OMG Ayano Koshiro is on Twitter! She is an absolute legend! One of the all time great video game artists! You should follow her!! 
https://twitter.com/ayanokoshiro/status/1385114299354345478
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/
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!!
https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/641305440685436928?s=20
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!
https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/839391846413434881?s=20
BTW Ayano Koshiro's brother and mother are both pretty cool too! Amazing super talented game developing family!
https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1121513555403010048?s=20
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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