Seiun Award Dragon Con Award Julie Award Inkpot Award, 2018[1] Artist Guest of Honor, Worldcon 65 (Nippon 2007)[2]
Yoshitaka Amano (Japanese: 天野 喜孝, 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 prominence in the late 1960s working on the anime adaptation of Speed Racer. Amano later became the creator of iconic and influential characters such as Gatchaman, Tekkaman, Honeybee Hutch, and Casshern. In 1982 he went independent and became a freelance artist, finding success as an illustrator for numerous authors, and worked on best-selling novel series, such as The Guin Saga and Vampire Hunter D. He is also known for his commissioned illustrations for the popular video game franchise Final Fantasy.[3]
Since the 1990s Amano has been creating and exhibiting paintings featuring his iconic retro pop icons in galleries around the world, primarily painting on aluminium box panels with acrylic and automotive paint. He is a five-time winner of the Seiun Award, and also won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for his collaboration with Neil Gaiman, Sandman: The Dream Hunters.[4]
Amano's influences include early Western comic books, Orientalism, art nouveau, and Japanese woodblock prints. In early 2010, he established Studio Devaloka, a film production company.[5]
Amano's design work for early anime series such as Gatchaman drew inspiration from Western comic books.
^"Inkpot Award". 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
^"Worldcon 65". Nippon 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ANS Exclusive Interview: 10 Questions To Yoshitaka Amano Archived August 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2006-09-16.
^Powells.com Bibliography "The Sandman: The Dream Hunters" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2006-09-16.
^World-famous animator Yoshitaka Amano's new film, the 3D anime "ZAN" (世界的アニメーター・天野喜孝氏、初の映画監督...３Ｄアニメ「ＺＡＮ」) Archived April 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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