Who is the Artist or Group that draws

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#1

Ah… that guy is Yamane Masahiro (¬éR¬ç¬™ -¬ù¬çG). I only know of him because my friend thinks he’s the next best thing to Jesus.

He’s a popular character designer, and has worked on a butt ton of “legit” projects as well.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=7726

On the eroge side, I think he works only for ZyX, so all his titles should be through them. Not sure on that though…

On a similar note, I’m REALLY surprised Godannar didn’t start as an eroge game. I mean, it has all the marks of it.

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Chihaya: "Don’t look, don’t look!"
Chihiro: “But… it’s so big!”
- Futari de Hitotsu no Koigokoro

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#2

That artist is popular?! o_O
Do people really love characters with the same face but different hair?

#3

I notice from the list on Anime News Network that there’s no mention of “character designer.” He seems to do a lot of monster designing and overall animation work.

#4
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On a similar note, I'm REALLY surprised Godannar didn't start as an eroge game. I mean, it has all the marks of it.

I must agree on this one. From all of the ADV stuff I've purchased with Godannar promo stuff in it the anime is full of some outragious "fanservice."

Which, of course, isn't bad in my book. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

#5
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Originally posted by Dark_Shiki:
I notice from the list on Anime News Network that there's no mention of "character designer." He seems to do a lot of monster designing and overall animation work.

Depends on the project.

For example, he can't be the character designer for say, Fatal Fury, because someone designed the character already. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

However, he influences the look, hence why the anime characters don't look much like the ones from the SNK artbooks, and more like the ones in a ZyX title.

That list is also a bit US-centric, as he's done a lot more titles in the past: most of which (thankfully) will never see the light of day in the West.

Not everything anime is golden. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

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Chihaya: "Don't look, don't look!"
Chihiro: "But... it's so big!"
- Futari de Hitotsu no Koigokoro

#6
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Originally posted by Grizzbob:
What, you mean they have faces?? I never noticed....LOL!! ;p

At least you can see their faces. In a lot of series, it's usually obstructed by a dozen squirming tentacles. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

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#7

I guess this is the right topic to ask. I’ve noticed that the worst D.O. game ( a.k.a. Sensei 2 ) designer’s artwork looks similar to another mangaka’s. This mangaka is named to be Onikubo Hirohisa. Are they the same person, or come they from the same studio?

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#8
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Originally posted by Italicus:
I guess this is the right topic to ask. I've noticed that the worst D.O. game ( a.k.a. Sensei 2 ) designer's artwork looks similar to another mangaka's. This mangaka is named to be Onikubo Hirohisa. Are they the same person, or come they from the same studio?

I did some looking on Onikubo Hirohisa (‹SŒE_‹v), and while I didn't find anything that outright stated he was the character designer, he is credited with the official fanbook for Sensei 2 (æ¶).

http://www.jpqueen.com/onlineshop/productinfo.asp?PID=30266

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he's the character designer, or at least the lead designer if he gets top billing on the fanbook (which contains production sketchs and whatnot). That's the NORMAL way it works... but again, I didn't find anything 100% solid. I've never actually seen Sensei until now, so my knowledge of it is totally novice.

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#9

This is the same artist

http://www.jlist.com/product/MNG191

(HAS to be)

#10

Guess they are the same after all.


I love to win easy bets…

#11