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 pen name "Akiman".

Contents 1 Career 2 Notable works 2.1 Anime 2.2 Video games 2.3 Other works 3 External links

[edit] Career

Yasuda was formerly an 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 Final Fight and the Street Fighter II series of games under the pen name Akiman. He has also been involved in anime production, most notably ∀ Gundam, Overman King Gainer and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. He officially left Capcom in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.

[edit] Notable works

[edit] Anime

• ∀ Gundam (character designer)
• ∀ Gundam I: Earth Light (character designer)
• ∀ Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly (character designer)
• Overman King Gainer (mecha designer)
• Code Geass (mecha designer)
• Mamotte Shugogetten (key animation)

[edit] Video games

• 1942 (NES version box art)
• Side Arms (original artwork)
• Forgotten Worlds (game designer)
• Final Fight (planner)
• Street Fighter II (series) (planner)
• Super Street Fighter II (series) (planner)
• Captain Commando (planner)
• The Punisher
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
• Vampire Savior: Jedah's Damnation
• X-Men: Children of the Atom
• Marvel Super Heroes (object design: Wolverine)
• Red Earth (original artwork)
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 (character designer)
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (character designer)
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (original artwork)
• Street Fighter III (original artwork)
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (character designer)
• Final Fight Revenge
• Tech Romancer (design supervisor)
• Star Gladiator (character designer)
• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (character designer)
• Power Stone (character designer)
• Power Stone 2 (character designer)
• Red Dead Revolver (character designer)
• Gundam: True Odyssey (main character & package design)
• Culdcept Saga (Card Illustration: Sword Princess)
• Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren DS (box art)
• Sangokushi Taisen DS (Card Illustration: Enclosure Empress)
• Brave Story: New Traveler (Character Design)
• Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (box art)

[edit] Other works

• ∀ 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 (coverart)
• Street Fighter Artworks HA 20th Anniversary Art Book (coverart)
• Gundam Rock Music Album (coverart)

[edit] External links

• Akiman's Blog
• Akiman fansite (Japanese)
• Akira Yasuda's page on Anime News Network