Secret of Mana - A 2D Animated Tribute

Here is a 2D animated clip that I directed, on my free time, between August 2018 and December 2019.

It is based on the fantastic 1993 Squaresoft game, "Secret of Mana"(originaly titled "Seiken Densetsu 2"), and is completely un-official.

My goal was to create a depiction of the confrontation with the Mana Beast. Since I first played that game in the mid-90's, I've been a huge fan of everything about it, from the first step you take until that epic conclusion.

So one day I decided that I wanted to create an old-school 2D cinematic, like the ones we could get on games such as the "Tales of" serie, or the PSX release of "Chrono Trigger".

I hope you'll enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it! :D

Credits:

Direction: BENOIT TRANCHET
https://benoit_tranchet.artstation.com/

Music: MARIANO FRUMENTO
  / marianofrumento  

Sound Design and final mix: OLIVER SMITH
https://www.oliversmithsound.com/

The soundtrack beautifully crafted by Mariano and Oliver is based on the original work of HIROKI KIKUTA, KENJI ITO, and YASUNORI MITSUDA.

All rights over the "Seiken Densetsu" franchise belong to Square-Enix.

You can find some work in progress videos and pictures on both my Twitter and Instagram accounts:

Twitter :   / benoit_tranchet  
Instagram :   / benoittranchet