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Behind the anime
Character Design
Akihiro Yamada ; born February 10, 1957, in Kōchi) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist.
Akihiro Yamada has 25 listed credits as a mangaka and illustrator. Their listed hometown is Kochi, Shikoku, Japan. Born February 10, 1957.
Behind the scenes, the most common credits are illustration (10), character design (3), and original character design (3).
Our catalog lists 25 credits, including RahXephon, RahXephon: The Motion Picture, and The Twelve Kingdoms.
Their hometown is listed as Kochi, Shikoku, Japan.
The person behind the work
Akihiro Yamada (山田 章博, Yamada Akihiro); born February 10, 1957, in Kōchi) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. During his career, Yamada has branched out into making book covers, character design for video games, theatre costume and set design, concept design for live-action film, and more, though his passion continues to be working on manga.
He is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects. His most popular work is perhaps with The Twelve Kingdoms franchise. He won the Seiun Award in 1996 in the Best Artist category. He currently lives in Kyoto.
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