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^{[citation needed]}, 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]

See also

• Strider Hiryu
• Tenchi wo Kurau

References

1. ^ "カプコン ゲームブックス ストライダー飛竜" (in Japanese). Capcom. http://books.capcom.co.jp/product/game/gamebook-hiryu.html. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009. 
2. ^ "CAPCOM CLASSIC ENDING COLLECTION" (in Japanese). tanomi.com. http://www.tanomi.com/ccec/#8. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Scion. "Who Is Moto Kikaku?". LSCM 4.0. http://www.lscmainframe.net/features/motokikaku/. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Tane, Kiyofume; Gaijin Punch (translation) (February 2009). "The Father of Strider Who Made the Game World Explode: Kouichi Yotsui Discography". Gameside (16). http://www.gamengai.com/cmnt_inf.php?id=2313&type=translation&p=2. Retrieved 30 Dec 2009. 
5. ^ "天地を喰らう" (in Japanese). Game Staff List Association. http://www.geocities.jp/bgrtype/gsl/pce/tenkra/tenchiwokrau.html. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.