>>11932886
I and many others definitely knew about it before then, it was very visually stunning for it's time, and more people knew about it once Vanillaware games started coming out in the US like Odin Sphere, that was also very visually stunning for a PS2 game.

>>11932905
>fucking lol those water balloon titties.
The artist is... known for this, and still does it to this day. Check out the Sorceresses from Dragon's Crown, a PS3/PS4 game.