Hiroyuki Kanno (game designer)
Japanese video game writer and designer
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Hiroyuki Kanno (菅野 ひろゆき, 8 May 1968 – 19 December 2011) was a Japanese video game designer who wrote and directed visual novels and eroge adventure games starting in the 1990s. Some of his most well-known games include Desire, EVE Burst Error (at C's Ware) and YU-NO (at ELF Corporation), which had a major influence on the visual novel genre.[2] His games often feature multiple narrative layers, such as different character viewpoints or overlapping mystery story arcs.[3] He was friends with Ryu Umemoto, who often worked closely with him and composed music for the games.[2] In December 1997, he founded Abel corporation and became its CEO. In 2011, Kanno died due to cerebral infarction and brain hemorrhage.[4][5]
Hiroyuki Kanno | |
|---|---|
菅野 洋之(Kanno Hiroyuki) | |
| Born | May 8, 1968 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | December 19, 2011 (aged 43) |
| Other names | Yukihiro Kenno (剣乃 ゆきひろ, Kenno Yukihiro)[1] |
| Alma mater | Hosei University |
Games
- Desire (1994)
- Xenon: Mugen no Shitai (1994)
- EVE Burst Error (1995)
- YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (1996)
- Exodus Guilty (1998)
- Fukagyaku Sekai no Tantei Shinshi (2000)[3]
- Mystereet [6] (2004)[7]
Legacy
According to Anime News Network, YU-NO is "considered one of the most beloved narrative games in Japan, and its system of parallel storylines had a profound influence on storytelling in visual novels in the years since its original release."[8] According to ITmedia, the influence of Kanno, and YU-NO in particular, goes beyond visual novels and extends to modern Otaku works in general. The mangaka Tamiki Wakaki, for example, has cited YU-NO as an influence on the manga and anime series, The World God Only Knows. Other visual novel and manga authors who cited YU-NO as an influence include Romeo Tanaka, Poyoyon Rock, Jun Maeda, Type-Moon's Hikaru Sakurai, White Album 2 and Saekano author Fumiaki Maruto, and To Heart author Toru Minazuki.[9] According to RPG Site, Hiroyuki Kanno's work influenced later visual novels such as Fate/stay night and Steins;Gate.[10]
