Hideo Minaba (皆葉英夫, Minaba Hideo?) is a video game art director. He began work with Squaresoft in 1991. His first major role was field graphics design on Final Fantasy V (1992). He was the art director of Final Fantasy VI (1994), where he was responsible for the world's architecture and interiors.[1] He was later placed in charge of artistic supervision of Final Fantasy Tactics (1997). After that, he served as art director of both Final Fantasy IX (2000) and Final Fantasy XII (2006).
Minaba left Square Enix in 2004, in the middle of Final Fantasy XII's development, to form Designation, a freelance art company. He has since continued to work on the Final Fantasy series as a freelancer.
Works within the series[]
Game | Release | Work |
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Final Fantasy IV | 1991 | Debugger (uncredited) |
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest | 1993 | Special Thanks |
Final Fantasy V | 1992 | Field Graphics (with Tetsuya Takahashi) |
Final Fantasy VI | 1994 | Graphic Director (with Tetsuya Takahashi, Kazuko Shibuya, and Tetsuya Nomura), Art Director, Background Art Design |
Final Fantasy Tactics | 1997 | Art Supervisor, Battle Maps Designer |
Final Fantasy IX | 2000 | Art Director Character Design: Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, Kuja, and Beatrix |
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | 2003 | Design Work Director |
Final Fantasy XII | 2006 | Art Director (with Isamu Kamikokuryo) Airship Design: Strahl and Archadian Imperial Fleets |
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions | 2007 | Art Supervisor, Battle Maps Designer |
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System | 2007 | Art Director (with Isamu Kamikokuryo) Airship Design: Strahl and Archadian Imperial Fleets Box Art Designer |
Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 | 2010 | Special Thanks |
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | 2011 | Costume Design: Zidane's Marcus's Cloak, Kuja's Treno Nobleman |
Final Fantasy XIII-2 | 2011 | Character Design: Paddra Nsu-Yeul and Alyssa Zaidelle Costume Design: Hope Estheim |
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | 2013 | Map Designer |
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | 2020 | Character Design Supervisor |