Kameoka Shinichi is the artist responsible for the distinctive production art and imagery in the Mana series. He, along with Tsuda Kouji, is one of the two founders of 1-UP Studio (formerly Brownie Brown). He did the art on many classic RPGs, including Sword of Mana, Legend of Mana, Saga Frontier, Seiken Densetsu 3, and Secret of Mana. 
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