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Clockwork Knight Illustration Contest

Sometime in early 1995, during production of the game, it was decided that the “Clockwork Knight Illustration Contest (クロックワークナイト・イラストコンテスト)” would be held. On this page, we’re going to have a good look into it!

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Front of the cover dated 03.1995 issue of “TV Magazine” advertising the contest.[1]

The Basics
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The game’s producer Noriyoshi Oba would contact “Mr. Sahara (佐原氏)” from the Editorial Department of Japan’s TV Magazine (テレビマガジン)[2][3], and the contest was first advertised on the front of the February 1995 (cover dated March 1995/1995.03) issue as “セガ・サターンクロックワークナイトイラスト大コンテスト”, and simply “クロックワークナイトイラスト大コンテスト” on the Contents Page.[4]

As an extra note, the contest itself, “Mr. Sahara” and ‘’TV Magazine'’ are mentioned by Noriyoshi Oba in the “README.DOC”[5] file found on the Disc for the Japanese version of the game, which is discussed in the dedicated section of the “Development History” page.[6] ‘’TV Magazine'’ was also thanked as “テレビマガジン編集部のみなさん (TV Magazine Editorial Staff)” in the NTSC-J Version credits under the “Special Thanks” section.[7]

The Rules, Prizes & Judges
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Competition page clipping with prize, entry and judge information[8]

The rules of the competition were as follows:
Entries were to be drawn on the clear side of a plain postcard, and then the 2 little white address boxes with blue text included on the corresponding Magazine page were to be cut out and attached to the address side of the postcard. The entrants also had to pay 50 Yen (¥50) for postage costs.

As this was a competition, there were of course several prizes on offer, with entrants had the chance of winning any of the following:
Grand Prize (1 Winner Only) - Sega Saturn Console and Accesories.

Prize A (3 Winners Only) - Clockwork Knight game for Sega Saturn.

Prize B (3 Winners Only) - Virtua Fighter game for Sega Saturn.

(It is assumed that the Grand Prize would also come with a copy of each game)

Judging the entries were a selection of SEGA and TV Magazine employees, making the competition just that bit more special, with the following people named as judges:
Noriyoshi Oba - Clockwork Knight Producer (大場 規勝 - クロックワークナイトプロデューサー)
Murasaki Fumi - SEGA PR (村崎 史 - セガ広報)
Ogawa Toru - TV Magazine Editor in Chief (小川 徹 - 本誌編集長)

The Results
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The contest would ended on 1995.03.05, and the winners of the Contest were later announced in the 1995.05 issue of ‘’TV Magazine'’.

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Scan from the cover dated 05.1995 issue of “TV Magazine” announcing the winners

The winners of the competition were as follows:
Grand Prize Winner: Takuya Kawamoto from Ōsaka Prefecture (大阪府 - 川本 拓弥)

Prize A Top Winner: Yuiko Muraoka from Aichi Prefecture (愛知県/ 村岡 佑伊子)
Prize A Other Winners: Asuka Kido from Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県/ 木戸 あすか) & Saori Nishimura from Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県/ 西村 沙織)

Prize B Top Winner: Yūsuke Hanai from Aichi Prefecture (愛知県/ 花井 祐輔)
Prize B Other Winners: Kazuaki Mihara from Kyōto Prefecture (京都府/ 三原 一晃) & Hikaru Suzuki from Aichi Prefecture (愛知県/ 鈴木 輝)

The Credits Screen Surprise
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In addition to the prizes mentioned earlier, the winners of the contest also had their names and illustrations shown during the credits of the NTSC-J version of the game, along with a few others who didn’t win. Said illustrations, along with winners names can be seen on the dedicated section of the “Regional Differences” page.[9]


Source: Clockwork Knight 2 (NTSC-J Ver.)
Wether or not the entrants were let known after the fact that they were included in the game is unknown (if not, then it’s possible that some never played it and thus don’t know!), but when playing for the first time, being greeted with these illustrations was a nice surprise from the devs of the game to thank the entrants.

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