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 novel A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...

s as '' Kanon'', ''

Air An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosph ...

'', and '' Clannad'' among others. Na-Ga has been working for Key since the production of ''Air'' as one of the computer graphic artists, 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'' and '' Kud Wafter''. For Key's ninth title '' Rewrite'', Na-Ga contributed to the game's

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. Na-Ga worked in collaboration with

Jun Maeda is a Japanese writer and composer. He is a co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under Visual Arts. He is considered a pioneer of nakige visual novels, and has mainly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the ...

and

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' '' Dengeki G's Magazine'' to produce the

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projects '' Angel Beats!'' and '' Charlotte'' as the original character designer. Na-Ga once worked for the company Pearlsoft R between 1997 and 1999 where he contributed to the visual novels ''Sweet Days'', and ''Hakanai Omoi: Anemone'' as the main artist, and on ''Watashi'' where he was credited as a graphic designer. He also participates in a

dōjinshi , also Romanization of Japanese, romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of exi ...

circle named "from-D".

References

External links

Na-Ga's personal website

Key's official website
Japanese illustrators Japanese video game designers Key (company) Living people Japanese video game artists Year of birth missing (living people) {{japan-artist-stub