Yutaka Izubuchi

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Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕 Izubuchi Yutaka?, born August 12, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese illustrator, anime designer and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes, characters and creatures, but most of his designs are mechanical (both robots and other vehicles). He created and directed the RahXephon series[1] and also created a manga story called Rune Masquer.[2]

Among Izubuchi's design credits are various Gundam and Patlabor shows. He also created the Protect-Gear armor used in the Kerberos saga (Jin-Roh, etc.).

The ADV Films promotional materials for RahXephon[3] and some reviews[4] note that Gasaraki is an Izubuchi credit, but although he did mecha design on that show he was not responsible for writing or directing.

Izubuchi designed the costume for one of the characters of the Cutie Honey live action movie (2004), directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame; earlier, Anno and Izubuchi (called "Bu-chan" by Anno) both had their mecha designs appear on Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988).

Izubuchi did some additional design work for Tomoki Kyoda's Eureka Seven. Kyoda was an assistant director and episode director on RahXephon and directed its theatrical adaptation.

As of 2006, Izubuchi said that the design work he was most proud of was on WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3.[2]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Wong, Amos (February 2003). "Interview with Yutaka Izubuchi". Newtype USA 2 (2): 14–15. 
  2. ^ a b Broestl, Sean (2006). Anime Expo 2006 - Yutaka Izubuchi Focus Panel. Anime News Network. Retrieved on 11 July, 2006.
  3. ^ Anticipation continues to build for release of RahXephon 1: Threshold. ADV Films (2003-03-20). Retrieved on 2006-08-07.
  4. ^ Solomon, Charles. RahXephon - Threshold (Vol. 1): Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.

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