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[[File:Studio bentstuff logo.gif|right|Studio BentStuff.]]
'''Studio BentStuff'' is a Japanese book publisher that has edited many of the [[Ultimania]] series books by Square Enix.
 
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'''Studio BentStuff''' {{J|スタジオベントスタッフ|Sutajio BentoSutaffu}} is a Japanese book editor that has planned, written, and edited many of the [[List of guide books|Ultimania]] series books by [[Square Enix]]. Studio BentStuff wrote the first ''Ultimania'' book for ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' in 1999, though the company had been contracted to write various ''Kaitai Shinsho'' guides for Square games published by [[Famitsu]] including the ''[[Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete]]''. Since then, ''Ultimania'' books have been published for every major ''[[Final Fantasy series|Final Fantasy]]'' title.
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Studio BentStuff formed in 1989 from people who worked at ''{{w|ja:マイコンBASICマガジン|MyCom Basic Magazine}}'' {{J|マイコンBASICマガジン|MaiKon Bēshikku Magajin}}.<ref name="3El85kHa">{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.bent.co.jp/company_2/| page name = Company History| site url = http://www.bent.co.jp/company_2/| site name = Studio BentStuff Co., Ltd.| access time = 09:35, April 21, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref> The CEO is Akira Yamashita {{J|山下 章|Yamashita Akira}}.
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Aside from compiling game data into game books, members of Studio BentStuff have had a bigger impact on ''Final Fantasy''. Within guides titled ''Ultimania Omega'' are novellas written by Benny Matsuyama {{J|ベニー 松山|Benī Matsuyama}}. Ichiro Tezuka {{J|手塚 一郎|Tezuka Ichirō}} joined the staff for ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]'' as the story writer, and during its initial release also wrote the two-part novelization of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', followed by the novelization of ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''. He was the story writer for ''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions]]''.
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In February 2018, Digital Hearts Co., Ltd. {{J|株式会社デジタルハーツ|Kabushiki Gaisha Dejitaru Hātsu}} acquired Studio BentStuff<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://www.digitalhearts.com/news/20180213_1/| page name = デジタルハーツ、スタジオベントスタッフ社のゲーム攻略本制作事業を譲受| site url = https://www.digitalhearts.com/| site name = Digital Hearts Co., Ltd.| access time = 20200414082309}}</ref>, and are credited on guides as "Studio BentStuff/DIGITAL HEARTS".
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==Books==
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{|class="full-width series article-table"
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|-class="a"
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!Published Works
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!Year
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete]]''
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|{{#time:Y|1997-03-24}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete|Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete (Revised Edition)]]''
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|{{#time:Y|1997-11-21}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Kaitai Shinsho]]''
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|{{#time:Y|1998-03-09}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|1999-03-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Vagrant Story Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2000-04-13}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy IX Online Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2000-12-29}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2001-09-14}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X Battle Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2001-09-14}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2002-01-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy IX Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2002-02-28}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2003-05-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2004-02-13}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles World Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2004-03-19}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X-2 International+Last Mission Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2004-04-16}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2005-09-09}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII Scenario Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2006-06-16}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII Battle Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2006-06-16}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2006-11-24}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2007-06-14}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2007-09-06}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2007-09-13}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2007-10-18}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 1: Character]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2008-01-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 2: Scenario]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2008-04-10}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 3: Battle]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2008-06-19}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy Ultimania α]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2008-12-04}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2009-01-29}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania Revised Edition]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2009-04-16}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XI Story Ultimania Ver.090409]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2009-06-11}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2010-01-28}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII Battle Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2010-01-28}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2010-09-30}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania Action Side]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2011-03-10}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania RPG Side]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2011-03-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy Type-0 Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2011-11-30}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Scenario Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-01-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Battle Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-01-31}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-06-21}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 1]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-12-18}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 2]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-12-18}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 3]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2012-12-18}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2013-12-19}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X HD Remaster Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2013-12-26}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2014-01-30}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XV Ultimania Scenario Side]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2016-12-28}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XV Ultimania Battle+Map Side]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2016-12-28}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2017-07-13}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2018-01-11}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Digital Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2019-07-17}}
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania]]''
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|{{#time:Y|2020-04-28}}<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://store.jp.square-enix.com/item/9784757565869.html| page name = Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania| site url = https://store.jp.square-enix.com/| site name = Square Enix e-Store (Japan)| access time = 20200214122126}}</ref>
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|}
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==Benny Matsuyama novellas==
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*''[[Kimi o Yobu Yubibue]]'' {{J|キミを呼ぶ指笛|Kimi o Yobu Yubibue|fmt=(j)}} (''[[Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega]]'', January 23, 2002)
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*''[[Kimi ga Yobu Yubibue]]'' {{J|キミが呼ぶ指笛|Kimi ga Yobu Yubibue|fmt=(j)}} (''[[Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Omega]]'', February 13, 2004)
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*''[[Memories Like the Sunshine]]'' (''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles World Ultimania]]'', March 19, 2004)
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*''[[Hoshi o Meguru Otome]]'' {{J|星を巡る乙女|Hoshi o Meguru Otome|fmt=(j)}} (''[[Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega]]'', September 9, 2005)
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*''[[Mari Harenu Haito, Tōboe wa Mi Mazu]]'' {{J|霧晴れぬ廃都、遠吠えは巳まず|Mari Harenu Haito, Tōboe wa Mi Mazu|fmt=(j)}} (''[[Final Fantasy XII Ultimania Omega]]'', November 24, 2006)
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*''[[Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu]]'' {{J|夢見る繭、暁に墜つ|Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu|fmt=(j)}} (''[[Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega]]'', September 30, 2010)[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TqAq_CpKTp3anFU3fmwoVLFWVYyY0_yYrmv7nVnZ0lU/view]
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==Ichiro Tezuka credits==
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There are Tezuka's credits outside of involvement in game companion books.
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{|class="full-width series article-table"
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|-class="a"
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!Work
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!Year
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!Credit
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''
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|data-sort-value="2008-02-18"|{{#time:F j, Y|2008-02-18}} (first chapter)
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|Story writer
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|-
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!class="b"|''Final Fantasy IV'' (novelization, first book {{J|上巻|jōkan}})
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|data-sort-value="2008-12-25"|{{#time:F j, Y|2008-12-25}}
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|Author
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|-
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!class="b"|''Final Fantasy IV'' (novelization, last book {{J|下巻|gekan}})
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|data-sort-value="2008-12-25"|{{#time:F j, Y|2008-12-25}}
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|Author
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|-
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!class="b"|''Final Fantasy IV: The After Years'' (novelization)
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|data-sort-value="2009-03-26"|{{#time:F j, Y|2009-03-26}}
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|Author
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|-
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!class="b"|''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions]]''
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|data-sort-value="2010-09-06"|{{#time:F j, Y|2010-09-06}} (first chapter)
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|Story writer
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|}
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
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*[http://www.bent.co.jp/ Official Website]
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*[https://twitter.com/Tezuka_Ichiro Ichiro Tezuka on Twitter]
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{{navbox personnel}}
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{{navbox guide books}}
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[[Category:Personnel]]

Revision as of 08:27, 14 April 2020

Studio BentStuff.

Studio BentStuff (スタジオベントスタッフ, Sutajio BentoSutaffu?) is a Japanese book editor that has planned, written, and edited many of the Ultimania series books by Square Enix. Studio BentStuff wrote the first Ultimania book for Final Fantasy VIII in 1999, though the company had been contracted to write various Kaitai Shinsho guides for Square games published by Famitsu including the Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete. Since then, Ultimania books have been published for every major Final Fantasy title.

Studio BentStuff formed in 1989 from people who worked at MyCom Basic Magazine (マイコンBASICマガジン, MaiKon Bēshikku Magajin?).[1] The CEO is Akira Yamashita (山下 章, Yamashita Akira?).

Aside from compiling game data into game books, members of Studio BentStuff have had a bigger impact on Final Fantasy. Within guides titled Ultimania Omega are novellas written by Benny Matsuyama (ベニー 松山, Benī Matsuyama?). Ichiro Tezuka (手塚 一郎, Tezuka Ichirō?) joined the staff for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as the story writer, and during its initial release also wrote the two-part novelization of Final Fantasy IV, followed by the novelization of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. He was the story writer for Final Fantasy Dimensions.

In February 2018, Digital Hearts Co., Ltd. (株式会社デジタルハーツ, Kabushiki Gaisha Dejitaru Hātsu?) acquired Studio BentStuff[2], and are credited on guides as "Studio BentStuff/DIGITAL HEARTS".

Books

Published Works Year
Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete 1997
Final Fantasy VII Kaitai Shinsho The Complete (Revised Edition) 1997
Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Kaitai Shinsho 1998
Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania 1999
Vagrant Story Ultimania 2000
Final Fantasy IX Online Ultimania 2000
Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania 2001
Final Fantasy X Battle Ultimania 2001
Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega 2002
Final Fantasy IX Ultimania 2002
Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania 2003
Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Omega 2004
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles World Ultimania 2004
Final Fantasy X-2 International+Last Mission Ultimania 2004
Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega 2005
Final Fantasy XII Scenario Ultimania 2006
Final Fantasy XII Battle Ultimania 2006
Final Fantasy XII Ultimania Omega 2006
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Ultimania 2007
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Ultimania 2007
Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania 2007
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Ultimania 2007
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 1: Character 2008
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 2: Scenario 2008
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 3: Battle 2008
Dissidia Final Fantasy Ultimania α 2008
Dissidia Final Fantasy Ultimania 2009
Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania Revised Edition 2009
Final Fantasy XI Story Ultimania Ver.090409 2009
Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania 2010
Final Fantasy XIII Battle Ultimania 2010
Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega 2010
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania Action Side 2011
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimania RPG Side 2011
Final Fantasy Type-0 Ultimania 2011
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Scenario Ultimania 2012
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Battle Ultimania 2012
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega 2012
Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 1 2012
Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 2 2012
Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 3 2012
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania 2013
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster Ultimania 2013
Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster Ultimania 2014
Final Fantasy XV Ultimania Scenario Side 2016
Final Fantasy XV Ultimania Battle+Map Side 2016
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Ultimania 2017
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Ultimania 2018
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Digital Ultimania 2019
Final Fantasy VII Remake Ultimania 2020[3]

Benny Matsuyama novellas

Ichiro Tezuka credits

There are Tezuka's credits outside of involvement in game companion books.

Work Year Credit
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years February 18, 2008 (first chapter) Story writer
Final Fantasy IV (novelization, first book (上巻, jōkan?)) December 25, 2008 Author
Final Fantasy IV (novelization, last book (下巻, gekan?)) December 25, 2008 Author
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (novelization) March 26, 2009 Author
Final Fantasy Dimensions September 6, 2010 (first chapter) Story writer

References

External links