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) or , the "Master of Breasts", is a Japanese

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and

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known for his distinctive style of beautiful characters. His work is the basis for

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such as '' Plastic Little'' and '' Legend of Lemnear'', and appears in the '' Langrisser'' and ''

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'' series of tactical

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Early life

Satoshi Urushihara was born on February 9, 1966, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Archived link He met fellow illustrator

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in 1983 while attending a

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in Miyajima. He effectively started his career in manga and anime when he was selected as animator for the animated movie , produced by Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho and

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, a position he was actively looking for.

Anime and manga career

After graduating from high school in 1984, he was employed by Toei Animation and after gaining some experience he was promoted to key animator with the animated TV series ''

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'' and provided mechanical designs for '' The Transformers: The Movie''. The next year, Urushihara became a freelancer, working mainly in

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s. It was his work with the OVA '' Megazone 23 Part II'' (1986) that made him recognized by producers of AIC. This lead him to be the character designer and animation supervisor of the adult-restricted OVA (''New

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'' series, episode 2) released in 1987. This work was his debut as character designer, although at the time of the original OVA release, his name was kept secret and afterwards announced on the official website of Earthwork. In 1990, he was the character designer and chief production supervisor for the seventh episode of ''

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'' called "Double Vision". In 1990, along with illustrators Kinji Yoshimoto and Yoshihiro Kimura, he created the production company Earthwork.

Works

Manga

* '' Legend of Lemnear'' (1991–1993) * '' Plastic Little: Captain's Log'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995–1997) * ''Eidron Shadow'' (1999–2002) * ''Mirowoire: The Mirror Within a Mirror'' * ''Ragnarock City'' (2000–2001) * ''Ryoujoku'' (also known as ''Love Intermission'') * '' Vampire Master Dark Crimson'' (2000) * ''RC Twins'' (enclosed within the "Sigma" artbook) (2006)

Artbooks

* ''Satoshi Urushihara Cell Works''. . (1994/05/01) (Note: title is in English.) * . . (1996/10) * . . (1997/11/06) * . . (1998/08/14) * . . (2002/08) * . . (2003/04) * . . (2003/12) (Note: title is in English, with katakana transliteration.) * . . (2003/12/17) * . . (2004/06) (Note: title is in English, with katakana transliteration.) * . . (2005/03) * . . (2005/04/02) * . . (2005/10/03) * . . (2006/06/30) * . . (2009/11/30)

Anime

* '' Another Lady Innocent'' (2004; Japanese title ''Front Innocent'') * ''

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'' (1989; vehicle animation designer) * ''

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'' (Production Supervision (vol. 3 & 4)) * ''

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'' (2003; Character Design) * '' Legend of Lemnear'' (1989) * '' Plastic Little'' (1994) * ''

'' (Chief Production Supervisor and Guest Character Designer (Episode 7: "Double Vision" (1990))) * ''

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'' (OVA; Assistant Animator, Production Supervision (Ep. 5)) * '' Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny'' (Ending Animation Character Design)

Video games

* '' Langrisser'' series * ''

'' series * '' Cybernator'' (''Assault Suits Valken'' in Japan) * ''Next King: Millennial Kingdom of Love''

Other works

* Provided artwork for the ''

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'' drama CDs, ''Mad Revenger'', and ''Portrait of the Magician'' * ''Satoshi Urushihara Posterbox'' * ''Transformers'' series * ''Tenma Magazine'' covers * In his artbook ''Nostalgic Heroines'', Urushihara creates a series of images that involves characters, mainly female, from well-known popular anime series including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

References

External links

Satoshi Urushihara's blog

Earthwork official webpage
(adults only) *

at the Ultimate Manga Guide
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