Yoshitaka Amano

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-03-26 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Yoshitaka Amano

Biography

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese artist, character designer, illustrator and a theater and film scenic designer and 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: The Space Knight, Hutch the Honeybee and Casshan. 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...

Acting

Production

1998

1001 Nights

as Conceptual Design

2007

Bird Song

as Director

2007

1987

2016

Deva Zan

as Writer

2016

Deva Zan

as Director

1979

2007

Bird Song

as Storyboard

2007

Bird Song

as Animation

1984

Tale of the Earth

as Character Designer

1998

1001 Nights

as Director

1985

Angel's Egg

as Character Designer

1982

Techno Police 21C

as Character Designer

1984

Radio City Fantasy

as Character Designer

1986

Amon Saga

as Comic Book

1987

Lily C.A.T.

as Character Designer

2006

1988

In the Aftermath

as Art Direction

1985

Angel's Egg

as Original Story

1985

Angel's Egg

as Art Direction

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