OMG Ayano Koshiro is on Twitter! She is an absolute legend! One of the all time great video game artists! You should follow her!!
Do you love Streets of Rage 2? You know, one of the greatest beat-em-ups of all time? Well Ayano Koshiro was the art director on it, and pretty much the chief game designer too!
Full interview with her here! (thanks @shmuplations!)
shmuplations.com/streetsofrage2/
My goodness, she was only 22 when she lead development on Streets of Rage 2!!
My brother @HokutoAndy and i wrote about Ayano Koshiro years ago in our article about notable women in the Japanese games industry. I should get that article back online!
BTW Ayano Koshiro's brother and mother are both pretty cool too! Amazing super talented game developing family!
Ayano Koshiro (@ayanokoshiro) was the art director on Actraiser 2 (1993), which in the 16bit era meant that she created a ton of sprite art herself!
You gotta understand, this was one of the most visually (and aurally!) spectacular games of the 16bit era! In 1993 Actraiser 2 provided the equivalent of AAA production values!
Here's some wonderful art of the development team behind Actraiser 2 from the game itself! I'm guessing this piece is actually the work of Hitoshi Ariga (@ariga_megamix) who was a teenager when he worked on this game! He would go on to draw the Mega Man manga (and marry Ayano!)
Future husband and wife Ayano Koshiro and Hitoshi Ariga!
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