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Character design

Model sheet, a document used to help standardize the appearance, poses, and gestures of an animated character



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Akihiko Yoshida

Final Fantasy Tactics (1997) (PS1): Background art director, character design

Da Capo II

Initial character design was mainly created by Natsuki Tanihara, but GotoP designed Sakura's pet dog Harimao.

Disney's Nine Old Men

Davis was responsible for character design for both the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland.

Engaged to the Unidentified

The series is directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara at studio Dogakobo with script by Fumihiko Shimo and character design by Ai Kikuchi, who is also the chief animation director.

Everett Peck

Additional work includes character design for the animated TV series Jumanji, a slew of print ads for Nike and Honda, and several station IDs for UPN.

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

The anime is directed by Kazuya Murata and produced by Production I.G with character design by Hanaharu Naruko.

Gunbird

Yuan Nang (ヤンニャン): A strong-willed and courageous woman whose character design is highly influenced by that of Sun Wukong from the Chinese classical story Journey to the West, including a cloud-somersault parody, Ruyi Jingu Bang, and the size-changing headband that was used by the monk Xuánzàng.

Iwao Takamoto

He was responsible for the original character design of such characters as Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons dog Astro, and Penelope Pitstop.

Johnny Castaway

Character design was done by Shawn Bird while he was at Dynamix.

Katsuya Kondō

He is best known for his character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon.

Kenji Kodama

Twenty-Four Eyes (special) : Character Design, Animation director

Kensei: Sacred Fist

(Note: Douglas' character design is strongly based on real-life actor and martial artist Steven Seagal.)

Kenshiro

According to Buronson, Kenshiro's character design was inspired by the character of Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max film series and martial artist Bruce Lee.

Makoto Tateno

For the latter, she used the actors from the live-action drama for her character design - among them protagonist Kōji Seto and also Gaku Shindou and Kenta Kamakari as gentlemen hosts.

Masaaki Yuasa

Wakfu (2010) – Character design for "Noximilien" special episode

Ohime-sama Navigation

Ohime-sama Navigations premise is written by Satz, and the character design is by Naru Nanao, known for her artistry on D.C.: Da Capo by Circus and Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. by Minori.

Oniken

Zaku's character design was highly inspired by that of Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star fame.

Sakura Kinomoto

Sakura's character design for the manga was originally developed by Mokona of Clamp.

Seta Sōjirō

Nobuhiro Watsuki has stated that the character design of Sōjirō is loosely based on Okita Sōji, the captain of the first Squad of the Shinsengumi.

The Pointer

Although often cited as the animated debut of Mickey's modern character design, this actually occurred five months earlier in Mickey's Surprise Party.

Tom Bertino

Beginning his professional animation career with Sally Cruikshank in 1978, Bertino has worked for Nepenthe, DiC, Hanna-Barbera and Colossal Pictures in a number of capacities including character design, storyboards, layouts, voices and sound effects.

Tony Bancroft

After working on the character design and some preliminary animation for the gargoyle characters in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, he was tapped to join Barry Cook as a director on Mulan.

Tyler Jacobson

Jacobson is best known as a fantasy artist, due to his significant contributions of art to Magic: The Gathering trading card game cards, package art, and promotional materials, as well as character design and game art for Dungeons & Dragons.

Wakfu

The special episode "Noximilien l'Horloger", which tell the origins of the main antagonist, Nox, was produced in Japan, it features a radically different art style made by the same team of animators who worked on Kaiba and Kemonozume, it was directed by Eunyoung Choi with Masaaki Yuasa on character design.

Yoake no Mariko

Artwork and character design were undertaken by Spümcø for both games and music was performed by such notable musicians as Eric Gorfain.

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Crusher Joe the Movie (1983) (Director, Script, Screenplay, Storyboard, Character Design, Animation director)