Rodney Greenblat in 2005.
Rodney Alan Greenblat, born August 23, 1960 in San Francisco, California, is an American graphic artist best known in the United States and Japan for the visual style of the video games PaRappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy, which he co-created with Masaya Matsuura.
Before even working on Parappa, he had created the characters Katy Kat, PJ Berri, Sunny Funny, and had developed the CD-ROM game Dazzeloids.
Appearances[]
Greenblat as a PaRappa game character.
Greenblat, known as the co-creator and artist of the PaRappa franchise, appears in both PaRappa The Rapper and PaRappa The Rapper 2.
He stars as a news reporter in PaRappa The Rapper 2, giving a rundown on the noodle situation during the Stage 2 introductory cutscene.
In PaRappa the Rapper, Rodney is mentioned though not seen. When PaRappa gets his invite to Club Fun, it says "Private Invitation from Rodney".
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Like many other notable yet self-described 'indie' artists during the rise of NFT's, Rodney took it onto himself to sell NFT's of his artwork, and like his fellow artists, it was met with criticism and backlash. Rodney stated in his blog that someone else was given access to Rodney's social media (Twitter) to post/interact for him. Rodney eventually erased all his posts regarding NFT's without a statement on the matter.
Notable works[]
Album artwork[]
- They Might Be Giants by They Might Be Giants (1986)
- Strawberry Sound by Shonen Knife (2000)
- An Illustrated History by Puffy AmiYumi (2002)
Video games[]
- Rodney's Funscreen (published by Activision, 1992, PC/Mac)
- Rodney's Wonder Window (published by Voyager Company, 1992, PC/Mac)
- Dazzeloids (published by Voyager Company, 1994, PC/Mac)
- PaRappa the Rapper (published by Sony Computer Entertainment, 1996, PS1)
- Rodney's Art Brain (published by Interlink, 1997, PC/Mac)
- Rodney's Funscreen² Extreme (published by Interlink, 1997, PC/Mac)
- Um Jammer Lammy (published by Sony Computer Entertainment, 1999, PS)
- PaRappa The Rapper 2 (published by Sony Computer Entertainment, 2001, PS2)
- Major Minor's Majestic March (published by Majesco Entertainment / Square Enix in Japan, 2009, Wii)
External links[]
- Whimsyload - Rodney Alan Greenblat's official website
- MushoRodney - Rodney Alan Greenblat's Instagram
- RodneyFun - Rodney Alan Greenblat's Japanese website
- RodneyFun official Facebook page (Japanese)
- RodneyFundotcom official Twitter (Japanese)
- RodneyFundotcom official YouTube channel (Japanese)
- The Rodney Shop official store website
- Rodney Alan Greenblat / Dazzeloids (archived from Voyager's official page)
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at Bandcamp
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at Codex Gamicus
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at the Dazzeloids Wiki
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at the Internet Movie Database
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at MobyGames
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at RoGallery
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at This Might Be a Wiki
- Rodney Alan Greenblat at WorldCat
- Rodney Greenblat at Wikipedia (archived 2017-05-31)
Interviews and articles[]
- Rodney Greenblat interview by David Wolinsky at Don't Die (2016-05-20)
- Interview: Rodney Greenblat by Matthew Hawkins at Gamasutra. (2005-07-05)
- Rodney Is Coming by Tony Walsh at Exclaim! (2000-10-01)
- From Wood to Bits: Rodney Greenblat's Super-Mission Against the Mediogre by Scott Rosenberg at Salon (1995-11-13)