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Final Fantasy 9 character designer, Toshiyuki Itahana, has announced he’s left Square Enix, after more than 30 years at the ...

Character design is a cruel world. Creating protagonists for any medium means that your work will likely be front and center. Being in the spotlight can be immensely gratifying, but one small mistake ...

Toshiyuki Itahana, an illustrator best known for his work as a character designer on Final Fantasy IX, has left Square Enix.

Toshiyuki Itahana, one of the main character designers on Final Fantasy IX, as well as the character designer on the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo series, has left Square Enix to ...

In The King of Fighters series, plenty of characters have special powers. For example, Shun’ei has two spectral hands that can deal fire and ice damage. In KOF XV , new character Isla also has two ...

In his more than 30 years of work with Square Enix, Itahana also defined the characters of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles ...

Since it’s a show about war, where weapons play a part, I knew it would be heavy, but it’s more than that. The relationships and bonds between the characters are always portrayed with warmth and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sonic Character Designer Sonic Character Designer is a Flash-based character creator from 2004 that lets you build custom Sonic-style characters by mixing ...