Kazushige Nojima

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Kazushige Nojima (野島 一成, Nojima Kazushige, born January 20, 1964 in Sapporo) 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[]

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)

Film[]

  • Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005; as Scenario Writer)[7]

Anime[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy's Nojima Makes Short Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ "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. 2004-07-20. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Anoop Gantayat (2011-01-28). "Kitase and Toriyama Talk FFXIII-2 and Fabula Nova Crystallis". andraisang. Archived from the original on 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Gifford, Kevin (August 25, 2009). "Sakura Note Lands on DS". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bonnie Ruberg (2012-01-01). "The Gamasutra 20: Top Game Writers". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b RPGamer Staff (2009-09-01). "RPGamer Feature - Glory of Heracles Interview". RPGamer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kingdom Hearts/BRS/FF Writer Nojima's New Work Previewed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  8. ^ "『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 2018-02-25.
  9. ^ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 191–193, 476.
  10. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2013-08-12). "Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster's new 30 min audio episode revealed". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  11. ^ 2014-09-18, TGS 2014: Introducing Zodiac, a New JRPG for PS Vita, IGN
  12. ^ Square Enix (February 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy. Square Enix. Scene: Final Fantasy VII event credits.
  13. ^ Square Enix (July 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy. Square Enix. Scene: Chapter 8, Part 2 credits.
  14. ^ http://www.famitsu.com/news/201609/14115688.html
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9hDyGek_Ss
  16. ^ http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/586511/Final-Fantasy-7-Square-Enix-story-changes-PS4-remake
  17. ^ https://www.gematsu.com/2021/03/astria-ascending-an-rpg-written-by-kazushige-nojima-announced-for-ps5-ps4-and-switch

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