Q&A with Granbelm’s Armanox Designer and Chief Animation Director, Jimmy Stone

With permission, these questions and answers were taken from Jimmy Stone's question box that he answers on his twitter. — When I see the design for the secondary protagonist, the black one with cat ears, I can't help but think about the Black Ox from Gigantor. There are lots of homages to Black Ox, but …

∀ Gundam Question Corner with Okawara Kunio & Yasuda Akira

This interview is from the 1999 May release of Animage, so only shortly after the series began airing. It's very short but I hope you enjoy it! Okawara Kunio Mechanical Designer — What kind of meeting did you have with Tomino? Okawara: There were plenty of meetings with Tomino when he was in his trial …

Creating Zambot 3: Mechanical Designer Hirayama Rioji

This interview was originally published in the 2018 autumn edition of Great Mechsnics G. — You were credited as the mechanical designer for Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, but wasn't that your first time working on an anime? Hirayama Rioji: Yeah, getting my foot into Nippon Sunrise’s (Currently: Sunrise) office was my first step. Getting …

Ideon: Mechanical Designer Higuchi Yuichi

Original interview found in the 1982 March special release of Animec. — Prior to this, you worked for Submarine as their art director. However, when you worked on Ideon, you took on the position of Submarine's mechanical designer. Was there any reason for this? Higuchi Yuichi: Ideon was the second anime I worked on as …

Newtype Mar. 2018, DARLING In The FRANXX – Mechanical Designer Koyama Shigeto

• Adventures with Director Nishigori Atsushi — You’ve worked together with director Nishigori Atsushi on a multitude of works, and both of you joined the industry around the same time. When did you two first meet? Koyama Shigeto: We met during Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (Koyama: mechanical designer, Nishigori: animation director, key animator), but we didn’t …

0080 War in the Pocket: Wanting To draw An Impressive Robot — Key Animator & Mechanical Design Cooperator, Iso Mitsuo

The fourth installment to the six days of Gundam with Key Animator & Mechanical Design Cooperator, Iso Mitsuo. Day One – Producer, Uchida Kenji Day Two – Character Designer, Mikimoto Haruhiko Day Three - Mechanical Design Cooperator, Akitaka Mika   — Who was it that brought you on to work on 0080? Iso: It was Takamori (Kouji) who manned …

0080 War In The Pocket: Experience Because Of Working In The Studio — Mechanical Design Cooperator, Akitaka Mika

The third installment to the six days of Gundam with Mechanical Design Cooperator, Akitaka Mika. Day One - Producer, Uchida Kenji Day Two - Character Designer, Mikimoto Haruhiko — How did you come to join the 0080 team? Akitaka: At the time, I received a spot at Sunrise Studio 3 to work on their project City Hunter. …