Off-topic: Treasure's yasushi suzuki to create manga

October 20, 2006, 10:06 PM

by brandon, via yasushi suzuki -
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yasushi suzuki isn't the first name you think of when you think of Treasure, but he did have a hand in three of their major works. Though he was originally freelance, he started working with Treasure for Radiant Silvergun, and did quite a bit on Sin and Punishment, character/object work for Ikaruga and then Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song with Square (thanks alex for alerting me to that last one). If you ever wondered who created that random 3D walking individual in the Ikaruga options menu (I certainly did), or indeed the entire design of Sin and Punishment, a quick glance at his style gives you the answer. He's working on a manga now (with the odd title Purgatory Kabuki), which is being published in the U.S. by DrMaster. They seem to be putting a lot behind this, especially with the game crowd, as they'll be previewing it in Play for five issues, and releasing two 60-page chunks of the manga starting in november on gamespy's direct-to-drive thing.

The story follows a samurai in purgatory who must reclaim the swords of 1,000 fallen soldiers. Generic enough as a premise, but the art looks very nice. They've released a little zip file with info, art, and two sample pages, so go on and grab it if you want.