Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Staff

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This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic the Hedgehog CD.

Sega Mega CD (Japan/PAL) release

Executive producer

• Hayao Nakayama

Produced by

• Minoru Kanari,
• Makoto Oshitani

Director

• Naoto Oshima (BIGISLAND)

Program director

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Art director

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K)

Sound director

• Yukifumi Makino

Game designers

• Hiroaki Chino (TINON),
• Kenichi Ono (Ax),
• Yuichiro Yokoyama,
• Takao Miyoshi,
• Akira Nishino

Character designer

• Kazuyuki Hoshino

Landscape designers

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K),
• Takumi Miyake,
• Masahiro Sanpei,
• Masato Nishimura,
• Hideaki Kurata

Special Stage designers

• Kazuyuki Hoshino,
• Yasushi Yamaguchi (Judy Totoya)

Special Stage programmer

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Animation programmers

• Yuichiro Mine (Proto.2),
• Eiji Horita

Animation visual directors

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K),
• Masahiro Sanpei

Visual design

• Kazuyuki Hoshino,
• Takumi Miyake

Chief programmer

• Matsuhide Mizoguchi

Programmers

• Yuichi Matsuoka,
• Hiroshi Takei,
• Tatsuya Satoh (HIC),
• Noritaka Yakita (HIC)

-Animation Staff-

Producers

• Yasuo Yamaguchi,
• Mutsumi Kido

Chief key animator

• Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)

Key animators

• Tetsuya Kumagai,
• Toshiyuki Komaru,
• Yasuyuki Shimizu,
• Ichiro Furuichi,
• Kenji Kajiwara

Art director

• Shinzou Yuki

Camera director

• Masaru Banzai

Assistant production manager

• Kouichi Hirose

Production manager

• Kohji Sekiguchi

Director

• Yukio Kaizawa

In cooperation with

• Studio Junio

Produced by

• Toei Animation Co., Ltd

-Opening theme-

(Sonic You Can Do Anything)

Lyrics by

• Casey Rankin

Music by

• Naofumi Hataya

Vocals

• Keiko Utoku

-Ending theme-

(Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself)

Lyrics by

• Casey Rankin

Music by

• Masafumi Ogata

Vocals

• Keiko Utoku

Producer

• Daikou Nagato (Being Co. LTD)

Director

• Ryo Watabe (Being Co., LTD)

Recorded at

• Studio Birdman,
• Mod Studio

BGM composed and arranged

• Naofumi Hataya,
• Masafumi Ogata

Sound effects

• Yukifumi Makino

Sound programmer

• Yukifumi Makino

Promoter

• Hiroyuki Tanaka

Package designers

• Youichi Takahashi,
• Heyato Takebayashi

Illustrations

• Kazuyuki Hoshino

Special Thanks

• Hiroshi Kubota,
• Phenix Rie,
• Yoshiaki Kashima,
• Takenobu Mitsuyoshi,
• Masaru Setsumaru,
• Hijiri Aoki,
• Steve Ray Burton,
• James Michael Spahn,
• Kounosuke Yoshio,
• Tomoko Sasaki,
• Aki Kamata,
• Masato Nishimura,
• Akira Funada,
• Fujio Minegishi,
• Jina Ishiwatari,
• Katsufumi Yoshimori,
• Tetsuo Akagi,
• Kaeko Itoh,
• Hiroshi Nakatani,
• Hiromi Fukuda,
• Etsuko Yamada,
• Ryuichiro Kutuzawa,
• Takashi Iwade,
• Michikazu Tamamura,
• Masumi Uchida,
• Tohru Watanuki,
• Makiko Suzuki

Presented by

• Sega

Sega CD (North America) release

Executive producer

• Hayao Nakayama

Produced by

• Minoru Kanari,
• Makoto Oshitani

Director

• Naoto Oshima

Program director

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Art director

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi

Sound director

• Yukifumi Makino

Game designers

• Hiroaki Chino,
• Kenichi Ono,
• Yuichiro Yokoyama,
• Takao Miyoshi,
• Akira Nishino

Character designer

• Kazuyuki Hoshino

Landscape designers

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi,
• Takumi Miyake,
• Masahiro Sanpei,
• Masato Nishimura,
• Hideaki Kurata

Special Stage designers

• Kazuyuki Hoshino,
• Yasushi Yamaguchi

Special Stage programmer

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Animation programmers

• Yuichiro Mine,
• Eiji Horita

Animation visual directors

• Hiroyuki Kawaguchi,
• Masahiro Sanpei

Visual design

• Kazuyuki Hoshino,
• Takumi Miyake

Chief programmer

• Matsuhide Mizoguchi

Programmers

• Yuichi Matsuoka,
• Hiroshi Takei,
• Tatsuya Satoh (HIC),
• Noritaka Yakita (HIC)

BGM composer and arranged

• Naofumi Hataya,
• Masafumi Ogata

Sound effects

• Yukifumi Makino

Sound programmer

• Yukifumi Makino

Development support

• Al Nilsen

Promoter

• Hiroyuki Tanaka

-Animation Staff-

Producers

• Yasuo Yamaguchi,
• Mutsumi Kido

Chief key animator

• Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)

Key animators

• Tetsuya Kumagai,
• Toshiyuki Komaru,
• Yasuyuki Shimizu,
• Ichiro Furuichi,
• Kenji Kajiwara

Art director

• Shinzou Yuki

Camera director

• Masaru Banzai

Assistant production manager

• Kouichi Hirose

Production manager

• Kohji Sekiguchi

Director

• Yukio Kaizawa

In cooperation with

• Studio Junio

Produced by

• Toel Animation Co., Ltd

Director

• Ryo Watabe (Being Co., Ltd)

Recorded at

• Studio Birdman,
• Mod Studio

-Secret Special Stage-

Plan

• Hiroaki Chino

Sprite Design

• Kazuyuki Hoshino

Scroll design

• Yasushi Yamaguchi

Sound

• Masafumi Ogata

Program

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Special Thanks

• 3Pei,
• Majin,
• 100Shiki,
• Syuji Takahashi

-Special Edition for North America-

Music Composed and Produced by

• Spencer Nilsen,
• David Young

Vocals by

• -Pastiche-
  • Sandy Cressman,
  • Jenny Meltzer,
  • Becky West

Drums and percussion by

• Brad Kaiser

Guitars by

• Erik Frykman

Recorded and Mixed at

• Sega Multimedia Studio,S.O.A

Additional music composed and produced by

• Sterling

Bass

• Bobby Vega

Percusion

• Armando Peraza

Engineer

• Charles Albert

Assistant engineers

• Roosevelt Hoover,
• Maurice Jackson

Recorded and mixed at

• Intermix

Special thanks

• Naofumi Hataya,
• Masafumi Ogata,
• Daikou Nagato (Being Co., Ltd),
• Hiroshi Kubota,
• Phenix Rie,
• Yoshiaki Kashima,
• Takenobu Mitsuyoshi,
• Masaru Setsumaru,
• Hifiri Aoki,
• Steve Ray Burton,
• James Michael Spahn,
• Kounosuke Yoshio,
• Tomoko Sasaki,
• Aki Kamata,
• Masato Nishimura,
• Akira Funada,
• Fujio Minegishi,
• Jina Ishiwatari,
• Katsufumi Yoshimori,
• Tetsuo Akagi,
• Kaeko Itoh,
• Hiromi Nakatani,
• Hiroshi Fukuda,
• Etsuko Yamada,
• Ryuichiro Kutsuzawa,
• Takashi Lwade,
• Michikazu Tamamura,
• Masumi Uchida,
• Tohru Watanuki,
• Makoto Suzuki,
• Audix,
• Digital Support Group,
• Fairlight E.S.P,
• Opcode,
• Otari,
• Zoom

Presented by

• Sega

Video game staff

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