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Is This Lady the Perfect Chun-Li?
You might have a notion of who you'd think could pull off the perfect Chun-Li. Then again, you didn't develop Street Fighter II so what the hell do you know?
Stupidly Low Salary Offered to Street Fighter II's Iconic Artist
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Akira Yasuda, better known as "Akiman" is about as big as they come among Japanese game designers and illustrators.
What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Glasses
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In game after game, comic book after comic book, manga after manga, there they are: characters with glasses. And Japan is totally gaga for them.
The Wild, Sexy World Of Japan's Biggest Amateur Pin-Up
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"I'm just a regular, amateur cosplayer," says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima "Good Meat", in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She's anything but ordinary. (NSFW)
iDOLM@STER Rakes In Your DLC Money
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Japanese illustrator and designer Akiman is famous for his Street Fighter II and Final Fight character work. Now that he's freelance, his designs pop up in all sorts of places.