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Stupidly Low Salary Offered To Street Fighter II’s Iconic Artist

Akira Yasuda, better known as “Akiman” is about as big as they come among Japanese game designers and illustrators.

April 22, 2011
In Real Life

What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Glasses

In game after game, comic book after comic book, manga after manga, there they are: characters with glasses. And Japan is totally gaga for them.

January 28, 2011
In Real Life

The Wild, Sexy World Of Japan’s Biggest Amateur Pin-Up

“I’m just a regular, amateur cosplayer,” says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima “Good Meat”, in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She’s anything but ordinary.

May 12, 2009
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IDOLM@STER Rakes In Your DLC Money

Japanese illustrator and designer Akiman is famous for his Street Fighter II and Final Fight character work. Now that he’s freelance, his designs pop up in all sorts of places.

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