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This is an interview with Mobile Suit Gundam 00", and also supervised the modeling of the product when commercializing ROBOT SPIRITS. .

Design episodes and of Regunanto, thoughts about supervision, I heard, etc. How did you become a mechanical designer.

■ being aware at the time of mechanical design

First of all, because it does not go without the top priority of the order has been meet thing you aware not too much his own assertion also. We will continue to shape, while supervision and coordination while piled up rough. First we try to cherish the silhouette and character properties without care, such as setting small difficult.

■ Regunanto design of

For Regunanto of design, I order it was not a great detail at an early stage. Certainly "deformed Mobiruama," "irregular shape", "woman of Lewis to boarding," it was about.

It to the reference, was started by the "Aye", "moth", "Women's Line" the motif of the design. Until the final finish, there was no change in this motif.

Seiji Mizushima director, reproduction and of the mass of hatred against the Gundam, we were stuck with irregular shapes. The initial thought the balance of Chico (Chico), I had to design a well-balanced hands and feet as people type, was a request that dare want to break.
"Hand is large, the foot is small, the body is long," such as in feeling. Even while breaking them, the balance of the finish has been satisfied.

The head has a fondness. Or to feel like the density was not so far, has been to the structure of the triple of the head that mask the face comes out broken damaged.

We were able to totally free to design in such a feeling, but the deformation in the MA has been in accordance with the pattern projecting before the 00-specific arm.

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Image rough 1	Image rough 2	Design first draft	Design the second draft
Design third draft	Design fourth draft	Design fifth draft

■ anime influenced by childhood

I was in elementary school lower grades, I was enthusiastic about Sunrise of robot anime have been many aired.
Gundam is, of course, love, but Vifam was a particular favorite. It is Bottoms and Dougram other is.
Around this time is changed rattle even the mechanical concepts for each work, any work was also felt that really interesting.
I was very affected by the work around here.

■ How did you aim the mechanical designer

I was I love to draw a picture not only in animation since childhood, drew well also picture of Mobile Suit Gundam. It is from out MSV series, was his own view of the world changes. I "Zaku'm not only Zaku". Now draw the original mobile suits that thought on their own from there. "High Mobility Zaku III" or or "underwater Zaku II" (laughs). Perhaps this is it might trigger of the mechanical designer.

Only the name of Kunio Okawara's from that time knew. I was saying to become a mechanical designer certainly by the time of the elementary school. So I was conscious I think that was earlier.

The world for the first time the work came out, is the original mobile suit that drew readers post of model information by the time you became a junior high school student. Although the it I was variously written a set of mobile suits in addition to the illustrations, see now and in it is also painful (laughs). I was glad when that was published but. It might have been turned into its care in possibly Once the posted (laughs).

■ ROBOT SPIRITS

Unlike the production of images, it is a three-dimensional object, so I try not to reproduce the settings of the work as it is, but to improve it as a product. For example, the legnant is large in size, so I think that more details are needed if it is commercialized, so I have added some for the ROBOT SPIRITS. I also put it on the back of the parts.

In addition, we may request accessory parts that are not planned at the product planning stage. The parts to be attached to the back of the advanced jinx were just like "I wish I had something like this" at the time of supervision, but on the spot it became "Let's do it!". The ROBOT SPIRITS listens to these requests, so supervision is fun.

Newly designed Regunanto of detail detail by Ebi Mr.
Design decision draft	Part of the various markings that have been studied up to decision

■ About ROBOT SPIRITS series

The most a favorite is, I do not he had supervised, but turn X.
Can me to reproduce now the technology is also great. Other I like well can be 0 Gundam (laughs).

I look forward to the enhancement of the lineup in the future. The ROBOT SPIRITS is very attractive because it has a surprising release. I'm hoping for a sunrise robot.

ROBOT SPIRITS legnant


Price (including tax): 9,450 yen
Release Date: May 22, 2009
Target: 15-year-old -

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Kanetake Ebikawa(Kanetake Ebikawa)
1973 December 28, / from Hokkaido

mechanical designer. In "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", he was in charge of designing main characters such as Gundam Exia and 00 Gundam, as well as Jinx, Regnant, and Reborns Gundam.

In the ROBOT SPIRITS, he has been involved in modeling supervision since the first product, 00 Gundam.