Yoshitaka Amano

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Image:Yoshitaka Amano.jpg Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 Amano Yoshitaka, born July 28, 1952) is a Japanese artist.

He was born in Shizuoka, and is most well-known worldwide for his work on the character designs for several games in the Final Fantasy series, as well as for his illustrations of the serial novel Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi. He also illustrated The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, a fictional Japanese fairytale by author Neil Gaiman.

Amano's work is characterized by sweeping, flowing lines, especially when depicting hair and clothing. Much of his work is done with watercolor and ink, although he has used a variety of media in the past. Amano admits himself that he is not good at drawing animation or comics, but specialises in drawing a single striking image.

Amano also appeared in the 1998 movie New Rose Hotel, in which he played the character Hiroshi.

Contents 1 List of works 1.1 Illustration 1.2 Games 1.3 Animation 2 External links

List of works

Illustration

• Genji
• Rampo
• Chimera
• Vampire Hunter D
• Guin Saga
• The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan
• Sohryuden
• Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer
• Yoshitaka Amano: The Sky (series of artwork from Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy X)

Games

• Final Fantasy I (1987) (NES)
• Final Fantasy II (1988) (NES)
• First Queen (1988) (PC98, X68000) — Box coverart
• Duel (1989) (PC88) — Box coverart
• Duel98 (1989) (PC98) — Box coverart
• Final Fantasy III (1990) (NES)
• First Queen 2 (1990) (PC98) — Box coverart
• Final Fantasy IV (1991) (SNES)
• Final Fantasy V (1992) (SNES)
• Kawanakajima Izuroku (1992) (PC98) — Box coverart
• First Queen 3 (1993) (PC98) — Box coverart
• Final Fantasy VI (1994) (SNES)
• Front Mission (1995) (SNES)
• Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1996) (SNES)
• Final Fantasy VII (1997) (PS1) — Amano was not the character designer for this game, but created some concept and related character artwork.
• Kartia: World of Fate (PS1) (1998)
• Final Fantasy VIII (1999) (PS1) — Again, Amano was not the character designer, but he created concept and character artwork.
• Final Fantasy IX (2000) (PS1) — Image Illustration.
• El Dorado Gate Vol. 1 to 7 (DC) (2000-2001)
• Final Fantasy X (2001) (PS2) — Third time, Amano was not the character designer, but he created concept and character artwork.

Tetsuya Nomura was the character designer of Final Fantasy VII, VIII, X and X-2. Akihiko Yoshida was the character designer of Final Fantasy XII.

Animation

• Tekkaman The Space Knight
• Casshan
• Gatchaman (released in the U.S. as G-Force or Battle of the Planets, recently rereleased in an unaltered form in the U.S. as Gatchaman under ADV Films)
• Time Bokkan
• Mospeada (aka. Robotech: The New Generation)
• Angel's Egg
• Amon Saga

External links

• Amano's World - The Art of Yoshitaka Amano
• The Art of Yoshitaka Amano - fansitede:Yoshitaka Amano

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