Games by Established Artists

Titles which were designed, produced, directed, or contributed heavily to by artists with established careers or fine arts backgrounds outside of video games. Titles like Peter Gabriel: Eve do not count as they are made in association with an artist rather than with their direct involvement.

Notes state the artist(s) and their career outside of the games here, though there may be overlap of course.

Gitaroo Man
Gitaroo Man
Mitsuru Nakamura/326
Graphic artist, poet
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Tomomi Sakuba
Surrealist, computer artist
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair
Don Bluth
Animator, director
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
Don Bluth
Animator, director
Space Ace
Space Ace
Don Bluth
Animator, director
Tales of Phantasia
Tales of Phantasia
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Stand-in for series through to Tales of Berseria
Sakura Taisen
Sakura Taisen
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka
Gungrave
Gungrave
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Yasuhiro Nightow
Mangaka
Sakura Wars
Sakura Wars
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Stand-in for series

Tite Kubo
Mangaka
(2019 only)
9: The Last Resort
9: The Last Resort
Robert De Niro
Producer, actor

Mark Ryden
Painter

18 Comments


1 year ago

would the rhythm heaven series count because of Tsunku's hand in development?

1 year ago

Absolutely, added

1 year ago

Add Medal of Honor 1 and both Boom Blox games for the Wii. Steven Spielberg produced all three of those.

1 year ago

elden ring's world building was done by GRRM

1 year ago

Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the scenario and all the music for L.O.L.: Lack of Love

1 year ago

Added with the exception of Elden Ring as his contribution to the game was only the 'mythos' of the game, he did not write the story itself.
diana hamilton's dreams, bill belichick offseason simulator

1 year ago

Going Down by Cyriak Harris

1 year ago

Down bad in the "hentai artist" row

1 year ago

Does Mother trilogy belongs here? As fas as I know, Shigesato Itoi has been a writer since way before the games. Although I think most of it was non-fiction?
@LSW Help me out here, please. XD

1 year ago

@CDX If copywriters fall into the category of artists, then Yes.
Gitaroo man, by Mitsuru Nakamura aka 326
does that count?

1 year ago

tomomi sakuba was the art director of garage: bad dream adventure, and he has published various artwork of surrealism priorly and after the release of the game

1 year ago

Added all of these except Itoi's ouevre

1 year ago

The dragons lair games and space ace for don bluth's involvement

1 year ago

9: The Last Resort might qualify: Robert De Niro executive produced, art direction by Mark Ryden

1 year ago

@LSW Thanks a bunch! I had no idea he was a copywriter, or what a copywriter even was for that matter. lol Until I wikipediad the term just now, I mean. There's not a word for that in pt-BR. =P

1 year ago

maestro, mike oldfield
gaball screen, tetsuya komuro


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