A Day in the Life With a Final Fantasy Creator

1up has a feature up looking at a day in the life of Yoshitaka Amano. This talented artist has been behind much of the visual appeal of the Final Fantasy series over the years. He's also worked on several anime series, such as Speed Racer, some Macross titles, and Neon Genesis Evangelion. In addition to background information, the article has a piece talking directly with the artist himself. From the article: " Final Fantasy wasn't the first video game-related job I did. So I went to America for a week, which was the first time I went to America, and I don't remember what company it was, but this company asked me to do an illustration similar to Dragon's Lair, the arcade game, and that was the first game-related job I had."

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Get up at 6 am, assume zen pose, think about

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androgynous figures and how to make them even more so.

Drink green tea, realize that pursuing life as a hentai creator would be more profitable.

Lunch, ponder the reality that the better the game is, the less real work humanity will actually do.

Dinner, think about how it's a shame ritual suicide is not quite as common as it used to be.