Jean GIRAUD / Moebius / Gir

May 8, 1938 – March 10, 2012

In the book ‘Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography-Beyond the Fantasy‘, Hironobu Sakaguchi states that he hesitated between Amano and Moebius to design the characters and illustrations for Final Fantasy. The thousands of kilometers separating him from the French artist led him to choose Amano.

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Games (in alphabetical order)

Fade to Black (DOS – 1995)
Cover art (Source: credited on the back of the box)
.Note: Delphine Software already wanted to work with Moebius at the time of Flashback, but nothing was done to make it happen. A 3DCG Illustration was created at the request of the producer, but the development team didn’t like it. Delphine Software then asked Moebius to do the box art of Fade to Black after seeing that he had done Panzer Dragoon. Thierry Perreau came to see Moebius and offered him the job, as well as the Japanese version of Panzer Dragoon, which Moebius didn’t have.
The original painting arrived at Delphine Software, but it has disappeared, along with a lot of other illustrations and source code.
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Panzer Dragoon / パンツァードラグーン (Saturn – 1995)
Cover art + back cover for the Japanese version (Source: credited on the back of the box)
One unused illustration (Source: exhibited in 2003 in Belgium)
.Note:Despite the team’s wishes, SEGA’s management decided to dispense with Moebius’ services for Panzer Dragoon Zwei. According to the developers, the amount requested was deemed too high.

Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon, AKA Pilgrim : Par le livre et par l’épée (Windows – 1997)
Art direction: character designs (Source: in-game credits)

Seven Games of the Soul, AKA Faust : Les Sept Jeux de l’âme (Windows – 1999)
Art director (Source: mentioned by the game’s writer Hubert Chardot in an interview)

Seven Samurai 20XX (PS2 – 2004)
Character concept (Source: in-game credits)

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (PS2, Windows – 2003)
Lithography (Source: signature found on the artwork)

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