SUBTLE STYLE

* 2007
* 2008
* 2010 - 2021
* 2022 - present

This page contains a list and basic introduction to the members of the development team at SUBTLE STYLE.

## **Information**

SUBTLE STYLE is a freelance video game developer founded in 2001.

It all started from SUBTLE's time working for a certain video game company, to personally publish his illustrations back for the company's fighting games in 1995, the same year as the foundation of another video game developer French Bread, the creator of *Under Night In-Birth* and co-creators of Type-Moon's *Tsukihime* fighting game series adaption, *Melty Blood*. As of 2001, SUBTLE founded SUBTLE STYLE and produce a dōjin fighting game series *Akatsuki EN-Eins*, starting from *Akatsuki Prototyp 1* in 2003 and its finalized title *Akatsuki Blitzkampf* in 2007, both of which released in Microsoft Windows. Due to a commercial success of *Akatsuki Blitzkampf*, SUBTLE shift the series to the Arcade era, starting from the last *Akatsuki Blitzkampf* update title *Ausf. Achse* in 2007, then shift forward to make a sequel *EN-Eins Perfektewelt* in 2010, yet currently exclusive in Japan.

Unofficially prior entering worldwide recognition, SUBTLE STYLE's original series' games use to be part of side-sub culture and being included as side tournament. Officially, due to one of its characters being included in Arc System Works' related-games (Akatsuki as a guest character in French Bread's *Under Night In-Birth*, before he and the rest of chosen playable roster join multiple crossover fighting game *BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle*), SUBTLE STYLE becoming well-known across worldwide, due to its ongoing freelance co-operation with helping French Bread on developing the latter's games.

Ever since getting official worldwide recognition, though followed by the affect of COVID-19 pandemic affects the dire situation of Japanese Arcade era, SUBTLE STYLE return to continue their development the last updates of *Akatsuki EN-Eins* and possible port them to home version(s) (particularly Windows (mainly Steam)), unless the demands and funds to port of other home consoles such as Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox One/Series X and S): First begin in 2019 on planning to port *Ausf. Achse* to PC (albeit delayed due to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic prior to vaccine exist); as well as announcing an update title of *EN-Eins Perfektewelt* under tentative name *Anastasis* in February 21, 2022, first release in Nesica Arcade, with its crowdfunding first started in April 26, 2022 until June 5, 2022 before launching the game once the funding goal is met. According to SUBTLE and KO-Hatsu in July 18, 2022 from KO-Hatsu's Ci-En e-mail, Nesica Arcade port was chosen for *Anastasis*, in response to most arcade cabinet manufacturing had been sold out and one of its manufacturers withdraw, and because it has system that allows to play different games, including *Anastasis* provided within a single cabinet the center owns and capable of online network update patches and matches.

## **Main Staff**

### **SUBTLE**

Director of *Akatsuki EN-Eins* series who does story planning, and game designing and tuning, as well as the game's instructor, webmaster and illustrator. Also a character designer, an artist for sprites, background, effects, logotype.

Due to his co-operation with French Bread since Akatsuki's inclusion in *Under Night In-Birth*, SUBTLE involves in most of French Bread-related games as their recurring hired freelance sprite artist: SEGA and ASCII crossover games *Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (Ignition)* and its RPG adaption *Dengeki Bunko Crossing Void*, and Type-Moon's *Tsukihime* remake fighting game entry *Melty Blood: Type Lumina*.

Drawn characters: Akatsuki, Mycale, Sai, Fritz, Kanae, Anonyms (Anonym Merel Lambuth and Anonym-Guard), Blitztank, Murakumo, Perfecti

### **MAN-DIE**

One of the game's character designers, and sprite artists. MAN-DIE also expressed back in Late 2015 that he had a dream where both FRENCH-BREAD, SUBTLE STYLE and a developer of *Yatagarasu* game merge into one company one day.

* Twitter
* Pixiv

Drawn characters: Marilyn Sue Dajie, Dawei Ye Lue, Elektrosoldat, Ernst von Adler, EN-Eins, Inazuma

### **YAMAMOTO**

The game's sub character designers, and sprite artists since *EN-Eins Perfektewelt*.

Drawn characters: Kati, Tempelritter, Valkyria

### **MEGANE**

A programmer for the game's battle systems.

### **M36**

One of the game's music composers, test players, voice recorders.

Twitter Account: M36

### **Masahiro “charly” Fukuzawa**

One of the game's music composers, and sound effect artist. Formerly worked for Bandai Namco, mainly Namco at time prior to both Bandai and Namco's merger.

Twitter Account: charly -M, Fukuzawa

## **Artists**

### **KUKI**

One of the game's background and logotype artists.

### **Yuusaku Kanakura**

The game's sub character designers, and sprite artists since *Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse*.

### **Aoi\_Ship**

An outsourced sprite artist who creates sprites since *Under Night In-Birth*, and likely often being a freelance working on French-Bread's 2D fighting game projects.

* Twitter
* Pixiv

## **Composers**

### **DJango-Man**

One of the game's music composers and guitar players.

## **Test Players**

* **Kerokichi**: Also work for AST agency.
* **Sikio-02**
* **Amemiya-Seikou**

## **Voice Recording**

### Misc.

* **Daigo**: Also work for studioTYPHOON
* **Kazuki Shimamura**: Also work for ATM agency
* **Matoshi Momozawa**

### **Sky Kid**

Some of these people also voices their own characters in the game.

* **Shion Hibiki**: The main announcer, and the voice for both Claude D'Aspermont and Fritz.
* **Yohei Takino**: The main voice for Elektrosoldat, and formerly Ernst von Adler (prior to *Ausf. Achse*). Originally credited as **Kyosuke Amasaki** (Adler character was uncredited due to sharing a same voice as Elektrosoldat).

## **Special Thanks**

### **Akatsuki Blitzkampf**

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* **chiphead**
* **OSA**

### **Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse**

* **Machy**
* **Gu-Chi**: Also in *EN-Eins Perfektewelt*
* **Tetsu Matsushima**

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/man\_die\_/status/654244338914885632