Na-Ga
Na-Ga | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Vocational school |
| Known for | Visual novels |
| Notable work | Little Busters!, Rewrite |
Na-Ga is a male Japanese artist who is employed as a graphic designer and illustrator for the company Key known for such famous visual novels as Kanon, Air, and Clannad among others. Na-Ga has been working for Key since the production of Air as one of the computer graphic artists, but was able to majorly contribute to character design in Key's sixth visual novel Little Busters! with Itaru Hinoue. For the upcoming eighth Key title Rewrite, Na-Ga has been credited as only contributing to the game's computer graphics scenes.[1] Na-Ga once worked for the company Pearlsoft R between 1997 and 1999 where he contributed to two visual novels, Hakanai Omoi: Anemone, and Sweet Days, as the main artist before coming to Key.[2] He also participates in a dōjinshi circle named "from-D".
Reception
Two autographed T-shirts featuring illustrations by Na-Ga of Kudryavka Noumi and Riki Naoe from Little Busters! were put onto the Japanese Yahoo! Auction website in March 2009; bidding for the shirts started at 500 yen (about US$5). The shirt featuring Kudryavka has been bid on by forty-seven people and the sale price exceeds 500,000 yen (about US$5,030).[3] The shirt featuring Riki has been bid on by fifty-five people and the sale price exceeds 2 million yen (about US$20,100).[4] The shirts were originally released at Key 10th Memorial Fes, an event held in commemoration of Key's ten-year anniversary between February 28 and March 1, 2009.
References
- ^ "Rewrite visual novel official website" (in Japanese). Key. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Na-Ga's visual novel contributions" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Yahoo! Auction of 500,000 yen shirt" (in Japanese). Yahoo!. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ "Yahoo! Auction of 2 million yen shirt" (in Japanese). Yahoo!. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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