Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 (formerly 天野 嘉孝), Amano Yoshitaka, born March 26, 1952) is a Japanese visual artist, character designer, illustrator, a scenic designer for theatre and film, and a costume designer. He first came into inflection in the late 1960s working on the anime adjustment of Speed Racer. Amano sophisticated became the creator of iconic and influential characters such as Gatchaman, Tekkaman: The Space Knight, Hutch the Honeybee, and Casshan. In 1982 he went independent and became a freelance artist, finding capability as an illustrator for numerous authors, and worked on best-selling novel series, such as The Guin Saga and Vampire Hunter D. He is then known for his commissioned illustrations for the popular video game franchise Final Fantasy.
Since the 1990s Amano has been creating and exhibiting paintings featuring his iconic retro pop icons in galleries a propos the world, primarily painting on aluminium box panels considering acrylic and automotive paint. He is a 5-time winner of the Seiun Award, and also won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for his collaboration past Neil Gaiman, Sandman: The Dream Hunters.
Amano’s influences increase early Western comic books, Orientalism, art nouveau, and Japanese woodblock prints. In forward 2010, he established Studio Devaloka, a film production company.
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