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Yoshitaka Amano, famous character illustrator for the Final Fantasy video game series, is having his art exhibit, DEVA LOKA (USA) return to San Francisco’s NEW PEOPLE cultural center due to the popular demand. The SUPERFROG Gallery, located within NEW PEOPLE, which opened last summer, hosted Amano’s vibrant pieces during August of 2009 and now will have them again from April 24th to May 8th.

DEVA LOKA is a bold exhibit of pieces inspired by American pop culture, especially comics and automobiles during Amano’s early art career of the 60′s and 70′s. Much of his pieces are coated with auto paint and metallic glitter, a sort of ode to his childhood.

Amano began freelancing in 1982, after leaving Tatsunoko Productions where he worked as a character designer for popular shows such as, Gatchaman and Time Bokan. In 1983, Amano illustrated the novels, Vampire Hunter D, written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The story follows that of D, a lone wolf, half vampire in a far-future, post-apocalyptic Earth. Amano worked on the 1985 animated film, although was unhappy with the outcome. Since then, there have been twenty novels and a second film made, closely mirroring Amano’s artistic style. Kikuchi was quoted saying in early 2010 that Vampire Hunter D is currently in the early planning stages of becoming an anime.

Amano began to receive worldwide recognition for his talent after he began concept designs for the Final Fantasy games in 1987. Since the 80′s, Amano has gone on to work on title sequences and promotional art for many of the Final Fantasy titles, including involvement in the three Final Fantasy XIII releases. In 1999 he worked with Neil Gaiman on the novella, The Sandman: The Dream Hunters. It was nominated in 2000 for a Hugo Award and won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.

Yoshitaka Amano’s most current news is that he is directing his first ever anime film, entitled, Zan, which is set to release sometime next year. Headed by his own studio, Studio Deva Loka, the film is set at the end of the 19th century, where a samurai named Zan is sent to an alternate world to battle evil. At the Tokyo International Anime Fair of 2010, Amano had an unmanned exhibit which featured only two white walls with the word, ‘Zan’ on them and a giant, steel Panther on display, a character which will become Zan’s partner in the film.

Take the opportunity to stop by the SUPERFROG Gallery in San Francisco if you will be in the area, before Amano’s exhibit leaves the States again!

NEW PEOPLE
1746 Post St,
San Francisco, CA
94115