They decided it on rock paper scissors the "beast" was the last option and was assigned to "Pigmon-san".
After Yasuda did "rough drafts" of "a pro wrestler, sumo wrestler, and a beast", he asked his team to decide which designer would finish each concept. The staff then adopted Blanka's feral appearance, because they felt the game would be "dull" with only human characters. His design later changed to a large man with thick hair and sideburns, named "Hammer Blanka". After the release of Final Fight, Capcom again approached Street Fighter II and considered several designs for the Blanka character (including a masked wrestler modeled after Tiger Mask and a ninja-style warrior).
Blanka was generally well received by critics and fans, becoming one of the most popular characters in the franchise.Ĭonception and design Creation ĭesigned by "Pigmon-san" and Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, the concept behind Blanka emerged in an early 1988 pitch design as an African man named Anabebe who was raised by a lion. The character has appeared in other media adaptations of the franchise, including an animated film, a live-action movie, an animated television series, a comic book and manga series.īlanka was originally designed as a pink-skinned human character by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, and underwent several re-conceptualizations during the production of Street Fighter II before reaching his final depiction as a feral savage with green skin and long orange hair.īlanka's backstory is that he was once human, but after a plane-crash in Brazil, he mutated, resulting in his green colouring and his ability to generate electricity. Blanka is also present in a number of Capcom's crossover games, including the SNK vs. He first appeared in the 1991 video game Street Fighter II as one of eight playable characters, and was subsequently featured in sequel and spin-off games. Blanka ( Japanese: ブランカ, Hepburn: Buranka) also known by his birth name Jimmy (ジミー Jimī) is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game series.
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