with modern expectations, infused with 100% pure
CyberConnect2
spirit.”
The teaser above has the following credits:
Animation by: Kamikazedouga Co., Ltd.
Director/Storyboard:
Takafumi Utsunomiya
Animation Director:
Kenta Yoshino
CGI Director:
Takeshi Ishiuchi
CGI Assistant: Shogo Konishi
Imageboard: Michi Suzuki
Character Modeler: Moeka Sunaga, Chisato Kudo
Prop Modeler:
Takeshi Ishiuchi
, Aoi Okafuji,
Dan Kobayashi
Character Set Up: Masaya Ibayashi, Rika Ueda
Prop Set Up: Shogo Konishi
3D Animation:
Kenta Yoshino
, Masaya Ibayashi, Shogo Konishi, Hiroki Saitou, Rika Ueda, Rio Kaiho,
Yūhei Sekigami
UI Animation: Hiroki Saitou
3D Effect Animation:
Susumu Yamaguchi
,
Takeshi Ishiuchi
2D Effect Animation:
Maki Yamakoshi
Character Look Development: Hiroki Saitou
Prop Look Development: Aoi Okafuji
Character Texture: Kei Okazaki,
Yasuko Miura
Prop Texture: Aoi Okafuji
Rendering:
Takeshi Ishiuchi
, Aoi Okafuji
Rendering Script: Yuri Shimada
2D Retouch:
Kenta Yoshino
, Kei Okazaki,
Shiori Kato
Icon Illustration: Kei Okazaki, Gosunkugi Masahiro, Keita Morooka,
Manami Kimura
Background Layout Cleanup:
Susumu Mamura
Background Studio: Bihou
Art Director:
Shunichirō Yoshihara
Background Artist: Phuong Thuy, Dan Chinh, Hong Hoa, Thanh Tu, Hong Tam,
Shuichi Tsuji
Background Production Manager: Tomoya Oosaki
Compositing Director:
Susumu Yamaguchi
Compositing:
Takeshi Ishiuchi
, Aoi Okafuji, Hiroki Saitou
Animation Producer: Daisuke Shibazaki, Soichiro
Yamakawa
Creative Producer: Jumpei Mizusaki
CyberConnect2
also announced on Monday that it is establishing a new screen entertainment venture,
CyberConnect2
Film, within the company. As part of its 30th anniversary, the company is holding an exhibition that is traveling to all 47 prefectures of Japan, as well as a “Fan Meeting” event in eight cities.
Source:
Gamer
