Akira Yasuda (安田 朗, Yasuda Akira) (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pseudonym "Akiman". Yasuda is a former employee of the video game company Capcom (joining in 1985) and has worked on many Capcom games, taking on various design roles for works such as the Final Fight series and Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (including their updates). He has also been involved in anime production, most notably Turn A Gundam, Overman King Gainer and Code Geass. He also went to the United States to work on Red Dead Revolver for Angel Studios. When the studio was bought by Rockstar Games, he returned to Japan,[1] where he officially left Capcom in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.[2][3]
Notable works
editAnime
edit- Turn A Gundam (1999–2000) - character designer
- Overman King Gainer (2002–2003) - mecha designer
- Code Geass (2006–2007) - mecha designer
- Bodacious Space Pirates (2008–present) - animation character design
- Gundam Reconguista in G (2014–2015) - mecha designer
Video games
edit- 1942 (1985) - NES version cover art
- Hyper Dyne Side Arms (1986) - original artwork
- Forgotten Worlds (1988) - game designer
- Final Fight (1989) - planner
- Street Fighter II (series) (1991) - planner
- Captain Commando (1991) - planner
- The Punisher (1993)
- Super Street Fighter II (1993) - planner
- Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
- X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994)
- Darkstalkers 3 (1997)
- Marvel Super Heroes (1995) - object design: Wolverine
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996)
- Star Gladiator (1996) - character designer
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996) - character designer
- Red Earth (1996) - original artwork
- Street Fighter III (1997) - original artwork
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997) - original artwork
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998) - original artwork
- Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (1998) - character designer
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998) - character designer
- Power Stone (1999) - character designer
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (1999) - character designer
- Final Fight Revenge (1999)
- Tech Romancer (2000) - design supervisor
- Power Stone 2 (2000) - character designer
- Red Dead Revolver (2004) - character designer
- MS Saga: A New Dawn (2005) - main character & package design
- Culdcept Saga (2006) - card illustration: Sword Princess
- Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren DS (2006) - cover art
- Brave Story: New Traveler (2006) - character designer
- Sangokushi Taisen DS (2007) - card illustration: Enclosure Empress
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (2009) - cover art
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (Ryu character illustration)
- Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (2016) - character designer
- Street Fighter V (2016) - guest alternate costume designer
- Star Ocean: Anamnesis (2016) - character designer[4]
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force (2022) - character designer[5]
Other works
edit- Tomie: Re-birth (2001 film; cameo appearance as Waiter)
- ∀ Gundam: Wind of Moon (∀ Gundam: Tsuki no Kaze, 2004–2005) (manga)
- Giga69 (magazine coverart)
- Akira Yasuda ∀ Gundam Designs (∀ Gundam series artbook)
- Akiman Cover Girls (poster book of Giga69 magazine covers)
- "Haji" DVD cover (included in "[nine*nine]" live audio compilation by Gackt, Oct. 29, 2008)
- Kousoku M-ko figurine (character design and insert comic)
- Eureka Magazine (magazine coverart)
- Street Fighter Art Comic Anthology (cover art)
- Street Fighter Artworks HA 20th Anniversary Art Book (cover art)
- Gundam Rock Music Album (cover art)
References
edit- ^ "Video: How Overwatch Helped A Street Fighter Legend Overcome His Hatred Of Video Games". Nintendo Life. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Akira Yasuda". games.ign.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "Akimando – Akira Yasuda Art Works Book Review". yonghow. halcyonrealms.com. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ Romano, Sal (October 27, 2016). "Star Ocean: Anamnesis live stream set for November 19". Gematsu. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ Marshall, Cass. "Star Ocean: The Divine Force is coming in 2022". Polygon. Retrieved 28 October 2021.