Topic: Yoshitaka Amano

A thousand years of Japanese history, from ancient Buddhism to "No" theatre or manga robots, takes centre stage this summer in Monaco with a giant show devoted to the land of the rising sun.Some 600 artworks -- giant sculptures, cypress wood masks ...

Best Damn JRPG's Vol. VII

Yoshitaka Amano is known to RPG's fans as the "old-school" artist of the Final Fantasy series, as well as the Front Mission series. Other noteable projects Amano has worked on include Gatchaman (my favorite anime of all time), Vampire D, and ...

Amano on a Modern Console?

Bob Mackey is currently doing an interesting blog series on the problematic nature of sprites representing characters back in the 16 bit days on the Retronauts blog. Yoshitaka Amano's art in the Final Fantasy series used to be the driving force ...

Japantown, San Francisco

Right in the center of the city, hypermodern updates are taking hold in this century-old district. The two Players Suites, each of which sleeps five, come with PS3 and Wii gaming consoles, LCD projectors with eight-foot-wide screens, and oversize beanbags. In the ...
This year will be my first ever Blizzcon. Anyway, I'll keep this rather short, since I'm in a hurry to pack, but I just thought I'd share my super excitement! Expect to hear more from me when Blizzcon is ...
Final Fantasy-branded Potions -- "health" drinks that taste like the rude spawn of Lipovitan and Sprite -- have become something of an annual tradition for Square Enix and manufacturer Suntory in Japan. Previous incarnations have celebrated Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy VII: Available ...
Anyone who works with 1UP/EGM Editor-in-Chief James Mielke knows that the guy is pretty darn immersed in his job -- he works as hard as he can to keep creating the coolest content that you see in the mag and on our ...