Na-Ga

Na-Ga
Nationality	Japanese
Field	Visual novels
Training	Vocational school
Works	Little Busters! Angel Beats! Kud Wafter

Na-Ga is a male Japanese artist who is employed as a graphic designer and illustrator for the company Key known for such famous visual novels as Kanon, Air, and Clannad among others. Na-Ga has been working for Key since the production of Air as one of the computer graphic artists,^[1] but was able to majorly contribute to character design in Key's sixth visual novel Little Busters! with Itaru Hinoue, along with the later released Little Busters! Ecstasy. Na-Ga returned as the sole art director and character designer in Key's eighth game Kud Wafter, a spin-off of Little Busters! Ecstasy. For Key's ninth title Rewrite, Na-Ga has been credited as only contributing to the game's computer graphics scenes.^[2] Na-Ga worked in collaboration with Jun Maeda and ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine to produce the mixed media project Angel Beats! as the original character designer. Na-Ga once worked for the company Pearlsoft R between 1997 and 1999 where he contributed to two visual novels, Hakanai Omoi: Anemone, and Sweet Days, as the main artist before coming to Key.^[3] He also participates in a dōjinshi circle named "from-D".

Reception

An autographed T-shirt featuring an illustration by Na-Ga of Riki Naoe from Little Busters! was put onto the Japanese Yahoo! Auction website in March 2009; bidding for the shirt started at 500 yen (about US$5). The shirt was bid on by 71 people and sold for just over 2 million yen (about US$20,100).^[4] The shirt was originally released at Key 10th Memorial Fes, an event held in commemoration of Key's ten-year anniversary between February 28 and March 1, 2009.

References

1. ^ "Angel Beats! staff information" (in Japanese). Key/Visual Art's. http://www.angelbeats.jp/staff/index.html. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
2. ^ "Rewrite visual novel official website" (in Japanese). Key. http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/rewrite/rewrite.html. Retrieved March 31, 2008. 
3. ^ "Na-Ga's visual novel contributions" (in Japanese). http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=1288. Retrieved November 17, 2007. 
4. ^ "The $20,000 Little Busters Shota T-Shirt". Sankaku Complex. March 7, 2009. http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/03/07/the-20000-little-busters-shota-t-shirt/. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 

External links

• Na-Ga's personal website (Japanese)
• Key's official website (Japanese)

Persondata
Name
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death