Other designers have also worked on the series. For "Nine", the developers wanted to have a new style to suit the game's original vision, so the characters were designed by animator Yasuomi Umetsu. Another designer for the series is Masayuki Doi, who had made a name for himself with the "Trauma Center" series; and designed the main characters for "Shin Megami Tensei IV". Inspired in his work by Kaneko's designs, he created the main characters' clothing to be a blend of Japanese and western fashions while incorporating design elements from the "Star Wars" series. For the "Devil Survivor" games, Atlus were aiming to appeal to a wider audience and reinvigorate the "Megami Tensei" franchise, hiring Suzuhito Yasuda as character designer for this purpose. Some monsters in the second "Devil Survivor" were designed by manga artist Mohiro Kitoh.