Yutaka Izubuchi
Directing · Costume Design · Director · Character Designer
Born Dec 8, 1958 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1982–present
Yutaka Izubuchi is a Japanese anime mecha and character designer, anime director, illustrator and manga artist. He was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Yokohama.
Filmography
Patlabor EZY: File 1 (2026) — Series DirectorPatlabor EZY File 2 (2026) — Series DirectorSpace Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary Project — Mechanical DesignerCowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) — Storyboard ArtistShin Kamen Rider (2023) — Conceptual Design · Costume DesignPatlabor 2: The Movie (1993) — Mechanical Designer · Original StoryMobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) — Costume DesignerPatlabor: The Movie (1989) — Story · Mechanical Designer · Original StoryChoushinsei Flashman (1986) — Character DesignerRecord of Lodoss War (1990) — Character DesignerStar Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2013) — Story · Writer · Storyboard Artist · Series Director · Series Composition · Layout Supervisor · Mechanical DesignerCutie Honey (2004) — Costume DesignMetallic Rouge (2024) — Series Composition · Technical Supervisor · Original Concept · OtherRahXephon (2002) — Storyboard Artist · Writer · Creator · Director · Original StoryPatlabor WXIII the Movie (2002) — Mechanical Designer · Original StoryKamen Rider Agito (2001) — Creature DesignBirdy the Mighty: Decode (2008) — WriterPatlabor: The TV Series (1989) — Mechanical Designer · AuthorPatlabor: The New Files (1990) — Author · Storyboard ArtistTowa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible (2011) — Conceptual DesignTowa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals (2011) — Conceptual DesignTowa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams (2011) — Conceptual DesignTowa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety (2011) — Conceptual DesignThe Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015) — Original Story