Shintaro Takai

Shintaro Takai
Born Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation 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

  1. ↑ "Series 3! It's now the time for our SHINTARO TAKAI!". Square Enix. September 4, 2016.
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