Yeah, you can thank BROJ and maggiekarp for Magil's awesome beauty. I think Satoh did some touchups on the final version textures and portrait art for Magus Unmasked too.
Ugh, I wish I had kept the source videos so I could re-do some of the text and credits in black-outline. What was I thinking, using gray? Ah well, at least it's a testament to everyone's early investigation of the game, not to mention their art talent.
Hahaha, I'm reminded that the "LYNX!" frame was inspired by the "SHERMAN!" frame in Gone With the Wind. It's funny, how ideas are inherited from one generation to the next.