Site Mascots

Concept

I've always wanted to have a cute mascot for the site and when I met manga artist Azami Yuko through some work at Microsoft, I knew it was time to create one.

Mirai Suenaga

The designs for Mirai were finalized in January of 2007. Azami sensei and I worked closely together on Mirai's design and am really pleased by the way she turned out.
Mirai is an eternal 17 years old. Mirai Suenaga is not what she seems. To the average Jon Doe, shes just an average school girl but what the viewer knows is that shes actually from a different time and dimension. Mirai came to Earth in the year 2009 from her home planet called Sorunia which exists in a fissure of time and space...
Read more about the anime and the game Miracle Mirai that Mirai-chan appears in.

Concept sketches/Roughs

Below are some of the concept sketches and roughs that we go through before finalizing new illustrations.

Concept sketch.

Original concept sketch.

Deciding look of her eyes.

Original concept sketch.

Bikini sketch final.

Original bikini sketch.

Final sketch for the game Miracle Mirai that mirai appears in.

Gundam Mirai.

Maid Mirai original sketch.

Megane Mirai.

Miko Mirai.

Naki Mirai.

A congrats sketch from Azami sensei for the setup of my company Mirai Inc.

Otaku Mirai.

Trooper Mirai.

Final Illustrations

And below are the final illustrations for Mirai-chan. Most of these are in the Wallpaper Pool.

Bikini Mirai - PSD file available in this article.

Hajirai (shy) Bikini Mirai.

Not so shy Bikini Mirai.

PSD file for the original Mirai illustration in this article.

Maid Mirai.

Love her in pink.

Final illustration for the game Miracle Mirai.

Many prefer her with black hair.

Kawaii!!

Gothloli Mirai.

Haruka Suenaga

Mirai has a younger sister but we didnt get to see what she looked like until June 2008. Haruka is 13 years old and was originally name "Kako" - you can read more about Haruka in this article.

Concept sketches/Roughs

Below are some of the concept sketches and roughs for Haruka.