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[Part 5] Professional Anime Artist Turns His Sons’ Sketches Into Amazing Anime Characters
By now you may be familiar with the work of Tokyo-based French anime artist Thomas Romain (Symphogear, Space Dandy, Aria, Macross Delta, and Basquash!), who…
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