Otaku Art At Hori Benny’s Studio. Osaka, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter
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Kenroku-en. Kanazawa, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Instagram
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Jin Fujisawa has worked on the Dragon Quest series for around two decades. Today on Twitter, he announced he’s…