tetsuya nomura's foundational era.

And now we begin a multi-part series delving in to Mr. Tetsuya Nomura's character design by looking at everything he has ever designed. Ever. No joking. This episode is fairly light and lays the foundation for his career to come, focusing on his work on Final Fantasy VI (1994), Final Fantasy VII (1997), Parasite Eve (1998), and Final Fantasy VIII (1999).
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[@OmegaKatanaXIII]

Despite what haters will say about him all I have to say that Nomura deserves all of the praise he can get because he designed and help developed one of the most iconic characters in final fantasy, invented limit breaks, helped developed the story of kingdom hearts, produced the world ends with you and so on and forth. Also his artwork stands out amongst his peers in the video game industry because it feels and looks hand drawn.

[@joetalks.]

Seriously. He is a force to be reckoned with and a real hustler. I really look up to him and his work. Thanks for your comment friend! 🩶

[@meevil24]

Nomura's art is what i use to compare other character artists

[@holy9781]

His old art maybe now he's a hack.his characters all look the same now

[@silentglaive137]

Great video dude, I never realized how little nomura content was around.

[@joetalks.]

Thanks friend 🩶🩶 looking to populate this little corner of the internet!

[@baeblade8645]

Awesome video, so glad I stumbled across this. Can’t wait to see you breakdown the rest of these eras!

[@joetalks.]

Thank you friend :)

[@VSprites_]

Nice video. I'm a massive fan of Tetsuya Nomura. One thing that I think would have been worth pointing out was Nomura's design for the 'Tower of Gods' from Final Fantasy VI which I think is one of his greatest drawn works. In any case, looking forward to this video series and arriving at the plaid era and the "hyper masculine badass guy" aesthetic that he's recently gone into with Jack Garland and Glen from FF7 EC.

[@joetalks.]

I am going to touch on that in the next video!! Yeah ik what you're saying, stick around I'm gonna touch on both of those!! 🩶

[@davesinsanestudio8072]

Really good.

[@joetalks.]

Thank you friend!! 🩶

[@LostOnEarth97]

Great video! Looking forward to the next part 😁

[@joetalks.]

Thank you friend! 🩶

[@TheDerrezalution]

I've always loved Nomuras art since childhood, seeing the KH1 cover art just mesmerized me, that piece is called Premonition, and the cover art really beautifully conveys that. His artwork is absolutely phenomenal, not just his art though, his overall work in general is extraordinary, he has done so much with so much passion and heart behind it, and introduced so many unique and interesting concepts for Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends with You, etc. Even introducing the concept of Dissidia. He has created and covered so many monster and character designs with a distinct elegant style. I really admire his work and all he has done. Great video covering Nomuras art man. I've seen a good number of analysis videos breaking down Nomuras art-style, and I gotta say this is one of the best ones I've seen.

[@joetalks.]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy Nomura's ideas as much as me-- maybe even more!! I'm a bit behind but there'll be more of this. I'm planning on laying out about four more parts to cover the entire scope of his career and not just his beginnings like most videos!

[@TheDerrezalution]

Best of luck on everything, do the best you can

[@derekwalter4238]

13:43 no way Zell's face tattoo was based on anything other than Mike Tyson. I refuse to believe it

[@joetalks.]

The interview desc was vague enough... You're on to something!!

[@shadowelii]

holy shit 4:12-4:33, Nomura-san really spoke it into existence. He worked so damn hard for it and achieved success with it then and look at now, 22 days away from the second game in a remake/remaster for Final Fantasy VII. Incredible. 24 years old at the time what an inspiration. Also, this is a great video, and I look forward to the rest of the series you have for it planned; it's always great to have all the interview information in one place.

[@joetalks.]

DUDE!! I know!! I'm so upset I don't have a PS5 :( it is baffling how he saw FFIV and was like "bet" and designed CLOUD MF STRIFE on his first big job. Inspirational as hell!! Thanks for you comment friend, you inspire me to keep it up 🩶

[@shadowelii]

HELL YEAH MAN!! I look forward to what you have to say about Kingdom Hearts and the era after because the KH series is my bread and butter. Happy to comment! Take your time with this series, and take care of yourself. I’m really happy to see a channel cover his career so thank you, dude! Nomura-san, as you said, has a prolific career that is still going to this day, so there’s plenty to go over. Good luck! 🎉

[@avibi]

Nomura also influenced the design of Citan Uzuki from Xenogears. Even if I have never played a Final Fantasy game, that design is enough to make me a fan of his. Of course, lead character designer Kunihiko Tanaka's masterful work must have played an important part in Citan's design as well, but seeing as Takahashi brought Nomura back for Xenoblade 2's Torna designs I'm happy to give Nomura his early conceptual flowers too.

[@joetalks.]

Thank you. So much. For this comment. I'm going to touch upon this in the next part!! I was planning on touching on his Xenoblade2 work and even his recent work for Apex Legends once we get to that era of his career! Stay tuned!! :)

[@avibi]

@@joetalks. I'll be looking forward to it! Keep up the great work!

[@PFairVoice]

Really? Damn, Citan is my favorite Xenogears character, and Citan was my username for a long time. Nomura is also my favorite artist. Interesting! Not surprised that he was my favorite character from Xenogears then lol

[@ceegronlee]

heck yeah. subscribed

[@joetalks.]

Thank you friend!!🩶

[@akiraasmr3002]

Amazing content I just subbed to you !!!

[@joetalks.]

Thank you friend 🩶 more to come!

[@dariusjarvis1992]

Sir Nomura thank you very much to made best rpg franchise these are final fantasy and kingdom hearts👍🏻 was excellent ideas with them😎

[@moisescorral8297]

Tetsuya Nomura didn't make Final Fantasy

[@canplxl6563]

yo good vid man

[@joetalks.]

Thanks friend! 🩶 I hope you look forward to the next parts of this series :)

[@blueshellincident]

Came back a week later to watch this and your title is now lowercase and has a period. WHY BRO?

[@joetalks.]

AESTHETICS!!!! Thank you for coming back to watch it though :))

[@MantasticHams]

im en joying the video, but the computer voice totally takes me out of it man. Good work otherwise but that part is just kind of a odd choice IMO, i literally had to fight not to turn it off when those came on.

[@joetalks.]

Thanks for being honest dude. I was just trying to save myself from reading so much stuff. I'll keep this in mind for next vid! 🩶

[@franwex]

Nice video. I actually think he’s overrated. 😅

[@joetalks.]

He might be... But this man designed Cloud Strife right out the gate and I think that's cool as hell. Thanks for the comment 🩶🩶

[@holy9781]

He sucks now

[@joetalks.]

We'll get there! Part V will cover his most recent stuff, which is really interesting since the last few years has only really seen him redesigning instead of making new characters. Thanks for the comment! 🩶