Amazing. The visual style you chose is a masterpiece in its own. Thank you for such a feat!
Just two minor things about the credits:
- it's MICHITAKA, not MICHIKATA - typo!
- The 2D artist was Rie YATOMI at the time. Later on she married Michishito Ishizuka, but at the time she was nubile.
Source: I interviewed Tsuruta 20 years ago and the MAME history dat info comes from there.