Kazutaka Miyatake
Kazutaka Watanabe, better known as Kazutaka Miyatake, is a Japanese visual artist and anime designer known for the mechanical design of the Macross TV series and a number of its continuations from Studio Nue, of which he is a founding member. He has also contributed to the mecha design of other series such as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
Mechanical design
Miyatake has designed the spaceships of several famous anime series. His attention to detail and mechanical realism have made his designs still admired upon and used in anime series and related products after several years of their initial appearance in visual media. One of Miyatake's most famous designs is the SDF-1 Macross spacecraft. Other designs of note have been his Gatlantis Empire spaceship designs for Space Battleship Yamato II and the Zentradi spaceships and mecha from Macross as well as the titular mecha from the Dunbine and Orguss TV series and the Gunbuster original video animation.He also created the Mobile Infantry power armor design for a Japanese edition of the Starship Troopers 1959 novel in the 1970s. This design has been featured in the Daicon III and IV Opening Animations from 1981 and 1983, as well as the Starship Troopers OVA adaptation from 1988.
Personal life
Miyatake was married to Tomoko Watanabe. On May 22, 2021, a fire broke out at their home in Yokosuka. As a result, he suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning and was taken to hospital along with his wife who later succumbed to her injuries.Works
Space Battleship Yamato – mechanical designerFarewell to Space Battleship Yamato – mechanical designSpace Battleship Yamato II – mechanical designer- Daicon III and IV Opening Animations – mechanical design Super Dimension Fortress Macross – mechanical designerCrusher Joe – mechanical designerSuper Dimension Century Orguss – mechanical designerAura Battler Dunbine – mechanical designer, theme song lyricsMacross: Do You Remember Love? – mechanical designerDirty Pair: Project Eden – mechanical designThe Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 – mechanical designerStarship Troopers – mechanical designerGunbuster – mechanical designerSuper Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again – original mechanical designDirty Pair Flash – mecha designerMacross Plus – original mechanical designerMacross 7 – mechanical and creature designerDoraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe – mechanical designAngel Links – mechanical concept designRahXephon – artistic conceptMobile Suit Gundam SEED – design cooperationMacross Zero – production setting designerRahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio – set designSubmarine 707R – mechanical designMy-HiME – creature design Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny – design cooperationGenesis of Aquarion – design assistant Eureka Seven – conceptual designGlass Fleet – mechanical designerFlag – mechanical designerMy-Otome Zwei – designGigantic Formula – mechanical design My-Otome 0: S.ifr – creature designMacross Frontier – conceptual designInfinite Space – spaceship designerThe Girl Who Leapt Through Space – designSuper Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector – mechanical designStar Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 – conceptual design
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