Akira Yasuda

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". 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 the Final Fight series and Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (including their updates) under the pen name Akiman. He has also been involved in anime production, most notably ∀ Gundam, Overman King Gainer and Code Geass. He officially left Capcom in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.

Contents

• Akiman Akira Yasuda Speed Painting at Mansai 2018CLIP STUDIO PAINT
• Akiman draw an awesome manga
• Anime
• Video games
• Other works
• References

Anime

Mamotte Shugogetten (1997-2000) - key animation

Turn A Gundam (1999-2000) - character designer

Overman King Gainer (2002-2003) - mecha designer

Code Geass (2006-2007) - mecha designer

Bodacious Space Pirates (2008–present) - animation character design

Gundam Reconguista in G (2014-2015) - mecha designer

Video games

1942 (1985) - NES version cover art

Hyper Dyne Side Arms (1986) - original artwork

Forgotten Worlds (1988) - game designer

Final Fight (1989) - planner

Street Fighter II (series) (1991) - planner

Captain Commando (1991) - planner

The Punisher (1993)

Super Street Fighter II (series) (1993) - planner

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)

X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994)

Darkstalkers 3 (1997)

Marvel Super Heroes (1995) - object design: Wolverine

Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996)

Star Gladiator (1996) - character designer

X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996) - character designer

Red Earth (1996) - original artwork

Street Fighter III (1997) - original artwork

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997) - original artwork

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998) - original artwork

Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (1998) - character designer

Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998) - character designer

Power Stone (1999) - character designer

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (1999) - character designer

Final Fight Revenge (1999)

Tech Romancer (2000) - design supervisor

Power Stone 2 (2000) - character designer

Red Dead Revolver (2004) - character designer

MS Saga: A New Dawn (2005) - main character & package design

Culdcept Saga (2006) - card illustration: Sword Princess

Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren DS (2006) - cover art

Brave Story: New Traveler (2006) - character designer

Sangokushi Taisen DS (2007) - card illustration: Enclosure Empress

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (2009) - cover art

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (2016) - character designer

Street Fighter V (2016) - guest alternate costume designer

Star Ocean: Anamnesis (2016) - character designer

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 (cover art)

Street Fighter Artworks HA 20th Anniversary Art Book (cover art)

Gundam Rock Music Album (cover art)

Initial D (live action movie) as RedSuns Member A

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (Ryu character illustration)