Ichirō Itano
Ichirō Itano (板野 一郎, Itano Ichirō, born March 11, 1959 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a Japanese animator, director, and producer. He has worked in a number of science fiction anime series, especially mecha-themed ones. He created several original video animations including Angel Cop, and Battle Royal High School. He directed on Megazone 23. He also directed on a number of episodes and films related to Macross. He also directed Gantz, and worked on series composition and direction for Blassreiter.
Ichirō Itano | |
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板野 一郎 | |
| Born | March 11, 1959 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, director, producer |
| Known for | Mechanical animation director on several Macross projects |
| Notable work | Angel Cop, Battle Royal High School, Blassreiter |
Publicizing Blassreiter in 2008, He belongs to Graphinica, Inc. that the CG team was independent from GONZO. He teaches younger generation as an adviser in the company. Since retiring a studio of Crusher Joe and joined Macross, he lost touch with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, his instructor. However, they reunited again after nearly 30 years in a project relating to artbooks of Gundam, and have worked together on production of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin.