Credits – Metroid Other M

Project M

Development Team

Producer Yoshio SakamotoYosuke Hayashi
Director Yoshio SakamotoYosuke HayashiTakehiko Hosokawa
Story Yoshio Sakamoto
Cinematic Director Ryuzi Kitaura (D-Rockets Co. Ltd.)
Engineering Lead Taiyo Aramaki
Art Directors Takayasu MorisawaYutaka Saito
Assistant Director Kazutaka Otsuka
Animation Leads Kousuke WakamatsuRyoji Abe
Environment Art Leads Hideki NiimiKenichiro Nakajo
Character Art Lead Haruhiko Shikata
Effects Art Lead Takamitsu Watanabe
Real-Time Cinematics Lead Yoshiteru Tomita
Audio Director Ryo Koike
Technical Art Naoya Okamoto
Engineering Takeshi KawaguchiYuta YamazakiAtsushi OtaTakeshi SawatariYoshihiro KimuraTakashi WatanabeYoshinobu SuzukiYuuki SatakeTakeshi MizobeShinpei MinatoHiroya UsudaShuhei SatoTetsuya NagayamaRyusuke Kanda
Support Engineering Shinya OkadaManabu KiguchiShuhei Shiota
Level Design Kazuteru Shibasaki
Enemy AI Design Yudai IkedaYukio IshiiJunpei IdeToshihiko KodamaTakeshi OmoriHiroyuki Aoyagi
Combat Design Yudai IkedaYukio IshiiJunpei IdeToshihiko KodamaTakeshi OmoriHiroyuki Aoyagi
Event Script Motohiro ShigaHidehiko NakajimaKenta AraiNaoki HirasawaTsuyoshi SakodaMasaki Toyoda
Stage Camera Setting Ou Yotsuya
Environment Art Miyuki MaruyamaJunko OhamaKōichi YabataEtsuko ShimadaKensaku TabuchiTakahiro AokiYasuyuki SatoMiyuki MomoseTadashi KawabeRyosei MurakiShunsuke FujitaTomoe SuzukiYuki Nakajima
Character Art Hiroki OmoteKazunori KodamaYoshiki HoriuchiTatsuya UchidaNatsuko KawakamiShuichi WadaKana YamamotoYuko ItoMuneaki KubotaHideaki Takahashi
Effects Art Satoru WatanabeKazuki OsadaJiro Yoshida
Animation Yoshiro TachibanaIkuo HarigaiKatsuhiro YamauchiToshiaki KondoChitose SasakiMasayuki FukushimaHirohisa TogaseKeisuke Saito
Concept Art Tetsuya AmabikiFumiko MiyamotoMasayuki OkadaHiroji Kiyotake
User Interface Art Kazutaka Kato
Real-Time Cinematic Design Yoshinori KobayashiKazuhiro NishimuraChiharu KatagiriRyusuke Shiraishi
Sound Design Takumi SaitoMichihiro SatoHiroyuki AkiyamaMakoto HosoiShunichi Shigematsu

Cinematic Team

Executive Producer Akira Oishi (Taiyo Kikaku Co. Ltd.)
Producer Hide Nagasawa (Taiyo Kikahu Co. Ltd.)
Associate Producer Shinnosuke Kaneko (Taiyo Kikahu Co. ltd.)
Music Kuniaki Haishima
Director of Photography Hiroshi Egami
Sound Effects Yukimura Yazawa (ALIVE Co. Ltd.)
Sound Mixing Kazumi Inamura

Taiko Kikaku Co.Ltd.

Production Managers Yuya KatoKazuki ItayaDaisuke Watanabe
Production Assistants Yoshinari HamaYasuhiro KusakabeTomoko NaritaChie Takeuchi

D-Rockets

Visual Effets Supervisor Masami Nikaido
Visual Effects Yoshihisa Kato (Red@Zone)
CGI Art Masato Aonuma (Studio Solari Inc.)
Editing Kazuhiro Shinoda
Production Staff Takuro WatabeTakuya OkuwakiKeiichiro OtsuYasuyo Suga
Animation Director Ryuichi Snow (Snowman Digital Art)
Art Director Shoko Kitamura (Snowman Digital Art)
Animation Katsura Sato (Snowman Digital Art)
Set Modelling Makiko Kubo (Snowman Digital Art)

N-Design

CGI Director Kazuya Sakagami
CGI Producer Takuya Fujita
Assistant CGI Director Tomoyuki Iwasaki
Character Modelling Lead Noriko Murata
Modelling Lead Ataru Yamada
Animation Lead Shingo Nakanishi
CGI Art Lead Natsuyo ToyoshimaShusuke Osanai
Compositing Lead Akihiro Nakamura
Effect Animation Lead Rintaro Fukuda
Programming Yoshihisa Okano
CGI Art Masahiko KaneYoshiki HoriuchiTomonori HirayamaMio SatoTomoaki MoriAtsushi KayamaTakashi YamazakiMikiya HirateMasako GomadoKatsuji Yamaguchi
Compositing Nozomu Kondo
System Administrator Naoya Sugita
Editing Motoyuki Kawase

Polygon Pictures

CGI Director Toshio Ohashi
Technical Director Yasuhisa Niizato
Producer Akiko Isobe
Production Manager Ryoko Ishii
Modeling Supervisor Hideaki Watanabe
Modeling Taiki EbisawaMiyoko OkaMariko NaganoAkira TaguchiYoshiki Nakao
Riggers Yuji KanekoOtokazu EdaSoh Choong Leong
Animation Eiji ŌkushiKaori OnoderaKazuki KurataYuji OtakeHiroyuki Fukumoto
Lighting and Compositing Akira HirabayashiKana KittaMasahiro KudoMatthew SmithYoshiyuki KuritaMakoto Kuboi
Matte Painting Ayumi EbisawaKana Hori
Effects Art Tomohiro Akiyama
Editing Jun Watanabe

Shirogumi Inc.

Producer Hiromasa Inoue
Line Producer Masayo Ono
Digital Art Shuhei YamagataTomoyoshi YasunoYuta SanoMasahito HondaSaw TakeyamaTomomi Sakuma

pH studio

CGi Producer Yukimasa Morimura
CGI Director Kibo Hayashi
Visual Effects Yuichi Ueno
CGi Animation Cedric Herole
Compositing Tetsuo Maeda
Digital Art Kazunari OkitaKaori AndoTakashi KawamuraMamoru IshikawaKumie Tsuda

NTT Media Lab

Producer Masaru Habuta
CGi Directors Kazunori YoshinoTakeshi Shin
CGI Art Takatoshi YamasakiKazuhiro Shigihara
Digital Compositing Toshihiko Terasawa

Terabyte Inc.

Producer Takahiro Matsumoto
CGI Director Keiji Ohsumi
CGi Art Lead Jonathan Nolan Cervantes Evangelista
CGI Art Mark Andrei C. YlaganTakamitsu Nyuta

Dynamo Pictures

Director Munetaka Kurosaki
Design Yoko NishikimiGodai Takanishi

ToyBox

Production Manager Hiroki Agawa

Rivers Studio Inc.

Animation Director Keiji Nakatsuji
Digital Art Takamitsu HirakawaKaori Obara

XAX Entertainment Inc.

Production Manager Yoshihisa Shimizu
Digital Art Satoshi YamaguchiKen Mochizuki

PremiumAgency

CGi Directors Masanori SakateYoshifumi Maezawa
Art Nobuhiro UshiyamaNobuo GouchiChie Nakaizumi
Assistant Producers Tomo KitamuraYuki Morita
Producer Keisuke Maruyama

Additional Company Credits

Post Production Saitama Prefecture Sai-no-kuni Visual Plaza, Digital Skip Station Inc.
Mixing Studio Imagica

Voice

Samus Aran Jessica Martin
Adam Malkovich Dave Elvin
Anthony Higgs Mike McGillicuty
Melissa Bergman Sarah Naid
Madeline Bergman Linda K. Morris
James Pierce Aaron Thomas
Lyle Smithsonian Mark Carr
Maurice Favreau Hanley Smith
K.G. Misawa Jeff Minnerly
Ian Malkovich Jamie Hunsdale
The Colonel Stephan Weyte
Head Quarantine Officer Nathan Bihldorff
Quarantine Officer Sam Gray
Operators Dave HoweThomas McGurkErika Webright
Battle Ship P.A. Announcer Leslie Swan
English Voice recorded at Bad Animals Seattle

Motion Capture

Motion Capture Performers Yasunari KinbaraAsuka YoshikawaKatsutoshi UchiboriKentarou ShimazuKatsuyuki YamazakiHidenori TakeiAkemi HirotaMisako NagashimaHiroki TokuiHiroaki Sato, Makoto
Action Director Nobutoshi Takahashi
Action Staff Masaki InadomeTakanobu NakataniNobuyuki Obigane
Casting Neo Agency Co. Ltd.
Camera Assistant Tai OuchiRyohei OkaNaoki Kasama
Camera Operation Toshikatsu Yakou (Newteles Co. Ltd.), Tomoki Moteki (Newteles Co. Ltd.)
Equipment Newteles Co. Ltd.
Motion Capture Studio DC

Music

Musical Performance Arigat-Orchestra [Tokyo Session), Asian Philharmonic Orchestra [Beijing Session)
Music Programming & Manipulation Tadashi Yatabe
Orchestration & Arrangement Sachiko Miyano
Recording Toru Okitsu
Mixing Toru Okitsu
Music Preparation Yoshiko Uchida
Sound Coordinator Tsutomu Satomi
Recording Studio Avaco Creative Studio [Tokyo]
Mixing Studio e-mixing [Tokyo]
Beijing Session Coordinator Li Yuesong (Hear Heart Studio)
Translation Yan Fung

Sound Effects

Sound Mixing Hirokazu Kawamoto (Alive Coo. Ltd.)
Sound Design Takashi KanekoShunpei AraiKota Matsubara

North American Localization

Localization Manager Jeff MillerLeslie Swan
Localization Nathan BihldorffAnne-Marie LaperrièreCamilo Alba NavarroReiko NinomiyaScot Ritchey
Product Testing Keith BantaEric M. BushSean EganThomas HertzogKyle HudsonTeresa LillygrenTomoko MikamiMasayasu NakataMakiko Szolas

European Localization

Localization Management Andreas FeyMartin Weers
Localization Coordination Jan PeitzmeierIván Garrido González

Translation

UK English Check John Mullen
French Gurvan Le GuenArielle Walter
German Janine WetherellJessica Ferlmann
Italian Chiara BottaAdriano Antonini
Spanish Pablo Muñoz SánchezAriel del Rio de Angelis

Quality Assurance

Coordination Marco Gruden
English Luke BullimoreNatalie LuntRichard WylieTze-Ting Chao
French Guillaume DeschampsJulien LlopartJohan MalherbeMathieu Springinsfeld
German Markus EngemannJulia JarockiArne JödickeAndreas Langer
Italian Mattia BiancoElisabetta GandioneMarco RomeoEdoardo Toniolatti
Spanish Alfonso Acuña MorenoMartin CabreraDavid Martín NavarroDaniel Picazo Millán
Special Thanks Takako Ito
Localization Support Shogo Yachi
Debug Support Sachiko IkedaTakayuki NishikawaYuji Yamamoto
Debug Ryosuke YamadaNaoki TakamiYuki Sakamoto, Mario Club Co. Ltd.
Technical Support Ken KatoRyusuke NiitaniShingo Okamoto
Artwork Chiharu SakiyamaHirokazu MatsuiAki SakuraiNaruhisa Kawano

Additional Credits

Project Management Katsuya Yamano
Coordination Yutaka Takehisa
Special Thanks Shinji HatanoSusumu TanakaRyuichi NakadaKeiyu KondoTakumi KawagoeNaoki MoriYoshinori UedaSaeko MurakamiKoji TazawaYasuharu Kakihara, Intelligent Systems Co. Ltd.
Very Special Thanks Manabu Fukuda
Coproducer Toru Akutsu
Executive Producer Satoru Iwata

 

(Credits courtesy of MobyGames)