Hideo Minaba

Hideo Minaba 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.http://www.gamesradar.com/making-final-fantasy-6/ 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
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 DirectorCharacter 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 FleetsBox 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 ZaidelleCostume Design: Hope Estheim
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 	2013 	Map Designer
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 	2020 	Character Design Supervisor
==Gallery==
The Art of Final Fantasy IX Cover.jpg|The Art of Final Fantasy IX cover.
FFXIITZA Minaba artwork.jpg|Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age promotional artwork.
==External links==
*Final Fantasy XII Collector's Edition Bonus DVD — Video Interview with Hideo Minaba
==References==
Category:Artists