Kimitoshi Yamane
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is a Japanese mecha
designer. Yamane began his career and honed his skills at noted studio Artmic
in the 1980s, beginning with Bubblegum Crisis
, AD Police, Gall Force
and Megazone 23
. After the studio was disbanded, he started his career as a freelancer and worked on numerous series as mecha designer, including Vision of Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop
, Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team and Mobile Fighter G Gundam
. He worked for the first time with Shinichirō Watanabe
on Cowboy Bebop. His work on non-robot productions such as The Silent Service
, Gatchaman and numerous Artmic works have also been lauded.
Yamane has also authored a book, Kimitoshi Yamane Mecha Zukan.
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Mecha
A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...
designer. Yamane began his career and honed his skills at noted studio Artmic
Artmic
Artmic is a defunct Japanese design studio formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997...
in the 1980s, beginning with Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crisis
is a Japanese cyberpunk direct-to-video animated series. It displays strong influences from Blade Runner, also making occasional references to it.- Setting :...
, AD Police, Gall Force
Gall Force
is a metaseries of science fiction anime OVA by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake .-Star Front Gall Force:This was the origin and precursor to the Gall Force...
and Megazone 23
Megazone 23
is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
. After the studio was disbanded, he started his career as a freelancer and worked on numerous series as mecha designer, including Vision of Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
is a critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes comprise a complete storyline: set in 2071, the series follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of five bounty...
, Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team and Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Fighter G Gundam, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa . Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise in 1994, it is the first of the Gundam series to be set in an alternate continuity from the original "Universal Century"...
. He worked for the first time with Shinichirō Watanabe
Shinichiro Watanabe
is a Japanese anime filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.Watanabe is known for blending together multiple genres in his anime creations...
on Cowboy Bebop. His work on non-robot productions such as The Silent Service
The Silent Service
is a manga series by Kaiji Kawaguchi. It was published in Kodansha's Weekly Morning manga magazine from 1988 to 1996 and collected in 32 tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into an anime TV special and OVA series by Sunrise. The first two episodes of the anime were later spliced together and...
, Gatchaman and numerous Artmic works have also been lauded.
Yamane has also authored a book, Kimitoshi Yamane Mecha Zukan.
Filmography
- Bubblegum CrisisBubblegum Crisisis a Japanese cyberpunk direct-to-video animated series. It displays strong influences from Blade Runner, also making occasional references to it.- Setting :...
(1987–1991) - Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01is a 1988 anime OVA released in Japan, directed and written by Shinji Aramaki and animated by Hideki Anno. It has been licensed in the United States by AnimEigo The plot centers on a mechanic named Koji Kondo who accidentally comes across the Madox-01, a small mecha designed to fight enemy tanks...
(1988) - Hades Project ZeorymerHades Project ZeorymerHades Project Zeorymer, known in Japan as , is a manga by Yoshiki Takaya, written under the pen name Chimi Morio, and published in the adult manga magazine Lemon People from October 1983 to November 1984. A three-part finale was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū in 2007...
(1988–1990) - Rhea Gall ForceGall Forceis a metaseries of science fiction anime OVA by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake .-Star Front Gall Force:This was the origin and precursor to the Gall Force...
(1989) - The Three-Eyed OneHosuke Sharakuis the main character of the Osamu Tezuka manga and anime The Three-Eyed One . In some English versions, Sharaku's name has been "anglicized" to "Shallack". Indeed, the names "Sharaku Hosuke" and "Wato-San" are references to Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Hosuke Sharaku is also part of Osamu Tezuka's...
(1990–1991) - Detonator OrgunDetonator Orgunis a Japanese original video animation series by AIC and Artmic, directed by Masami Ōbari. It was released on DVD by Central Park Media in the United States in 2001.-Part 1:...
(1991) - Gail Force: New EraGail ForceGail Force is an American pornographic actress and directorShe has been inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.-External links:...
(1991) - Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993–1994)
- GatchamanGatchaman (OVA)is a three-part original video animation based on the popular 1970s anime Gatchaman. It was released in Japan and the United States during the mid-1990s. This version of Gatchaman is set in the year 2066 where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet...
(1994–1995) - Mobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G GundamMobile Fighter G Gundam, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa . Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise in 1994, it is the first of the Gundam series to be set in an alternate continuity from the original "Universal Century"...
(1994–1995) - The Vision of EscaflowneThe Vision of Escaflowneis a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, with the final episode airing on September 24, 1996. Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its...
(1996) - Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamMobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Teamis an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 11-episode series details the adventures of an Earth Federation Space Force ground unit during the One Year War - specifically before the original 1979 Gundam series and into...
(1996–1999) - SprigganSpriggan (manga)is a manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa during the early 1990s. It was initially released as Striker in the North American English translation, as it is the English translation of the word Spriggan from Celtic.Spriggan takes places in the last years of the...
(1998) - Cowboy BebopCowboy Bebopis a critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes comprise a complete storyline: set in 2071, the series follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of five bounty...
(1998–1999) - Infinite RyviusInfinite Ryviusis a 26 episode drama/sci-fi series produced by Sunrise. The series also refers to a manga.The character and mecha designs in RYVIUS were created by Hisashi Hirai, who later went on to act as character designer for Gundam SEED....
(1999–2000) - EscaflowneEscaflowne (film)is an anime film produced by Sunrise and animated by Studio BONES. Directed by Kazuki Akane, the film is a re-telling of the twenty-six episode anime television series The Vision of Escaflowne...
(2000) - Argento SomaArgento Somais a 25-episode anime TV series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2000, to March 22, 2001.Episode 26, , was released direct-to-video.- Plot :...
(2000–2001) - Cowboy Bebop: The MovieCowboy Bebop: The Movie, known internationally as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, is a 2001 animated film directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. The screenplay was written by Keiko Nobumoto, based on the Cowboy Bebop television series created by Sunrise. The plot centers on Spike Spiegel and his crew as they find a criminal who is...
(2001) - Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDMobile Suit Gundam SEEDis an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so...
(2002–2003) - Overman King GainerOverman King Gaineris a TV anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by longtime animator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Gundam series, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura and Ken'ichi Yoshida, the series ran from September 7, 2002 to March 22, 2003...
(2002–2003) - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DestinyMobile Suit Gundam SEED Destinyis an anime television series, acting as a sequel of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Sunrise. It retains most of the staff from Gundam SEED, including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the plot follows the new character Shinn Asuka, a soldier from ZAFT,...
(2004–2005) - Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOMobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOis a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
(2004–2006) - Starship OperatorsStarship Operatorsis an anime series based upon science fiction novels written by Ryo Mizuno. The series, animated by J.C.Staff, was aired on TV Tokyo in Japan. Starship Operators is licensed in English in the United States by Geneon....
(2005) - Tide-Line BlueTide-Line Blueis a Japanese anime series by Bandai Visual and Telecom Animation Film.-Background:Tide-Line Blue is set after an environmental disaster later called the "Hammer of Eden" has submerged 90% of the Earth under water and taken six billion lives. The series begins fourteen years after that event with...
(2005) - Cluster EdgeCluster Edgeis an anime series created by Sunrise, set around the students that attend a prestigious school.-Plot:Agate Fluorite is the new transfer student at the elite school, "Cluster E.A.", in which the sons of many prestigious families from different countries gather to study together...
(2005–2006) - Galaxy Angel II (2006)
- Glass Fleet (2006)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: StargazerMobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazeris a side story to the anime TV series, Gundam SEED Destiny. As of July 2006, it is being streamed on as an original net animation. The show is directed by Susumu Nishizawa and written by Shigeru Morita, both staff members of Gundam SEED Destiny....
(2006) - Kishin Taisen Gigantic FormulaKishin Taisen Gigantic Formula, also known as Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Formula, is a Japanese anime series that aired in Japan. The show was first aired April 4, 2007 by TV Tokyo, and ended its run on September 26, 2007. A manga adaptation by Shōhei Oka was serialized concurrently in Dengeki Daioh.-Overview:The series is set...
(2007) - Xam'd: Lost MemoriesXam'd: Lost MemoriesXam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...
(2008–2009) - Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOOis a series of CGI feature short films of the popular Gundam meta-series. The series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. The first under the main title is , which was exclusively shown at Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Japan but has seen a limited release on DVD,...
(2008–2009)
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