Ikuto Yamashita (山下いくと, "Yamashita Ikuto", born in 1965) is a Japanese male mangaka and designer. He is the mechanical designer responsable for various designs in the Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime) and the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. He also wrote and illustrated the novel Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA.
Overview
Yamashita was born in the Gifu Prefecture and is a graduate of the Nagoya University Of Arts.
Outside animated and manga works, he's also illustrated for specialized magazines as seen when he drew redesigns for the ν Gundam and the Sazabi in Cyber Comics.
Works
Theatrical Movies
- Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) - Mechanical Design
- The End of Evangelion (1997) - Original Mechanical Design
- Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!(1997) - Setting
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) - Mechanical Design
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Mechanical Design
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) - Mechanical Design, Image Board
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time (2021) - Design, Key Animation, Main Mechanical Design
- Shin Ultraman (2022) - Mechanical and Prop Design
- Shin Kamen Rider (2023) - Design
TV Anime/OVA
- Gunbuster (1988) - Setting
- Nadia, the secret of blue water (1990) - Mechanical Design
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime) (1995) - Mechanical Design
- Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998) - Mechanical Design
- Kurogane Communication (1998) - Mechanical Design
- Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (2002) - Mechanical Design, Script (Episode 5)
- Sentou Yousei Shoujo Tasukete! Mave-chan (2005) - Original Character Design
- Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (2007) - Mechanical Design (Isthar-XII)
- Iconic Field (2015) - Director, Original Creator, Mechanical Design, Character Design
Published works
- Dark Whisper (1990) - Writer, Illustrator
- Sore o Nasumono: Neon Genesis Evangelion Concept Design Works (1998) - Writer, Illustrator
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA (2008) - Writer, Illustrator
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA Visual Book (2010) - Writer, Illustrator
References
- Ikuto Yamashita at the Anime News Network
- NGE Project
- Ikuto Yamashita's Twitter profile
| Evangelion Crew | ||
|---|---|---|
| Staff | Hideaki Anno • Kazuya Tsurumaki • Ikuto Yamashita • Shirō Sagisu • Yoshiyuki Sadamoto • Takeshi Honda • Yoko Takahashi • Akio Satsukawa • Masayuki | |
| Cast | Megumi Ogata • Yuko Miyamura • Megumi Hayashibara • Tomokazu Seki • Akira Ishida • Maaya Sakamoto • Fumihiko Tachiki • Motomu Kiyokawa • Kotono Mitsuishi • Kōichi Yamadera •Yuriko Yamaguchi • Miki Nagasawa • Hiro Yūki • Takehito Koyasu • Mika Doi • Maria Kawamura • Mugihito • Tetsuya Iwanaga • Junko Iwao | |
| Companies | Gainax • khara inc. | |
