Oh wow! I stand corrected. Thank you so much! They are very similar though, aren't they? This guy I have to look into immediately. It can be so hard to garner information on the Japanese artists of this era, a lot of time they don't have much of a web presence, so it can be quite a puzzle figuring out who did what. I…

For sure. I love Nobuteru Yuuki. I have not seen any of his recent work however, since my anime interest waned in later years and I don't keep up with it as much. It's aways a treat discovering one of his pieces though. It's just beautiful stuff. :)

Sure thing man! There are plenty of unsung heroes of our youth that deserve to be celebrated. The artwork meant so much for the whole gaming experience. :)

Yep! :)

The american comic depicted in this article was mostly based on Zelda 2 from what I remember. A Link to the past wasn't out yet, but Nintendo Power's excellent Shotaro Ishinomori comic was a re-telling of the SNES game.

Best Zelda comic ever drawn and written. Masterpiece by Shotaro Ishimori, who is one of the elder gods of manga. It's a shame Nintendo never collaborated with that level of talent again. High-profile Nintendo comics would have been awesome. :)

Always nice to get an opportunity to discuss old school Japanese Illustrators. The painting at the top of this article is by Jun Suemi who did a ton of fantasy covers and videogame illustration back in the day. All the "Brandish" games and the "Guin Saga" books for example. He has an oil painterly style not too common…

I never saw Record of Lodoss war, but certainly kept seeing Nobuteru Yuuki's artwork all over the anime and gaming magazines. Yuuki is an incredibly skilled illustrator who worked on many awesome projects like Battle Angel Alita and lot's of Square classics, like Chrono Chross and Secret of Mana. I was raised on this…

It's hard to tell because of the blurry photo, but that looks like Hitoshi Yoneda artwork to me.

Actually yes it was explored earlier and it DID look cooler. Denis Beauvais did an amazing job on the painted graphic novel Nightmare Asylum. But Marek Okon is a good artist too.

The animator situation in Japan must improve. If it means finding another sales model for the shows, government subsidies or something, things have to change. And no wonder that anime is in decline, both in quality and popularity/cultural significance when conditions are as bad as any central asian factory slave…

Yeah, I'd say it's actually a really good model for fighting games. Yo get to learn each character one by one, you're not overwhelmed by the roster initially, and each month a new trailer and character comes out, keeping the game in the spotlight and fans energized.

I gotta hit the sack, but here's another issue I have with this scenario. I wrote this elsewhere in this article as well. (And strange that I should try to silence a majority of people commentating by the way...)

I think it's very charming and I like your clean, animation style! Would make for a good 2nd costume in a new game. :)

My, our, personal dislike for the ludicrousness of the modern artworld should not be applied to Anna's unassuming drawings though. I'll copy paste what I wrote elsewhere to see if you agree:

I hope you make it in next time! Same for me as well. :)

Well what I find problematic is just not a larger group tearing into an "harmless", low-profile artist like this. It's part of a bigger pattern of extreme hostility towards outsiders adapting a known property, a series of conventions or an established style in an unorthodox manner. A big problem with the videogame…

Save the hyperbole for the big entities though. What's the point of going nuclear on "small", unassuming artists like I'd say she is? It's fun to kick big things in the balls and stick it to the man, not so fun to stomp out those that are tiny. Harsh truths can be useful, but when it's dished out by hundreds, it…

I never said that Anna's designs were good. Or that I find them personally appealing. I love Capcom's art, I adore Darkstalkers, even if I'll readily admit to my female friends that Felicia and Morrigan are stupid and objectifying and all that. Guilty as charged. I still like them. Just as I like old Red Sonja comics…

Oh good, glad to know there is at least one other person who thinks it's rude to trash a single, unassuming artist this way.