Like a handful of his contemporaries, Hiroyuki Kitazume played an instrumental role in defining the character designs of 80s anime. Through his work on titles like Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, and Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, the designer introduced audiences to characters they just couldn’t stop thinking about. However, Kitazume is far from a one-trick pony.
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He worked his way up the animation and direction ranks, working on 80s Sunrise mecha favorites like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, and Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked. The Kitazume-directed segment of Robot Carnival, Starlight Angel, puts the creative’s full spectrum of talent on display for all to see—a true signifier that he can really do it all.