Ichiroh Itano

Ichiroh Itano (板野 一郎, March 11, 1959, Kanagawa) is an artist, director, and producer. He is best known for his "Itano Circus", a highly stylized and acrobatic method of depicting aerial combat, dogfights, and swarms of missiles in many anime.

Filmography

• Angel Cop (manga) : Original story
• Angel Cop (OAV) : Director, Screenplay, Original Work
• Aoi & Mutsuki: A Pair of Queens (TV) : Mechanical design
• Arjuna (TV) : Episode Director, CG Supervisor
• Battle Royal High School (OAV) : Director, Screenplay, Storyboard
• Blassreiter (TV) : Director
• Daicon films (special) : Additional Animation
• Fist of the North Star (TV) : Director (eps 39, 49), Animation director (ep 49)
• Gantz (TV) : Director
• Linebarrels of Iron (TV) : Special Effects Director
• Macross Plus (OAV) : Action Choreography, Special Director
• Macross Plus Movie Edition : Action Choreography
• Macross Zero (OAV) : Special Technical Director
• Magic User's Club (OAV) : Animation director (Avant Title), Dramatization (Avant Title)
• Megazone 23 (OAV) : Storyboard, Animation director, Action Director, Main Animation Director
• Megazone 23 Part II (OAV) : Director, Mechanic Animation Director
• Megazone 23 Part III (OAV) : Mechanic Animation Director
• Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy : Animation
• Plastic Little (OAV) : Key Animation
• Robotech: The Untold Story (U.S. movie) : Animation director (Megazone 23 Footage)
• Space Pirate Mito (TV) : Mechanical design
• Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars (TV) : CG Supervisor, Special Technical Director
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV) : Key Animation (OP, ep 1), Mecha Animation Director (many eps)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (movie) : Animation director
• The Wings of Honneamise (movie) : Key Animation
• Urusei Yatsura (TV) : Animation
• Violence Jack (OAV) : Director
• Yumemakura Baku Twilight Gekijou (OAV) : Supervision (eps 3, 4)

External links

• Ichiroh Itano at the Anime News Network Encyclopedia