| Staff |
| Original Story / Planning / Game Design |
Hideo Kojima |
| Written by |
Hideo Kojima Tomokazu Fukushima |
| Setting Research / Justification |
Hideo Kojima Tomokazu Fukushima Satoshi Hirano Yoji Shinkawa |
| Military Advisor |
Motosada Mori |
| Character & Mechanic designed by |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Assistant Director |
Yoshikazu Matsuhana |
| Art Director |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Script Unit |
| Concept Map |
Hideo Kojima |
| Map Design |
Yoshikazu Matsuhana Hiroaki Yoshiike |
| Script |
Yoshikazu Matsuhana Hiroaki Yoshiike Tomokazu Fukushima Shinji Yamashita Sadaaki Kaneyoshi Shinta Nojiri Shiro Mukaide Satoshi Hirano |
| Codec Script |
Tomokazu Fukushima |
| Caption Integration |
Satoshi Hirano Scott Dolph Shinya Ishikawa (Konami School) Kensuke Yoshitomi Takaaki Kitamura |
| Hazards |
Masatoshi Uehara Yuko Yano Nobumitsu Tanaka |
| The New York Mirror |
Tomokazu Fukushima |
| The Shocking Conspiracy Behind Shadow Moses |
Shuyou Murata |
| In the Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth |
Nastasha Romanenko |
| Script Director |
Yoshikazu Matsuhana |
| 3D Design Unit |
| Character Part |
Hideki Sasaki Ikuya Nakamura Rie Nishiki Daizo Shikama Ikki Sakakibara |
| Character Art Director |
Hideki Sasaki |
| Mechanical Art Director |
Mineshi Kimura |
| Background Part |
Yutaka Negishi Mineshi Kimura Daisuke Mogi Yoshiyuki Koido Shinpei Murakami Noriyuki Katsumura Takashi Mizutani |
| Background Prop Creation |
Natsuyo Tanaka Tomomi Kato Hoshiko Kamata |
| Background Art Director |
Yukata Negishi |
| Lighting Direction |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Director of 3DCG design |
Takashi Mizutani |
| 2D Design Unit |
| Concept Design |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Display Design |
Juntaro Saito |
| 2D Designers |
Juntaro Saito Tohru Kawakami Kenji Yokoyama |
| Director of 2DCG Design |
Juntaro Saito |
| Program Unit |
| Main Programmer (system) |
Kazunobu Uehara |
| Main Programmer (enemy AI) |
Yuji Korekado |
| Main Programmer (player) |
Makoto Sonoyama |
| Main Programmer (effects) |
Shigeo Okajima |
| Main Technical Programmer |
Kunio Takabe |
| Programmers |
Yuji Korekado Makoto Sonoyama Shigeo Okajima Kunio Takabe Kenichiro Kano Tomonori Morita Kenichiro Shigeno Yoshihito Kira Tsunehiko Shibata Masafumi Okuta Yuta Kunibe Hiroki Satoyoshi Satoru Kobayashi (Konami School) Yuko Yano |
| Tool Support |
Nobumitsu Tanaka Shinji Yamashita |
| Director of Program |
Kazunobu Uehara |
| Program Unit |
| Key Animators |
So Toyota Masahiro Yoshinaga Makoto Akashi Yukiko Kaneda Yoriko Shimizu Ryoko Yoshimura |
| Animators |
Hiroyuki Inoue Kyoko Hariyama Nobuyoshi Nishimura Takahiro Omori Yoshiteru Kobayashi Hironobu Matsui Hoshiko Kamata Yoshinori Onodera (Konami School) |
| Facial Expression Animators |
So Toyota Kumi Sato Yukiko Kaneda Yoriko Shimizu Ryoko Yoshimura Yoshiteru Kobayashi Tsubasa Masao Kyoko Hariyama |
| Director of Motion design |
So Toyota |
| Sound Unit |
| Composition / arrangement |
Norihiko Hibino |
| Built-in Sound Effects |
Ryoji Makimura Akihiro Honda |
| Demo Part Sound Effects |
Sotaro Tojima Masashi Watanabe Kazuki Muraoka |
| Sound editing |
Akihiro Honda Syuichi Kobori Maki Kirioka Kazuki Muraoka |
| Voices in Arsenal Gear by |
Sanae Shintani |
| Additional rhythm loop by |
Toshiyuki Kakuta |
| Demo music composed by |
Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Recorded & Mixed by |
Alan Meyerson at Media Ventures Studio |
| Ending Theme |
Rika Muranaka |
| Sound Director |
Kazuki Muraoka |
| Voice Recording Part (US version) |
| Voice Over Director |
Kris Zimmerman |
| Dialogue Mixer |
Devon Bowman |
| Voice Over Coordinator |
Keiko Ono |
| Casting Director |
Yumi Takada |
| Recording Studios |
Salami Studios |
| Cast |
| Snake |
David Hayter |
| Jack |
Quinton Flynn |
| Otacon |
Christopher Randolph |
| Rosemary |
Laura Cody |
| Olga |
Vanessa Marshall |
| Colonel |
Paul Eiding |
| Solidus |
John Cygan |
| Fortune |
Maula Gale |
| Vamp |
Phil La Marr |
| Fatman |
Barry Dennen |
| Peter |
Greg Eagles |
| Emma |
Jennifer Hale |
| Ocelot |
Patrick Zimmerman |
| Liquid |
Cam Clarke |
| Sergei |
Earl Boen |
| CMC Dolph |
Kevin M. Richardson |
| Ames |
Peter Renaday |
| President |
Paul Lukather |
| Mei Ling |
Kim Mai Guest |
| Computer voice |
Nancy Linari |
| SEALs |
Neil Ross Dee Baker Dean Scofield Jeff Doucette Dominic Armato |
| Russian soldiers |
Michael Bell Richard Gilbert-Hill Roger Rose Michael Gough Morgan Sheppard |
| Hostage |
Scott Dolph |
| Demo Sound Effects Production Part |
| Recording Engineer |
Masayoshi Ohkawa Hideaki Nojima (OTOYA CO. LTD.) Makoto Morimoto (Idiom Inc.) Toru Oka (Idiom Inc.) Yasuo Higashidate (Idiom Inc.) Yasushi Takahashi (Idiom Inc.) |
| Supervising Sound Editor |
Tak Ogawa |
| Sound Editor |
Akihiro Teruta Keisuke Shibutani |
| Studio Manager |
Mamoru Sase (Idiom Inc.) |
| Mix Studio |
PRIME-MIX STUDIO |
| Vibration Effects Artist |
Ikuya Nakamura |
| Ending Theme "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" |
| Music & Words / Produced By |
Rika Muranaka |
| Recorded By |
James Nichols at Manhattan Center Studio |
| Mixed By |
Alan Meyerson at Media Ventures Studio |
| Vocal |
Carla White |
| Piano |
Onaje Allangumbs |
| Bass |
Kenny Davis |
| Drums |
Eugene Jackson |
| Sax |
Don Braden |
| Trombone |
Robin Eubanks |
| Conducted and Played By |
Felix Farrar Orchestra |
| Real Time Demo Unit |
| Storyboard |
Takashi Mizutani Juntaro Saito |
| Real Time Demo Production |
Takashi Mizutani Syuhei Tanaka Masaya Kobayashi Hiroyuki Tsuchida Hideaki Mori Young Baek Kim Shintaro Naka (Konami School) Natsuyo Tanaka |
| Real Time Demo Director |
Takashi Mizutani |
| Real Time Demo Unit |
| Attractive Action Club |
Mizuho Yoshida Eiji Morisaki Yuji Takatsuki Yuki Kajikazawa Kyosuke Akita Hirofumi Fukuzawa Motoko Nagino Kimiko Mukouda Akira Oohashi Toshinori Sasaki Syouji Sawada |
| Aoni Production |
Yuka Komatsu |
| Pale Riders |
Kenichi Yoshida |
| Action Director |
Mitsuo Abe (AAC) |
| Motion Capturing Staff |
| Links DigiWorks Inc. |
Kazuhisa Nishimura Ryuichi Yamada Shigeru Oohata Maasaki Murakami Akira Sakawa Hiroyuki Wada Naoyuki Kanaii Yasuyo Hirao |
| Movie Unit |
| Editing |
Hideo Kojima |
| Video Conversion |
Ryosaku Ueno |
| Real Life Footage Supplying |
IMAGICA Corp. FRONT LINE, INC. ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE |
| Real Life Footage Photographer |
Rui Nato (Konami Corporation) |
| Game Footage Source |
Metal Gear (1987) Metal Gear Solid (1998) Metal Gear Solid VR Missions (1999) |
| Shinkawa Theater Editing |
Hajime Yashiro |
| Shinkawa Theater Illustration |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Main Title Sequence by Imaginary Forces |
| Designers |
Kyle Cooper Ellerey Gave |
| Executive Producers |
Phyllis Weisband Kyle Cooper |
| Producer |
Kimberly Cooper |
| Editor |
Carsten Becker |
| Animators |
Jennifer Gallo Ben Lopez Asa Hammond Christian Severin |
| Video Game Consultant |
Seth Kleinberg |
| Package Unit |
| Title Design |
Ichiro Kutome |
| Manual |
Ryosaku Ueno Shuyo Murata |
| Illustration |
Yoji Shinkawa |
| Comic Strip |
Juntaro Saito |
| Manual Cuts |
Takahiro Omori |
| Manual and Package |
KOA |
| Other |
| Poster Models |
Konami Eyes (KMJ) Mao Shiina Saya Mochiuzi Thanks to FHM for supplying the posters |
| Game Posters |
"POLICENAUTS" "Zone of the Enders" "METALGEAR Ghost Babel" |
| Screen Footage |
Mao Shiina (From [Lip]) |
| International Coordination |
Scott Dolph |
| English Translations |
INTAC.LTD |
| Additional English Translations |
Scott Dolph |
| English Version Supervision |
Satoshi Hirano |
| New York Shooting Cooperation |
Sayuri Nakata |
| Promotion (USA) |
KOA |
| Testing |
Roppongi Monitoring Center |
| Cooperation |
Sachiko Hara Sanae Shintani Yumiko Kitamura Aki Hitachi Yasuyoshi Matsuhana Hiroki Tachibana Dave Cox Kenichiro Imaizumi (Konami HWI) Tokyo Marui Co. Ltd McFarlane Toys |
| Executive Producer |
Motoyuki Yoshioka |
| Produced and Directed By |
Hideo Kojima |
| Development |
Konami JPN West |
| Production / Copyright |
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan |
| Publisher |
KONAMI Corporation |