Moto Kikaku

Moto Kikaku (モト企画)[1][2] (formerly Motomiya Kikaku 本宮企画) is a group of Japanese manga artists, founded by Hiroshi Motomiya (本宮ひろ志).[3] They're best known in the West for the Strider Hiryu manga (published by Kadokawa Shoten), which was developed as a tie-in to Capcom's video game hit Strider.[4] The group had input in Strider 2's character designs, and the original manga's plot was adapted as the plot of the NES version.[4]

However, Strider was not the only Moto Kikaku property to be adapted. Capcom based four games on Motomiya's Tenchi wo Kurau series: Destiny of an Emperor and Destiny of an Emperor II for the NES, and Dynasty Wars and Warriors of Fate for the CPS-1.

Moto Kikaku is credited whenever Strider Hiryu appears in a game. On the staff roll for the PC-Engine port of Warriors of Fate, they share a "Special Thanks" credit on the same line with Hiroshi Motomiya.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ カプコン ゲームブックス ストライダー飛竜 (in Japanese). Capcom. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  2. ↑ "CAPCOM CLASSIC ENDING COLLECTION" (in Japanese). tanomi.com. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  3. ↑ Scion. "Who Is Moto Kikaku?". LSCM 4.0. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tane, Kiyofume; Gaijin Punch (translation) (February 2009). "The Father of Strider Who Made the Game World Explode: Kouichi Yotsui Discography". Gameside (16). Retrieved 30 Dec 2009.
  5. ↑ 天地を喰らう (in Japanese). Game Staff List Association. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.