Official Art

General Information[edit]

Akira Toriyama, the artist for Chrono Trigger, is renowned for his unique style and skill. He completed several depictions of the main characters, some NPCs and enemies. These were spread through player's guides and other publications, while some anime cels and drawings were cleanly ported to the Playstation release of the game. They have been gathered here in quality heretofore unseen. The scene scans have been done by various people and differ sometimes; each version has been placed here.

Note that each item in Chrono Trigger was also drawn. Please consult the Image Indices for Accessories, Armor, Key Items, Items, and Weapons for Chrono Trigger to view those. For Chrono Cross art, click here.

Click a gallery thumbnail to see the full image. Credit to CuteLucca for most of the NPC scans, and Aitrus for filtering dot patterns.

Playable Characters[edit]

Note: the October 1997 V-Jump reveals that the chibi portraits were drawn by Toriyama for the status screen, but went unused. See Chrono Trigger Prerelease Coverage for more.

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  • Cast

  • Cast (V-Jump May '95)

  • Ayla

  • Ayla

  • Ayla

  • Ayla (V-Jump Jan. '95)

  • Crono

  • Crono

  • Crono

  • Crono (V-Jump April '95)

  • Frog

  • Frog

  • Frog

  • Lucca

  • Lucca

  • Lucca

  • Magus

  • Magus

  • Magus

  • Marle

  • Marle

  • Marle

  • Robo

  • Robo

  • Robo

  • 3D Robo from V-Jump Nov. '96

  • Crono (V-Festival 1994)

  • Marle (V-Festival 1994)

  • Ayla, Lucca (V-Festival 1994)

  • Frog, Robo (V-Festival 1994)

  • Small portraits from V-Jump Oct. '97

  • Possible concept art from V-Jump Nov. '95

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  • V-Jump March '95 Cover

  • V-Jump March '95 Cover

  • V-Jump April '95 Cover

  • V-Jump May '95 Cover

  • Crono (from Dengeki Super Famicon No. 3 1995)

Chrono Trigger PSX Reference Sheets[edit]

  • Crono

  • Marle

  • Lucca

  • Robo

  • Frog

  • Ayla

  • Magus

  • Unknown issue

These materials came from Twitter here, and originally appeared in Japanese magazine "The PlayStation" Vol. 170 (ザ・プレイステーション, released October 22, 1999), starting page 88. If you can, please acquire a copy and get better scans for us using an actual flatbed scanner! These were drawn by Tadayoshi Yamamuro, the Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Heroes character designer. He is known for his straight style, as opposed to Minoru Maeda's more rounded style, and he is recognized as the chief animator and illustrator of the modern Dragon Ball franchise. He became a main character designer for Dragon Ball Z after Minoru Maeda left Toei Animation in November 1992, at the end of the Perfect Cell Saga, a role that he shared with Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru until the end of Dragon Ball GT in November 1997.

Chrono Trigger V-Jump Player's Guide[edit]

The Chrono Trigger V-Jump Player's Guide has early artwork by Toriyama, including a sketch of Gaspar and accompanying comment proving he was planned to be the eighth character of Chrono Trigger. Thanks to Reld

  • Ayla

  • Crono

  • Frog

  • Gaspar and Akira Toriyama

  • Lucca

  • Magus

  • Marle

  • Robo

Reld provided stunning scans of the first two scenes from the player's guide, as well as art foldouts from other V-Jump issues:

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Non-Playable Characters[edit]

  • Azala

  • Azala (V-Jump April '95)

  • Belthasar

  • Chancellor

  • Crono's Mom

  • Cyrus

  • Cyrus (V-Jump March '95)

  • Dalton

  • Doan

  • The Dream Team

  • Fiona

  • Flea

  • Flea (from "Super Famicom" magazine in Japan; issue unknown)

  • Gaspar

  • Janus

  • Johnny

  • Johnny

  • King Guardia

  • Kino

  • Lavos internal schematic from V-Jump Dec. '95

  • Leene

  • Masa and Mune

  • Melchior

  • Ozzie

  • The Prophet

  • Queen Zeal

  • Queen Zeal (V-Jump March '95)

  • Schala

  • Slash

  • Slash (better)

  • Tata

  • Toma

  • Ozzie, Flea, Slash (V-Jump Feb. '95)

  • Dalton, The Prophet (V-Jump March '95)

  • Janus, Schala (V-Jump March '95)

  • Mystical Knights (from Dengeki Super Famicon No. 3 1995)

Scenes[edit]

Thanks to Reld for V-Jump Appendix

  • Box Art

  • Box Art

  • Dactyl Ride

  • Dactyl Ride (Custom Levels)

  • Epoch

  • Epoch Designs

  • Epoch Designs (V-Festival 1994)

  • Forest Camp

  • Forest Camp (V-Jump)

  • Jet Bike

  • Jet Bike Designs

  • Magic Cave

  • Magus Battle

  • Magus Battle (V-Jump)

  • Medina Battle

  • Pendant

  • Resting at Lucca's

  • Resting at Lucca's

  • Soundtrack Art

  • Soundtrack Art (ripped from CT DS site)

  • V-Jump Art 1

  • V-Jump Art 1

  • V-Jump Art 2

  • V-Jump Art 3

  • From VJump's Atsusugiru souryoku tokushuu Appendix (Feb. 95 issue)

  • Clean version

  • Clean PNG (Transparent background)

Chrono Trigger Ultimania and Masato Kato[edit]

Chrono Trigger Ultimania has a couple pages of very early concept art for Chrono Trigger done by Masato Kato.

  • Idea Sketch

  • Idea Sketch

  • Released by Kato

  • Released by Kato

  • Alternate scan

  • Alternate scan

  • Alternate scan

  • Alternate scan

  • Queen Zeal (unknown source)

V-Jump[edit]

In the second V-Jump preview video, scene art is shown with the entire frame represented.

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Anime Scenes[edit]

  • Ice and Flame

  • Ayla's Entrance

  • Ayla and the Dactyl

  • Chief, Fly High

  • The Epoch

  • Wings of Time

  • Into the Maw of Darkness

  • Smiling Princess

  • Wedding Ceremony

  • GS Preview Shot

  • GS Preview Shot

  • GS Preview Shot

  • GS Preview Shot

V-Jump Alpha Version Preview[edit]

  • Crono

  • Marle

  • Ayla

  • Frog

  • Lucca

  • Robo

  • Epoch

Locations[edit]

A few special world maps were drawn for the Chrono Trigger V-Jump Player's Guide.

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  • Tyrano Lair concept art from V-Jump March '96

Steam Version Art[edit]

The art was provided clean via (sadly) medium-res bonus feature images. Thanks to Acacia Sgt

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From: Chrono Trigger