Artist and painter Hirō Isono, who worked on the Mana (Seiken Densetsu) series of video games, passed away on May 28 due to heart failure. Isono was born in 1945. A memorial service was held on May 31.
Are you excited for the forthcoming Visions of Mana? This retrospective of the Mana series will tell you all about the franchise thus far.
After 20 long years, can Square Enix finally give us the coveted cover-art version of the game?
I'm still waiting for a proper Final Fantasy game that looks exactly like Yoshitaka Amano's art. Dissidia proved how ridiculously amazing that would look like but it was still not close enough. They need to go for broke on Amano's art style and design.
I don't care if it's a remake of 5 or 6 or a new entry, just make it happen at some point in this life time SquareEnix...
Secret of Mana recently turned 30 years old in Japan, and to celebrate this seminal action RPG's anniversary, Alana of Nintendo Life is reminiscing about how the game's use of colour inspired a fascination with RPG worlds...
I wonder why this has been posted so late after his death. I've always admired the art for this game... I have the poster that came in Nintendo Power framed on my wall.
The silence around your passing is disheartening, but RIP nonetheless.