Atsushi Fujimori
Atsushi Fujimori is a graphic artist who worked at Newtopia Planning in the late 1980s. I haven't been able to find out much about him. MobyGames implies that, after disappearing from the video game industry in 1987, he returned in 2015 at Sony Interactive Entertainment as a paralegal, but I doubt this is the same person.
Personal
When I first saw it, I really liked the character art in the NES port of Ultima: Exodus. Years later, when I became more interested in the video game industry, I discovered that the game's artist was Atsushi Fujimori. After researching him, I discovered that he only worked at Newtopia Planning, which only made a handful of games, and Fujimori is only credited in two of them.
Gameography
Atsushi Fujimori is only credited in two games.
| Released | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| 1987-10-09 | Ultima: Exodus (NES, MSX) | Drew all new graphics for the game. |
| 1987-12-26 | Attack Animal Gakuen (Famicom) | Credited as "visual design." |
Work
Ultima: Exodus
I love the large player character icons. They have a chunky chibi style to them with their block eyes and lack of nose or mouth. In particular, I like the fighter, cleric, thief, paladin, lark, illusionist, druid, and ranger.
The smaller player character icons aren't nearly as interesting, but accurately portray the larger images.
There is a lot of variety in the NPC icons. I especially like Lord British, the priest, the dishonest guard, the old woman, the horse, the demon, and the dragon.
Nearly all of the monster icons are really good, especially the larger ones. I only wish there were large versions of all of them.
Some of the background graphics are pretty good, but others look a little sloppy.
Unused sprites. The monsters look like beta graphics. The jester is good and can be hacked in.
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