Yutaka Izubuchi

Yutaka Izubuchi
Yutaka Izubuchi at Japan Expo 2008
Born (1958-08-12) August 12, 1958 (age 66)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Mecha designer, Character designer, Anime director, Manga artist, Illustrator, Screenwriter
Known forRahXephon

Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕 裕, Izubuchi Yutaka, born December 8, 1958) is a Japanese anime mecha and character designer, anime director, illustrator and manga artist.[1][2] He was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Yokohama.[3]

Izubuchi is also known for his manga and illustrations, but most of his fame comes from his design work. He mainly designs robots and other mecha in anime works, while he designs characters and creatures in Tokusatsu productions.[4] He is also interested in dress design, especially German military uniforms, and by extension European armor.[5][6] This influence is also evident in the design of mecha and the costumes of the characters.[6] The design of robots such as Gundam and Galient incorporates the image of armour, and the character costume designs he is entrusted with are mainly military uniforms and other uniforms.[3] He also created the Protect-Gear armor used in the Kerberos saga (Jin-Roh, etc.), based on German military helmets.[6]

He is not only a designer, but also a scriptwriter, director and producer of numerous video works.[4][7] In addition, he has several original works which he owns the copyright to.[3] For the Patlabor series, he was heavily involved in its production as one of the members of the copyright holder group Headgear.[8][a]

  1. ^ "ルーンマスカー" [Rune Masquer]. Monthly Comic Ryū (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Okamoto, Daisuke (January 29, 2024). "出渕裕に聞いた『メタリックルージュ』ができるまで①" [Interview with Yutaka Izubuchi about the creation of "Metallic Rouge" ①]. Febri (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Barder, Ollie (November 5, 2018). "Yutaka Izubuchi On Designing The Most Popular Gundam Ever And His Love Of Kaiju". Forbes. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ito, Seinosuke (May 14, 2018). "『ロードス島戦記』出渕裕×『ペルソナ』副島成記：対談【新生・王道ファンタジーを求めて②】（1/3）" ["Record of Lodoss War" Yutaka Izubuchi x "Persona" Shigenori Soejima: Conversation [In search of new & classic fantasy ②] (1/3)]. Denfaminicogamer (in Japanese). Mare Inc. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Mechanical Design Works I 2000, pp. 99–101.
  6. ^ a b c Ito, Seinosuke (May 14, 2018). "『ロードス島戦記』出渕裕×『ペルソナ』副島成記：対談【新生・王道ファンタジーを求めて②】（2/3）" ["Record of Lodoss War" Yutaka Izubuchi x "Persona" Shigenori Soejima: Conversation [In search of new & classic fantasy ②] (1/3)]. Denfaminicogamer (in Japanese). Mare Inc. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  7. ^ ガリアン アートワークス 2008, pp. 118–119.
  8. ^ "制作スタッフが語るぶっちゃけ制作秘話! 機動警察パトレイバー トークイベント『暴走トークショー』レポート" [Behind-the-scenes stories from the production staff! Mobile Police Patlabor talk event “Bousou Talk Show” report]. Spice (in Japanese). eplus Inc. November 25, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2024.


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