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Place of Birth: Fussa, Tokyo, Japan
About Susumu Matsushita
- Susumu Matsushita (??? Matsushita Susumu; born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic鈥搃nfluenced design.
- His most famous works are the designing of the mascot Neppe of Orix Buffaloes, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Hudson's Adventure Island series, Monkey Magic and the Maximo: Ghosts to Glory concept arts. Matsushita's illustrations have frequently appeared in video game magazines including the creation of numerous covers for publications such as Famitsu (for which Matsushita has designed the mascot, Necky (????) the Fox).
- Matsushita is also responsible for creating the mascots of numerous Famitsu spinoff magazines including: Famitsu Bros.
- (for which Matsushita designed the mascot, Arnold) Satellaview Tsushin (for which Matsushita designed Sabi the Flying Squirrel (???路?路????? ??????)) Famitsu PS (for which Matsushita created the Penguin Bros.
- (????路?????)) Game Boy Tsushin (for which Matsushita created the Buggy the Bat (???路?路???))In addition to creating characters for game magazines, Matsushita has also designed mascots and characters for gaming events like Space World (Matsushita designed Lucky Rabbit and friends), and for video games such as those in the Derby Stallion series.
- He also designed the mascots for the 1994 Asian Games which were being hosted in Hiroshima at the time, Poppo and Cuccu. He also drew the old Shueisha Business Jump magazine's mascot, which was a mouse.
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