GrimGrimoire was born from Vanillaware staff wanting to create their version of StarCraft, beginning development after completion of their first title Odin Sphere. The player commands units called familiars, each having strengths and weaknesses against the other, with the goal of either destroying the opponent's bases or surviving waves of enemies. The story follows Lillet Blan, a trainee witch who is sent into a repeating cycle of five days after her school is attacked by an evil wizard seeking the hidden Philosopher's Stone. Battle Stadium D.O.GrimGrimoire is a 2007 real-time strategy video game developed by Vanillaware and published by Nippon Ichi Software (Japan, North America) and Koei (Europe) for the PlayStation 2.Digimon Battle Terminal (2006) – with Basiscape.Final Fantasy XII (2006) – with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo.Fantasy Earth: Zero (2006) – with Masaharu Iwata, Manabu Namiki, and Kenichi Koyano.Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) – with many others.Zoids: Full Metal Crash (2005) – with Basiscape.Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 (2005) – with Basiscape.Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles (2005) – with Masaharu Iwata, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, and Kenichi Koyano.Mushihimesama (2004) – with Masaharu Iwata, Manabu Namiki, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, and Shoichiro Sakamoto.Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (2004) – with Masaharu Iwata.Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003) – with Ayako Saso, Kaori Ohkoshi, and Nobuo Uematsu.Perfect Prince (2002) – with Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso Valentine, Dave.Tekken Advance (2001) – with Atsuhiro Motoyama.Legaia 2: Duel Saga (2001) – with Yasunori Mitsuda and Michiru Oshima.Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (2001) – with Masaharu Iwata.Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (1999) – with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo.Armed Police Batrider (1998) – with Kenichi Koyano and Manabu Namiki.Final Fantasy Tactics (1997) – with Masaharu Iwata.Bloody Roar (1997) – with Atsuhiro Motoyama, Kenichi Koyano, Manabu Namiki, and Masaharu Iwata.Chip-chan Kick! (1996) – with Masaharu Iwata and Yoshio Furukawa.Treasure Hunter G (1996) – with Mitsuhito Tanaka (John Pee), Masaharu Iwata, Toshiaki Sakoda, Yoko Takada, Tomoko Matsui, and Akiko Goto.Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (1995) – with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo.Moldorian: Hikari to Yami no Sister (1994).Kingdom Grand Prix (1994) – with Masaharu Iwata.Sword Maniac (1994) – with Hayato Matsuo.Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (1993) – with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo.Gauntlet IV (Mega Drive) (1993) – with Masaharu Iwata.Cyber Block Metal Orange (1991) – with Masaharu Iwata and Yoshio Furukawa.Magical Chase (1991) – with Masaharu Iwata.King Breeder (1991) – with Masaharu Iwata.Verytex (1991) – with Masaharu Iwata and Yoshio Furukawa.Starship Rendezvous (1990) – with Masaharu Iwata.Carat (1990) – with Masaharu Iwata and Yoshio Furukawa.His music has been played at numerous music concerts by groups such as the Eminence Symphony Orchestra, and his work on Final Fantasy XII has been arranged for the piano and published as sheet music. In addition to video game soundtracks, over the years Sakimoto has also worked on projects such as anime series and vocal albums. Basiscape has expanded since its founding to 10 composers, and is currently the largest independent video game music production company. In 2002, he resigned from Square to form his own music company, Basiscape, through which he continues to compose music for games, along with some anime series. In 1997, he joined Square and composed for his first international success, the score to Final Fantasy Tactics. Five years and 40 games later, he achieved his first mainstream success with the score to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. Sakimoto's professional career began a few years later in 1988 when he started composing music professionally as a freelancer, as well as programming sound drivers for games. He began playing music and video games in elementary school, and began composing video game music for money by the time he was 16. He is best known for scoring Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, though he has composed soundtracks for over 80 other games. Hitoshi Sakimoto (崎元 仁, Sakimoto Hitoshi), born February 26, 1969, is a Japanese video game music composer and arranger.
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