Ueda purposely left the ending vague, not stating whether Yorda was alive, whether she would travel with Ico, or if it was simply the protagonist's dream.

Kenji Kaido and Fumito Ueda, the creative team behind Ico

Lead developer Fumito Ueda came up with the concept for Ico in 1997, envisioning a " boy meets girl " story where the two main characters would hold hands during their adventure, forming a bond between them without communication.

These consisted of two programmers, four artists, and one designer in addition to Ueda and Kaido, forming the base of what is now known as Team Ico.

Ueda believed that " the surrealistic world of de Chirico matched the allegoric world of Ico ".

Ueda opted not to provide the translation for Yorda's words as it would have overcome the language barrier between Ico and Yorda, and detracted from the " holding hands " concept of the game.

A film adaption of Ico may come about based on the success of the adaptation of Shadow of the Colossus being created by Misher Films in conjunction with Sony and Fumito Ueda.

Ueda, when asked about the connection between the two games, stated that Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to Ico, specifically citing the ending of Shadow where a child is born with two horns.

Ueda has stated that " the essence of the game is rather close to Ico ".

* In an issue of Official U. S. PlayStation Magazine, Japanese game designer Fumito Ueda cited Another World as an influence for his creation of Ico for the PlayStation 2.

It was directed by Fumito Ueda and developed at SCEI's International Production Studio 1, also known as Team Ico ; the same development team responsible for the cult hit Ico.

However, Fumito Ueda expressed that, at the time, it was simpler to reuse the character design of Ico < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s protagonist, and that he never explicitly desired a sequel to Ico.

* Makoto Ueda, Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of Premodern Japanese Senryu, Columbia University Press, 1999.

Teikoku Bungaku ( 帝国文学, teikoku empire + bungaku literature ) was a literature magazine from 1895 to 1920 published by Japanese writers, Inoue Tetsujiro, Ueda Kazutoshi, Takayama Chogyu and Ueda Bin.

In 1994 the pillows changed to King Records and with Ueda no longer in the band to combat Sawao's eccentric diversity and rapidly changing musical interests, the pillows ' style started drifting away from their style of eclectic pop rock, and the band wildly experimented between varying genres ; during this time, the band's style of music could best be described as jazz, but with the ever-present sixties pop rock influence.

As he reflects on his isolation from the world, he overhears Ueda and the rest of the heads of the Yoshioka plot to ambush him.

In the novel, the Yoshioka school is far less numerous and the conflict ends after Musashi slays the last heir of the Yoshioka, Genjirō ( in similar circumstances as the fight at Ichijōji except that instead of failing to take out Ueda right away, he is able to kill the clan head from the start ).

The former city of in Nagano, Japan is legally recognized as a separate municipality from the present city of Ueda that replaced the former city.

After 87 years, Ueda was merged with the towns of Maruko and Sanada, and the village of Takeshi, all from Chiisagata District, to form the new city of Ueda.

His major work is Kaichoon 海潮音 ( The Sound of the Tide, 1905 ), a collection of translations from Western Poets by Ueda himself.

The most recent manga adaptation was written by Hiroshi Ueda and focuses on the missions from Sousuke as a sergeant.

This work places Ueda Akinari alongside Takizawa Bakin among the most prominent writers of yomihon — a new genre that represented a dramatic change in reading practices from the popular fiction that came before it.

On March 6, 2006 Maruko was merged with the town of Sanada, the village of Takeshi, all from Chiisagata District, and the old city of Ueda to form the new city of Ueda.

On March 6, 2006 Sanada was merged with the town of Maruko, the village of Takeshi, all from Chiisagata District, and the old city of Ueda to form the new city of Ueda.

On March 6, 2006 Takeshi was merged with the towns of Maruko and Sanada, all from Chiisagata District, and the old city of Ueda to form the new city of Ueda.

Image: Mt asama. jpg | View from the train near Ueda city in 2005

But the Hankyu Braves won Japan Series three times in a row from 1975, against Tokyo Giants in 1976 and 1977, led by manager Toshiharu Ueda.

is a Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Hamazaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe.

* Makoto Ueda ( poetry critic ), a professor from Stanford

Though limiting the presence of enemies to only bosses was partly intended to differentiate the game from others, Ueda also expressed that it was to ensure that the programmers ' focus was entirely on the colossi so that their quality would be as high as possible.

Ueda also brought in a number of people outside the video game industry to help with development.

Ueda wished the game to have a unique presentation and change how both players and developers perceived the idea of what bosses should be in video games.

Ueda also cited Lemmings, Flashback and the original Prince of Persia games as influences, specifically regarding animation and gameplay style.

Shortly after the release of White Incarnation, Ueda left the pillows due to disagreements with other members and musical differences.

However, due to the booklet size limitations, it does not includes Keiko I. McDonald essays anymore, but only retains the translations of Ueda Akinari ’ s short stories.

Two yomihon masterpieces were written by Ueda Akinari: Ugetsu monogatari and Harusame monogatari wrote the extremely popular fantasy / historical romance Nansō Satomi Hakkenden in addition to other yomihon.

Ueda and Yamanaka were the main song writers and the pillows released their first EPs, Pantomime and 90's My Life in 1990 under Captain Records.

* Ueda, Nagano Prefecture ( since the former city of Ueda and the former town of Izushi were sister cities before the recent creation of both Toyooka and Ueda )

This was the Second Battle of Ueda Castle, and, whilst it was not exactly a victory, Masayuki was able to deliver a heavy blow to Hidetada and delay his forces for long enough that they were unable to show up at the main battlefield on time.

Older Fossil cards were illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi ; newer ones are illustrated by Ryo Ueda.

One year later, the duo were joined by bassist Takeshi Ueda and drummer " Seto ", at which point the quartet began performing at concerts and entering Battle of the Bands competitions.

All elements of the game — including audio, gameplay and visuals — were used to achieve an atmosphere of a " lonely hero ", which Ueda considered important in the development of the game.

After the Takeda clan was destroyed by joint Oda and Tokugawa army, Nobuyuki fled to Ueda Castle, the stronghold of the Sanada Clan and where his family were.