Viz Media announced on Friday Nobuo Uematsu: On the record, An “intimate biography” by author James Mielke. Like the publisher’s other biographies – which focus on Hideo Kojima, Hayao Miyazaki, and the late Satoru Iwata – readers can expect Mielke’s chronicle of Uematsu to include information about his starting point and the big moments of his work as a composer of the aforementioned JRPG series. Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon, and more.
For former fans, series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi will contribute an introduction about his longtime friend and collaborator.
Announcement: The famed Final Fantasy composer goes on the record in this intimate biography! With a foreword by Hironobu Sakaguchi and written by James Mielke, Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record will be released in 2026. pic.twitter.com/mj1zd5dFsG
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As Mielke described it, the book would be “the definitive history on Uematsu”. [It’s] full of surprising revelations about final Fantasy The musician the public has never heard of, as shared by him and those close to him.”
on record It is one of the few biographies about the artist himself rather than his music: before this, the only other book covering his life was from 2020. please smile Authored by Denis Fontanarosa and Jérémy Kermarec, and it’s only in French.
Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record Will be available in stores sometime this fall.
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