The Dead Rising series comprises a collection of open-world survival horror video games. The second installment in this series featured a distinctive promotional campaign. The company, Capcom, was seeking an innovative approach; consequently, we proposed the concept of creating an animated film that would diverge from conventional narratives by shifting the timeline from the present day to the Samurai era in Japan. With the collaboration of our esteemed colleague and producer, Umezaki, we successfully secured the involvement of the renowned animator, Norio Shioyama, as character designer and animator. This endeavor represented one of the most exceptional experiences in my professional career.
Client: CAPCOM
Directed/Produced/Written: Manabu Gaku Inada
Animation director: Norio Shioyama
Music: Shohei Narabe
Compositor: Kentaro Sasaki
Year: 2010
Concept art by Manabu Inada featuring an early drawing of a crowd of zombies.
Storyboard by Manabu Inada
Imageboard used for the background image. The drawing was inverted to emphasize a more haunted mood. Pencil drawing by Norio Shioyama, with art direction and color rendering by Manabu Inada.
Drawing of a samurai by Norio Shioyama.
Different drawings created by Norio Shioyama.
Norio Shioyama at his Atelier
I met with Norio Shioyama at his studio in West Tokyo, Japan, in July 2010.
Title logo design by Manabu Inada
In Memory of Norio Shioyama
1940-2017
1940-2017
