Documentary film that said that Yoshitaka Amano known for FF series character deza says "What is Amano Amity" is worth a visit

Known for character design and package illustration of Final Fantasy (FF) seriesYoshitaka AmanoIf you say, Illustrations drawn with unique touch of one and only, FrenchMana BooksIn the documentary film shot for "Final Fantasy Memorial Ultimania official encyclopedia" to publish, "It is Amano Amusement" still reveals that he pursues his own picture. In the documentary, I talk about the FF series deeply involved with myself and the history of being an illustrator.

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Amano is running a brush on paper with a work table on which a large number of painting materials, paper and brush are placed. "If you have white paper, how do you get dirty, like coloring or shaping ... What is it not painful so much, it's a fun work, so this is also the case for work, Graffiti is fun, but it's fun.It's pleasing to see people looking at it is plus alpha.It is rather painful to draw or it is so since childhood, but it does not change very much, " Mr. Amano tells about his own work and his hobbies about painting.


1: Fantasy world


"My girlfriend moved to Tokyo when I was 14 and went there to play there.There was a company of animation called Tatsunoko Pro near and I took a drawing at that time and then adopted I have noticed that "I am an Amano who talks about how I became an animator.


Furthermore, "When entering production, doing animator or moving a picture first, Tatsunoko is actually making original animation, so I was doing an animation character until the late 20s Animator 's person watching my picture (painting an animated picture), it flows to TV, and then I think that I want you to see my picture properly, draw a picture properly like an illustration "It explains the feeling when deciding to turn from an animator to an illustrator.


About Amano's unique fantastic illustrations, "I am a Japanese, but I really like the Western fantasy and I like to draw something like a knight, I started to illustrate the novel, then at that time I As I draw a world without drawing, I am drawing a picture and I feel comfortable. "


In the workplace, Fuchimari Inari Taisha shrine in Kyoto ......


Life-size-like squirrel models and the like are placed. Do you use it as a posing example such as illustration?


In addition, a large number of illustrations by handwriting are placed in a casual manner.


2: About Final Fantasy


A room where a large amount of corrugated cardboard box was placed


We found numerous drawers in that corner


What is stored here ...



Illustration of Final Fantasy series which became a relationship that can not be separated even if it cuts with Amano


About the case when the work of character design with such Final Fantasy came in, "Computer game itself was not so major, I did not know well.SakaguchiPeople like san came from Square, but at that time I thought that I could draw the world of fantasy again, then it looks interesting. "


"I think that it is a final fantasy that I did first, and it's a bit strange that I am still doing it, or" Game "=" Final Fantasy "for me."


There is a firm number on the shelf.


What I took out from inside was "Final Fantasy X-2"Illustration depicting Yuna · Luc · Pine used for the title logo.


"Final Fantasy IVGolbeza and ...


Mr. Hiroaki Sakaguchi who is the creator of FF series is my favoriteThere is "Final Fantasy IX'Vivi


Also a number of illustrations of FFIX, the battle of the summit


Steiner is too cool


Is it an image illustration of a devil forest where an airplane crashes at the beginning of a story


Beyond the dark clouds


Illustration of the leading character, Jitan.




Of course there are also illustrations of other series. Dedicated to one of the most popular series,Complete remake of PS 4 is also decideddoing"Final Fantasy VIIFrom the hero's Cloud & Red XIII



Gentle touch cloud & Aerith



"FINAL FANTASY XIV: NEW YOREZEARIllustration attached to the Collector's Edition version of "Illustration of a special binding design illustration


"Final Fantasy VIIIFrom the squall



Other, "There are various myths such as Greek mythology, but do you say that you can really like (the fantasy world) as expressing various imagining things, in that sense, my Because it is a very real world in the world, I think that it is never a fairy tale, I represent the world of the mythical game with a game. "" (Final fantasy took charge of) character design, then monster, image illustration I thought whether to draw for the game (in the beginning), with a dot, it is told that "I will draw it in real instead of it", so I wonder if I should draw an illustration as normal. So, as for me, it is a form that a thing that painted a normal picture became a game, " Talks about Final Fantasy.

3: His own picture to pursue forever


In a stormy room ......


Several books are piled up.


As for how I make character design, "I do not have any difficulties, I. I do not think so deeply, because I make more and more sense, because it is a character, for example 10 or 20 In the case that there is a deadline, I will draw Dong Dong Dong without thinking anyway, because there is such a way, I have not had much trouble. "Amano says.


"Fine art expresses my emotions, now about 90% I'm already over there, for example, what I am doing with illustration, what I do with Final Fantasy and characters will go out to fine art So I think that it depends on the place to express, but I do not have such a boundary in me, I guess there is a difference in where to publish.So therefore, In my case it is fun to art in art to aim for a mountain, because it is also different from game and illustration, so in the art world I am not so veteran yet so it is fun to do on that stage I guess. "



Mr. Amano running a brush while sitting on the ground.



"I think that it relates to my career, but character design is a job to make a picture. (Because of that, I do not know my picture when I thought of doing an illustration.) I did not know (what I do not know) about my personality (because the reason for that is character design) was to create personality.So,MorrowAndMuchaAnd look at various people.Da VinciEven so. I thought it was okay and imitated it. That's going fast and steadily, and since a while my stuff came to come out. That's why I am expressing myself so I still do not really understand my picture, but I do not know oneself that it's like Amano's appearance. Just being able to say is depicting what I thought was nice. I think that it is probably my picture, "he talks about the distress and his own thinking of" picture like Amano "until his own picture is born.