Influence Map

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the pictures here.

Credit goes to for the idea of making the Influence Map XD

"influence" vs "inspiration," these two terms are interchangeable in this meme. If you are inspired by something, you are thereby influenced by it

- fox-orian


Masashi Kishimoto - The mangaka of the famous manga series Naruto. As the manga Naruto continues it gradually change my point of view how to create a shonen manga.

Tetsuya Nomura - Hired by Square(now as Square Enix) as a debugger for the game Final Fantasy IV until his major breakthrough for the game Final Fantasy VII as Square asked him to be the character designer for Final Fantasy VII to replace Yoshitaka Amano. It was a critical and commercial success. He also directed the CGI animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children which was released on 2005. He's the main reason why I love RPG games XD

Shinonome Taro - The mangaka for the manga adaptation of the dating simulation game KimiKiss for PS2 entitled KimiKiss Various Heroines. His unique art style of creating female characters caught my attention.

Summer Wars - From the director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Mamoru Hosoda. This film inspired me in many ways. Unique color style and animation wise.

Ken Akamatsu - The famous mangaka behind A.I. Love You,Love Hina and Mahou Sensei Negima! I was eleven years old when his works was my first introduction to the Harem genre. He inspired me a lot when creating a harem genre.

Noizi Ito - The character designer and artist for the Shakugan no Shana and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and her latest work Bee-be-beat it! her excellent art style specially when it comes to "MOE" style characters influenced me a lot.

Code Geass - From CLAMP the anime that made me think deeper when it comes to writing a plot and the distinct art style when it comes to male hair styles.

Macross - A long-running series of science fiction mecha anime, created by Shōji Kawamori of Studio Nue in 1982. It consists of three TV series, four movies, six OVAs. Though this Isn't my first anime but this was the first anime that showed me how great an anime can be, from the mecha design, intriguing love story and the introduction of the first anime idol Lynn Minmay. Up until now I'm still excited to see what will the be the next macross series can show to me XD

Type-Moon - A prominent Japanese game company that inspired me in many ways, best known for their visual novels, co-founded by author Kinoko Nasu and illustrator Takashi Takeuchi. In December 2002, Type-Moon released their first fighting game, Melty Blood, a PC-based doujin game based on the Tsukihime universe it was also my first introduction to their works and introduced me to the doujin world. Later Type-Moon soon transitioned from a dojin soft organization to a commercial organization, and in January 2004, released their first commercial release, a PC-based eroge visual novel game, Fate/stay night. Because of Fate/stay night I was hooked to the culture of VN style art form!