Ryuji Takumi - Exe Create's best man

[Prajna]

I've played nearly all Exe Create games, and I finally noticed one important factor that decides whether a game developed by Exe Create is just good or really great. Or I should rather say one person: Ryuji Takumi.

Whenever he was involved in a major role (producer or at least script writer), I enjoyed the games so much more, be it more recent games like "Astrune Academy", "Isekai Rondo" or "Sword of Elpisia", or older classics like "Asdivine Hearts" (I + II) or "Fernz Gate". On the other hand, with regards to all Exe Create games that I didn't enjoy as much as the aforementioned ones, Ryuji Takumi always took a backseat and only contributed in a support role (if at all).

I want to conclude this post by saying what's long overdue: Thank you, Exe Create, and thank you, Ryuji Takumi in particular, for all the wonderful games over the years.

[VertVentus]

I finally decided to research end credits for console Exe-Create games via various YouTube videos.

Producer/Director Ryuji Takumi: Isekai Rondo, Astrune Academy, Sword of Elpisia, Miden's Tower, Alter Age (Mobile), Chroma Quarternion, Journey to Kreisia / Asdivine Cross, Asdivine Hearts, Asdivine Dios, Asdivine Menace, Asdivine Hearts II, Asdivine Kamura, Alvastia Chronicles, Ruinverse, Revenant Saga, Antiquia Lost, Wizards of Brandel, Fernz Gate, Alphadia Neo, Overrogue, Infinite Dunamis (Mobile, Delisted?), Novelsrogue (Mobile, JP), Seek Hearts
Director Aki Yasumura: Knights of Grayfang, Spirit Valor (Mobile) / Infinite Links, Jinshin, Sephirothic Stories, Ambition Record, Ghost Sync, Fairy Elements, Glorious Savior, Onigo Hunter, Liege Dragon, Heirs of the Kings, Dragon Lapis, Dragon Prana, Asdivine Saga, Alphadia I & II Remake, Dimension Cross (Mobile), Alphadia III Remake (Mobile, JP)
Director Junji Yoshikawa: Dragon Sinker / Revenant Dogma, Illusion of L'Phalcia, Alphadia Genesis (Main Script: Ryuji Takumi), Alphadia Genesis 2, Vampire Hurts
Director, Planning Makoto Ogasawara: / Unlucky Hero (Mobile, Delisted?, Amazon Exclusive), Lost Memory of Angel Story Frane II: Seikai no Kiseki
Creative Producer, Planning Shinichi Yamamoto: / Frane: Dragon's Odyssey (& Lost Memory of Angel Story Frane III: Hisou no Gensoukyoku), Lost Memory of Angel Frane
Planning Yae Kakemizu: / Across Age DX (Producer was FDG Entertainment)
Unknown: / Fanatic Earth (Mobile?, Incompatible), Warlord Revival (Mobile?, Delisted), Across Age 2

I've only played the games before the " / " so far, and you were totally right and thanks for the heads up. Besides Asdivine Saga and the Alphadias, I guess I'll ignore everything else from Yasumura...

[Prajna]

Thanks for this awesome overview, which totally proves my point (at least from my point of view).

[ChromaRaine]

Ryuji Takumi-san and Yumi Tanaka-san are the the powerhouse staff of Exe-Create games, especially during their pre-2015 RPGs. You can expect them to bring something great to produce, whether it’s light fantasy or darker, more mature fantasy stories with Ryuji Takumi-san direction and script/scenario writing, and Yumi Tanaka-san art design.

Junji Yoshikawa-san and Aki Yasumura-san is as good as Ryuji Takumi-san direction, though just not on the same level. He proved his direction back in 2002 when they released a darker-toned ARPG called Vampire Hurts, the Alphadia series (2007-2014) and Illusion of L'Phalcia. He also directed the original Alphadia 1 to 5 (though I think Ryuji-san took over for 3 to 5).

Unfortunately, Junji-san’s worst work was Revenant Dogma, which is a messy sequel to Saga, with a whole new staffs accompanying him (and less involvement from the original team). But his direction hit the mark with the release of Illusion of L'Phalcia.

In the case of Aki Yasamura-san, I really enjoyed Glorious Savior back in 2015 and before it gets a port, but most of her direction didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Especially now that she's been handling remakes of older games lately.

Aki Yasamura directed the recent remake of Alphadia 3, while Ryuji Takumi directed Novelsrouge.

[ChromaRaine]

—VAMPIRE HURTS— ヴァンパイア ハーツ

—Production Staff—

—Director—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Character Design—
Yumeji Kiriko

—Program—
—Main Program—
Masaru Yoshikawa
—System Program—
Takashi Morishita

—Design Work—
—Character Chip Design—
Yukiko Motoyama
—Map Design—
Shino Fujii
—Movie—
Yoshiyuki Takami
—Visual Work—
Rai
—Chip design—
Naoko Sakai
Harumi Kawai
Erina Oka
—Public Design—
Yae Kakemizu

—Production Support—
Masao Nika
Makoto Ogasawara
Hideaki Fukumoto
Yumi Tanaka
Ryuji Takumi

—Sound—
Sankyo Creative Inc.
Masafumi Tokuhisa
Hiroshi Kimura

—Scenario—
Osamu Sato

—Voice Cast—
Touma Amabuki
Taishi Murata
Stella Alferatz
Emi Ogata
Altair Risha
Kazuhiro Ikeda
Capella Mizar
Ayumi Noguchi
Fuku Amabuki
Yuka Kotani
Sebastian
Akihiro Gen
Eiraku
Junichi Inai

—Special Thanks—
Osaka Animator College

—Producer—
Shinichi Yamamoto

—Planning, Production, and Distribution—
ExeCreate Co., Ltd.

 

—Lost Memory of Frane—

—Production Staff—

—Planning—
Shinichi Yamamoto

—Planning Assistance—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Main Program—
Masao Nika

—Battle Program—
Masaru Yoshikawa

—Visual Director—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Character Design / Visual CG—
Rai

—Chip Design—
Ryuji Takumi
Yukiko Motoyama
Erina Oka
Rai

—Background—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Movie—
Yoshiyuki Takami

—Recording—
Haruyuki Yoshida
Tsubasa Okita

—Sound—
Studio Cliche
Shigenori Mashiko

—Scenario—
Makoto Ogasawara

—Text Cooperation—
Motoaki Kitano

—Sales Promotion—
Pikaichi Co., Ltd.
Kaori Kurashita

—Manual Creation—
Yae Kakemizu

—Voice Cast—
Frane
Misaki Yoneda
Lupy
Megumi Yoshima
Doran
Makoto Miyagi
Bulboa
Ryozo Takemoto
Yuro
Munenori Ban
Naila
Manami Maeda
Escude
Ayumi Tsunematsu
Dirham
Hiroaki Adachi
Aden
Ryozo Takemoto
Real
Ayumi Tsunematsu

—Special Thanks—
Takashi Morishita
Shino Fujii
Yoyogi Animation College Osaka Branch

—Planning, Production, and Distribution—
ExeCreate Co., Ltd.

 

—Lost Memory of Angel Story Frane II: Seikai no Kiseki—

—Production Staff—

—Planning—
Makoto Ogasawara

—Planning Assistance—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Main Program—
Masaru Yoshikawa

—Battle Program—
Takashi Morishita
Masao Nika

—Scripter—
Shinichi Yamamoto

—Character Design / Visual CG—
Rai

—Visual Background—
Kaoru Nonomura

—Chip Design—
Ryuji Takumi
Yukiko Motoyama

—Background—
Junji Yoshikawa
Yae Kakemizu
Shino Fujii

—Movie—
Yoshiyuki Takami

—Mixer—
Kazuya Tsuji

—Recording Director—
Haruyuki Yoshida

—Recording—
Takuya Kida

—Recording Assistants—
Esuke Imanishi
Hironobu Hatanaka
Yoshihiro Otsuka

—Sound—
Sankyo Creative Inc.
Hiroshi Kimura
Masafumi Tokuhisa

—Scenario—
Makoto Ogasawara

—Manual Creation—
Yae Kakemizu

—Public Works—
Yukiko Motoyama

—Frane ll: Seikai no Kiseki - Ending Song—
"To My New Way"
Lyrics: Junji Yoshikawa
Music: Masafumi Tokuhisa
Vocals: Masami Furuta

—Voice Cast—
Rila
Masami Yoshida
Lupy
Megumi Yoshima
Frane
Mami Yamashita
Cedy
Shinsuke Dobashi
Naila
Kaori Naka
Lucian
Hikari Fujiwara
Ringgto
Yosuke Nakagawa
Rei
Kenichi Ueno
Malka
Erika Nakano
Rupia
Sayuri Yoshioka
Burn
Motoo Ohmori
Aden
Shota Akasaka
Cruzero
Minoru Kunizuke
Crone
Rumiko Kashine
Chief of the Dark Forest
Papillon
Gild
Shota Akasaka
Porun
Yumiko Okahashi

—Special Thanks—
Yoyogi Animation College Osaka Branch

—Planning, Production, and Distribution—
ExeCreate Co., Ltd.

 

—Lost Memory of Angel Story Frane III: Hisou no Gensoukyoku / Frane: Dragons' Odessey (2011-2019)—

—Production Staff—

—Producer—
Shinichi Kokomoto

—Project Leader—
Masao Nika

—Sound Director—
Haruyuki Yoshida

—Director—
Makoto Ogasawara

—Character Design / Visual CG—
Rai

—Main Program—
Masao Nika

—Main Map Design—
Yae Kakemizu

—Main Chip Design—
Ryuji Takumi

—Program—
Takashi Morishita
Hideaki Fukumoto
Masaru Yoshikawa

—Map Objects—
Yukiko Motoyama
Yumi Tanaka

—Map Design—
Shino Fujii
Junji Yoshikawa

—Chip Design—
Naoko Sakai
Erina Oka

—Boss Character Design—
Yoshiyuki Takami
Yukiko Motoyama

—Scenario—
Makoto Ogasawara

—Chip Direction—
Ryuji Takumi

—Movie Production—
Yoshiyuki Takami

—Title Logo Design—
Junji Yoshikawa

—Manual Production—
Yae Kakemizu

—Sound—
Wavelink Zeal
Yuki Iwai

—Mixer, Recording, and Direction Assistant—
Keishi Fukuzaki

—Recording—
Hironobu Hatanaka

—Recording Assistant—
Esuke Imanishi

—Voice Cast—
Kuna
Asami Shimomai
Riele
Ayako Tsuboi
Florin
Mie Morita
Barts
Keisuke Inoue
Millinam
Yu Takuchi
Kuloon
Masatoshi Uchiumura
Garele
Aika Miyawaki
Yuro
Yusuke Otani
Bulboa
Hideki Nakano
Reone
Hisako Takeuchi
Escude
Kimiko Iwai
Cordoba
Kenichi Tanaka
Denarius
Naoki Hidaka
Grude
Yuta Uematsu
Livre
Reiko Sasagawa
Rufiya
Makiko Fujiwara
Pula
Rumi Nakamura
Pya
Kazuya Saji
Kami
Haruyuki Yoshida
Doran
Zan

—Special Thanks—
Yoyogi Animation College Osaka Branch

—Planning / Production—
ExeCreate Co., Ltd.

[ChromaRaine]

Warlord Revival director is Aki Yasumura while Fanatic Earth director is Makoto Ogasawara.

Additionally, 2 exe-create exclusive (self-published) games called Sevens Precious and Devil Blaster was directed by Junji Yoshikawa