Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 (formerly 天野 嘉孝), Amano Yoshitaka, born March 26, 1952) is a Japanese artist, character designer, illustrator and a theatre 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 game franchise Final Fantasy . [2] https://www.instagram.com/yoshitaka_amano/ https://www.yoshitakaamano.com/