(born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

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, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the

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"Akiman". Yasuda is a former employee of the video game company

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(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 '' Turn A Gundam,'' '' Overman King Gainer'' and '' Code Geass''. He also went to the United States to work on '' Red Dead Revolver'' for

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. When the studio was bought by Rockstar Games, he returned to Japan, where he officially left

in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.

Notable works

Anime

*'' Turn A Gundam'' (1999-2000) - character designer *'' Overman King Gainer'' (2002-2003) - mecha designer *'' Code Geass'' (2006-2007) - mecha designer *''

Bodacious Space Pirates is a Japanese light novel series about space pirates written by Yūichi Sasamoto and illustrated by Noriyuki Matsumoto, published since October 2008. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight, under the title , aired ...

'' (2008–present) - animation character design *''

Gundam Reconguista in G , also referred to as , is a 2014 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the thirteenth installment in Sunrise's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise. Created for the Gundam 35th Anniversary celebration, it is the first ''Gundam'' ...

'' (2014-2015) - mecha designer

Video games

*''

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'' (1985) -

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version cover art *''

Hyper Dyne Side Arms is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed and released by Capcom as an arcade video game in 1986. The player takes control of a flying mecha suit who must battle an alien army. ''Side Arms'' uses a two-directional attacking system similar ...

'' (1986) - original artwork *''

Forgotten Worlds ''Forgotten Worlds'', titled in Japan, is a side-scrolling shooter video game by Capcom, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is notable for being the first title released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hard ...

'' (1988) - game designer *'' Final Fight'' (1989) - planner *'' Street Fighter II (series)'' (1991) - planner *'' Captain Commando'' (1991) - planner *''

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'' (1993) *'' Super Street Fighter II'' (1993) - planner *'' Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'' (1994) *'' X-Men: Children of the Atom'' (1994) *''

Darkstalkers 3 ''Vampire Savior'', also known as ''Darkstalkers 3'', is a fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades in 1997. It is the third game in the '' Darkstalkers'' series. The story centers around a demonic nobleman from Makai named Jed ...

'' (1997) *'' Marvel Super Heroes'' (1995) - object design:

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*''

Street Fighter Alpha 2 ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'', known as in Japan, Asia, South America, and Oceania, is a 1996 in video gaming, 1996 fighting game originally released for the CP System II, CPS II arcade hardware by Capcom. The game is a Video game remake, remake to ...

'' (1996) *''

Star Gladiator is a 1996 weapon-based 3D fighting game released by Capcom for the PlayStation-based ZN-1 arcade hardware. It was Capcom's first in-house polygonal fighting game (the earlier ''Battle Arena Toshinden 2'' was licensed to Capcom from an outside de ...

'' (1996) - character designer *''

X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a crossover fighting video game developed and published by Capcom. It is Capcom's third fighting game to feature Marvel Comics characters, following '' X-Men: Children of the Atom'' and '' Marvel Super Heroes'', and is the first installment ...

'' (1996) - character designer *'' Red Earth'' (1996) - original artwork *''

Street Fighter III is a fighting video game in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1997. The game's name as it appears on the cabinet is ''Three: A New Generation of Street Fighters''. ''Street Fighter III'' w ...

'' (1997) - original artwork *''

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is a crossover fighting video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the sequel to ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' and the second installment in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series. The game was first released as an arcade game in 1997. It th ...

'' (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 is a 1999 3D fighting game released by Capcom. ''Revenge'' is the only one-on-one fighting game in the ''Final Fight'' series of games. The cast of playable characters includes series mainstays Mike Haggar, Cody and Guy, along with various memb ...

'' (1999) *''

Tech Romancer is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various subgenres of mecha anime. It was later ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat. ...

'' (2000) - design supervisor *''

Power Stone 2 ''Power Stone 2'' (パワーストーン 2, ''Pawā Sutōn 2'') is a multiplayer fighting game that built on the innovative gameplay introduced by its predecessor, '' Power Stone''. ''Power Stone 2'' allows up to four players to choose from mul ...

'' (2000) - character designer *'' Red Dead Revolver'' (2004) - character designer *'' MS Saga: A New Dawn'' (2005) - main character & package design *''

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'' (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 is a hybrid physical and digital collectible card game for the arcade, on the Chihiro arcade board. It is a real-time strategy-based game set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history and the 14th century Chinese novel ''Romance of the Thre ...

'' (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 *'' Star Ocean: The Divine Force'' (2022) - character designer

Other works

*'' Tomie: Re-birth'' (2001 film;

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as Waiter) *∀ Gundam: Wind of Moon (∀ Gundam: Tsuki no Kaze, 2004–2005) (manga) *Giga69 (magazine coverart) *Akira Yasuda ∀ Gundam Designs (

∀ Gundam , also stylized as ''∀ Gundam'', is a 1999 Japanese mecha anime series produced by Sunrise, and aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks. It was created for the ''Gundam Big Bang'' 20th Anniversary celebration, and is the eig ...

series artbook) *Akiman Cover Girls (poster book of Giga69 magazine covers) *"Haji" DVD cover (included in " ine*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 ''Gundam Rock'' is a cover album by Andrew W.K., released on September 9, 2009 only in Japan. The album consists of covered music from the Gundam series to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. The front cover artwork features an original illustratio ...

'' Music Album (cover art) *'' Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'' ( Ryu character illustration)

References

External links

*
Akiman's blog
*
Video Interview with Yasuda on the Archipel channel
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