2013
Final Fantasy XI — Seekers of Adoulin
In 2013, Mitsuhiro Arita returned to the world of Vana'diel for Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin. His involvement went beyond the standalone illustrations he had produced for Final Fantasy XI over the previous years: Arita has explained that he also participated in the production of cutscene-related visual work for the expansion. The year also marked the completion of the Berserk: The Golden Age theatrical trilogy, another major project to which he contributed concept design.
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Arita continued his long-running collaboration with Square Enix on Final Fantasy XI.
He contributed to Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin, released in 2013.
For Seekers of Adoulin, Arita's involvement extended beyond conventional promotional and editorial illustration.
Arita has stated that he participated in work connected with the expansion's cutscenes.
This represented another example of his illustration and visual-development experience being integrated directly into video-game production.
His long association with the world of Vana'diel had by this point developed from external illustration commissions into broader visual production work.
2013 also saw the release of Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III — The Advent.
The third film completed the Berserk: The Golden Age theatrical trilogy, for which Arita contributed concept design.
June — Arita's work appeared in Design & Graphic MdN, Vol. 230, in a feature devoted to character-illustration techniques.