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| Dash no Chris
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|  "Re(1):Nobuteru Yuuki question"
, posted Fri 6 Dec 10:13
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Just saw the first two (excellent to me) episodes of Heat Guy J, with designs by him and I got intrigued by something.
What titles has he worked on exactly? I know about these:
(anime)
Record of Lodoss War
Escaflowne
Heat Guy J
(videogames)
Chrono Cross
Seiken Densetsu 3
Any help would be thanked.
He also did the character illustrations for Taito's 2D fighting games, Kaiser Knuckle and (its sequel/upgrade) Dan-Kuu-Ga [known as Global Champion in the U.S.]. I met Yuuki when he appeared as a guest at Anime Expo several years ago, and was fortunate enough to be among those whose numbers were drawn in the raffle to get a color sketch from him. In situations like this, I always like to request something obscure from the artist's body of work -- so I broke out my copy of the Kaiser Knuckle soundtrack CD I'd brought with me and asked for a sketch of Raisa, the South American jungle girl. Most of the entourage he'd brought with him were either unfamiliar with this part of his portfolio or simply hadn't seen the artwork in some time -- the CD booklet spent the next several minutes being passed back and forth between Yuuki (as he double-checked the two Raisa illustrations it featured, so he could make sure he got the colors right) and his friends. The two cute Japanese girls he had hanging off each of his arms failed to stifle their giggles as Yuuki eventually began drawing Raisa's ample bosom. Yuuki told them that they were "amerikan saizu." A *very* amiable, friendly guy.
Did he really work on Chrono Cross? I'm not into RPGs at all, so I'm not familiar with Chrono Cross. I'd been operating under the assumption that Toriyama Akira had been the artist on CC, since he'd done the artwork for Chrono Trigger.
--Chris
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| Dash no Chris
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| "Re(5):Nobuteru Yuuki question" , posted Fri 6 Dec 16:23
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First, the movie of X was awfull. ugly ugly ugly ugllyyyyyyyyyyy.
Then, i hate his noses. the noses in Escaflowne were scary, and the movie was even scarier, and the new series Yuuki began is even scarier than the movie of Esca which was scarier than the series which was really really scarry.
The total opposite for me -- his characters' noses are actually a selling point for me when it comes to his artwork. Guess that stems from my fondness for Tagami Yoshihisa's work in the '80s and early '90s (Grey, Horobi, Frontier Line, Nervous Breakdown, etc.).
The way you went for the word "asshole," I was thinking it was his personality you found offensive -- like you'd witnessed him being especially rude at a public appearance, or heard him touting Nazi philosophies, or had been told that he didn't think CFAS's D.D. was totally hot. : )
--Chris
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| iggy 1053th Post
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| "Re(6):Nobuteru Yuuki question" , posted Sat 7 Dec 00:39
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The way you went for the word "asshole," I was thinking it was his personality you found offensive -- like you'd witnessed him being especially rude at a public appearance, or heard him touting Nazi philosophies, or had been told that he didn't think CFAS's D.D. was totally hot. : )
Well, I was really a huge Clamp fan, and when I saw the movie, I was sooooo disapointed I swear to hate Nobuteru Yuuki until my last breath for betraying my young and pure innocent heart. I just wanted some beautifull characters doing beautifull and funny things like ripping each other's throat, but in a delicate way... Instead of that, I had noses. Now all I need is a Kingdom Heart 2 : Nomura vs Nobuteru yuuki to see characters with ugly noses AND ridiculous shorts and chain, so I will be able to laugh for the next 25 years.
I still didn't recover from the trauma of how Karen or Kusanagi were in the movie. Oh my god oh my god.
Of course Yuuki has develloped his own style, but I can't get used to these triangle nose (and the rest, I mean, the characters of his new series and of the movie of Esca were..... gniiiiiiiiih). The same way some people may not like Shin'ya Hasegawa, who is by far my favorite illustrator when it comes to animation.
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