![]() ![]() Not for long though, as he was invited to work on The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. ![]() Even after that, he was forced to return to his job as a truck driver. He became the talk of the industry and animation fans a like with his work on Ideon, where he used his famous circus for the first time. He started standing out with Mobile Suit Gundam, even under a tight supervision. In terms of imitators and influence in action animation, it's said that Yoshinori Kanada and Ichiro Itano are on a class of their own. His action scenes are top-notch, especially when it involves mecha, as he is one of the industry's top mecha animators. It's said that the idea of the Circus came to him after doing a stunt with his bike as a college student, as he mounted a lot of fireworks to his bike and fired them while riding the bike. He is most known for his technique, "Itano Circus", where a swarm of missiles is launched at once at a flying target, in a dynamic way. In Graphinica he does the role of a Creative Advisor, like guiding and training the staff. He started at Studio Musashi, then Cockpit, then "Biboo"(ビーボォー), then "Kyugetsusha"(九月社), then Artland and Artland III(with temporary leave to Anime Friend, which was a subsidiary of Tatsunoko Pro, during Macross), then D.A.S.T(dissolved in 2011), then Graphinica(as of 2017). Ichiro Itano(板野 一郎) was born in 1959, in Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. ![]()
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