The New York Anime Festival has announced that artist Yoshitaka Amano, whose credits include Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D, and Sandman, will appear as a Guest of Honor at the New York Anime Festival, which will be held at the
Amano began his career as a character designer with Tatsunoko Productions where he created designs for the groundbreaking Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets) and Casshern. After 15 years at Tatsunoko, Amano became a freelance illustrator and provided the illustrations for a number of novel series including Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Vampire Hunter D, Kaoru Kurimoto’s Guin Saga, and Yoshiki Tanaka’s The Heroic Legend of Arslan. Amano also collaborated with Neil Gaiman on Sandman: The Dream Hunters and with Mamoru Oshii on the anime film Angel’s Egg.
