Square Enix Artist Manabu Daishima Passes Away

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On July 30, Daishima was found unconscious near the Izo Kaiyu Koen Diving Center in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. He had been diving with two other people before losing consciousness four meters below the surface of the ocean. His companions found him and pulled him out of the water.
Daishima was a longtime employee at Square Enix, his work going back to the early Squaresoft days. During his multi-decade tenure, Daishima oversaw work on some of the most definitive role-playing games ever created.
It's hard to point to his most iconic work, but three games stand above the rest. His work on Chrono Trigger's field graphics helped set the scope and unique binding aesthetic of that game's unforgettable world. Romancing SaGa would not have been the same without his unique monster designs. And Final Fantasy XII, which some consider to be the last major high point of the franchise, was aided by his stellar map and background design.
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http://www.cgmagonline.com/2016/08/08/chrono-trigger-graphics-designer-passes-away/

This is a sad day for the gaming industry. He was a very influential man. RIP

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Why must the most influential of the gaming industry go out the soonest? R.I.P.
 
Final Fantasy XII was my first Final Fantasy game... and it sucks how he ended up dying. He will be missed.
 
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