Yutaka Izubuchi (Writing)

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Works

Metallic Rouge

In a world where humans coexist with androids called Neans, a group known as the Immortal Nine rises up against society. Tasked with disposing of the revolters, a Nean named Rouge Redstar (aka Metal Rouge) and investigator Naomi Orthmann head to Mars to track them down…but first, Rouge wants some chocolate.

Release Date: 2024-01-11

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 27

ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION

The size of the Japanese animation market was 2,426 billion yen by 2020. More than half of that amount came from overseas sales. The manga market is also expanding, reaching 675.9 billion yen in 2021. Those unique visuals and stories from Japan have struck a chord with fans around the world and are growing into a huge industry. ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION will actively feature major works that are highly recognized by overseas fans and reveal the secrets of Japanese anime and manga creation through the series.

Release Date: 2023-04-30

Character: Self - Director and Mechanical Designer

Episode Count: 1

Documentary "Shin Kamen Rider" ~Behind the Scenes of the Hero Action Challenge~

"Shin Kamen Rider" is the first live-action film directed by Hideaki Anno since "Shin Godzilla" seven years ago. In the 52-year history of the "Masked Rider" series, this is the first time that cameras have been on the production site for an extended period of time. Please take a look at the two years of the creators taking on the challenge of creating an unprecedented heroic action film.

Release Date: 2023-03-31

Character: Self

Vote Count: 3

Special Broadcast Movie "Shin Kamen Rider" Premise/Act 1: Kumo-Aug

A TV special which contained the first 23 minutes of "Shin Kamen Rider" footage and was broadcasted on MBS in order to promote the movie.

Release Date: 2023-03-28

Department: Art

Job: Art Designer

Vote Count: 2

Shin Kamen Rider

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Release Date: 2023-03-17

Department: Art

Job: Conceptual Design

Vote Count: 278

Kamen Rider OOO 10th: The Core Medals of Resurrection

The year is 2021 and the world is in a state of chaos and fear. The ancient king OOO has come back to life after 800 years of dormancy. As the Kougami Foundation mounts a human resistance, Eiji Hino returns to Japan, believing he has at last found the means to revive the Greeed Ankh...

Release Date: 2022-03-12

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Creature Design

Vote Count: 10

Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

A virtual world in a scab coral (coral-like information life form) created by Eureka. Ten years have passed since the people of the virtual world appeared on this earth with the collapse. As a result of this “great fusion”, human beings in the virtual world call themselves “Green Earth”, and human beings on the old Earth call themselves “Blue Earth”, and various collisions will be repeated under the surface of the water. And Dewey Novak, a high-ranking official of the Green Earth Army, raises up with his colleagues to protect their dignity and finally puts into action a large-scale terrorist program.

Release Date: 2021-11-26

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Mechanical Designer

Vote Count: 14

Gravity Rush: The Animation - Overture

The 20-minute animation that bridges the gap between the original Gravity Rush and Gravity Rush 2. Featuring Kat "Gravity Queen" and her friends Raven and Syd. Can they find more clues about the fearsome enemy threatening to unravel the fabric of the universe?

Release Date: 2016-12-26

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Vote Count: 7

Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot

“Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot” is a part of the “Patlabor” franchise that showcases multiple anime, live-action, manga, light novel, and video game adaptations.

Release Date: 2016-10-15

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Vote Count: 7

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda, sets out to stop the terrorists.

Release Date: 2015-05-01

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Vote Count: 31

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

2199 AD. Yamato tried to leave behind the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, after receiving a "Cosmo Reverse System" at its destination, Iscandar. However, suddenly, it encounters a mysterious group at the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The crew finds out that the group is called the "Gatlantis," and that its leader is the Gutaba expeditionary force commander who calls himself "Goran Dagaamu of Thunder." The commander demands that Yamato be handed over to him. Yamato, wanting to hurry to Earth, escapes the fray. However, Yamato is attacked by a devastating beam weapon called the "Flame Direct Attack Cannon" that can transcend space.

Release Date: 2014-12-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 13

Japan Animator Expo

The short film series "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition" presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Various omnibus animations produced with love and energy, regardless of any genres. The digital distribution anime series bring opportunities for project development, R&D, human resources development, and free production under limited period and budget, to explore the possibilities of future film production.

Release Date: 2014-11-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Mechanical Designer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 7

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember

Compilation film of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" TV series. The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Release Date: 2014-10-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 2

The Next Generation: Patlabor

In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.

Release Date: 2014-03-08

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 3

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: And Now the Warship Comes

Theatrical release of episodes 23-26 of Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

Release Date: 2013-08-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Offense and Defense on the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy

Release Date: 2013-06-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Arrival! Large Magellanic Cloud

Theatrical release of episodes 19-22 of Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

Release Date: 2013-06-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: The Redolence of Intergalactic Space

Theatrical release of episodes 15-18 of Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

Release Date: 2013-04-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2199

The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.

Release Date: 2013-04-07

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 48

Tsukasa travels to his home world of the World of Decade, where he discovers the origin of his powers and his true heritage as the leader of Dai-Shocker. The film features all ten of the lead Heisei Kamen Riders, as well as all of the Shōwa period Kamen Riders, leading to a total of 25 Riders.

Release Date: 2009-08-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Creature Design

Vote Count: 11

Shangri-La

The story of a young woman fighting for her survival in a real "urban jungle." Only 18 years old, Kuniko Hojo finds herself at the heart of the battle for humanity's future when she discovers that the government which rules Atlas intends to continue marginalising the less-privileged masses outside the tower - by force, if necessary.

Release Date: 2009-04-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 7

Birdy the Mighty: Decode

While pursuing fugitives the Space Federation police officer Birdy Cephon Altera finds herself on Earth.

Release Date: 2008-07-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 20

Cutie Honey: The Live

The Panther Claw organization is driven by a relentless pursuit of wealth, using any means necessary to achieve their goals. However, their plans start to unravel thanks to the unexpected interference of a seemingly ordinary girl. This girl, who initially encounters Panther Claw by chance, turns out to be Kisaragi Honey, the ‘daughter’ of the brilliant cyberneticist Dr. Kisaragi Koshirou. Recognizing her value, Panther Claw’s four members race to capture Cutie Honey. Kisaragi Honey, also known as Cutie Honey, is not alone in her fight. She is joined by two allies, Saotome Miki (Sister Miki) and Kenmochi Yuki (Sister Yuki). Together, they work to thwart Panther Claw’s schemes and protect Honey from being exploited.

Release Date: 2007-10-02

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 3

The Skull Man

Otomo City: where freedom and justice have atrophied to the bone; where conspiracy rules the day and death stalks the night... Death in the form of the Skull Man, a literal Grim Reaper whose skeletal grin presages grisly mayhem and murder, even to the monstrous mutants that haunt the city's underworlds! To investigate a bizarre slaying, journalist Minagami Hayato and photographer Kiriko Mamiya must stalk this ultimate predator, through a festering cadaver of a city where the corruption flows in rivers as deep and foul as the sins of the reigning elite, and unearth a secret so shocking that an entire city has been turned into a tomb to contain! In a nightmarish necropolis where nothing is as it seems, vengeance comes in the form of a living Death's-Head!

Release Date: 2007-04-28

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 7

Toward the Terra

In the future, mankind's seemingly utopian society is strictly controlled by the government, and anything that threatens to disrupt the status quo is ruthlessly suppressed. When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question the way the society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations. Now, each is determined to hunt him down - one to kill him and the other to save him.

Release Date: 2007-04-07

Department: Art

Job: Conceptual Design

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 8

Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love

In 1999, an enormous meteor crashed onto Earth carrying extraterrestrial creatures known as Worms within it. These creatures took on the identities of real humans and then killed them. In order to counter this new threat, ZECT was formed, who in turn created the Masked Rider System to combat the Worms. The battles lasts over seven years, depleting Earth's resources and turning it into a barren wasteland. By present time, power struggles in ZECT have caused a new group, known as Neo-ZECT, to be created. Souji Tendou, a man weilding the Kabuto Zector, decides to sell his power to either ZECT or Neo-Zect for unkown reasons.

Release Date: 2006-08-05

Department: Costume & Make-Up

Job: Costume Design

Vote Count: 14

Kamen Rider Hibiki The Movie: Hibiki & The Seven War Oni

When a powerful new Makamou attacks and defeats Hibiki, Asumu dives into Takeshi’s history and discovers a book that details the ancient Oni and a boy sharing his name. As he reads on, he learns of the tensions between humans and Oni as they struggle to stop the Orochi Makamou, but will he discover the key to defeating the new Orochi in the present?

Release Date: 2005-09-03

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Creature Design

Vote Count: 4

Cutie Honey

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.

Release Date: 2004-05-29

Department: Costume & Make-Up

Job: Costume Design

Vote Count: 79

RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness

Quon Kisaragi was surprised when she saw an illusion of herself floating in midair. This other "self" of her claimed that she is a fragment of Quon. Thus an existentialistic dialogue began between the two.

Release Date: 2003-07-08

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio

Ayato and Haruka are middle-school sweethearts whose lives take a dire turn when the mysterious Mu invade Tokyo in the year 2012. Protecting humanity from the Mu may be Ayato's destiny, but what he really wants is to regain the relationship he once had with Haruka... a love that will have to transcend space, time, and reality itself.

Release Date: 2003-04-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 12

WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3

Set in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.

Release Date: 2002-03-30

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Mechanical Designer

Vote Count: 45

MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum

Unlike most shows the three episodes are not only totally unrelated to each other but really don't follow a plot as such and are more a light-hearted jibe at both the Patlabor series (TV and films) and other "mecha" Anime. Episode 1 is a brief introduction to the weaponry carried by the Ingram and how it was designed and why it is the way it is. Episode 2 looks at the design and maintenance of the Ingram 98 AV in SVU2 and takes a swipe at the marketing forces behind them (as in merchandising for the series). Episode 3 is the only one to attempt to expand on a very minor point raised in the original TV show and just how SVU2 is actually funded.

Release Date: 2002-03-30

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Episode Count: 3

RahXephon

Ayato Kamina, a 17-year-old high school student, lives in Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been raised to believe that the rest of civilization has been destroyed; but everything changes when a mysterious alien civilization invades his home.

Release Date: 2002-01-21

Department: Directing

Job: Series Director

Episode Count: 26

Vote Count: 26

Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4

Shouichi encounters a teenage girl called Sayaka, who ran away from a military facility because of an attack by the Ant Lords. Sayaka has a supernatural ability to foresee the future. Risa Fukami, of the military group GA, wants to use that power to enhance the newly-made G4 System, which was based upon designs stolen from Ozawa. Now, Agito and Gills must fight to stop the Ant Lords' attack, as G3 and G4 settle their score.

Release Date: 2001-09-22

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Creature Design

Vote Count: 5

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.

Release Date: 2001-09-01

Department: Art

Job: Storyboard Artist

Vote Count: 919

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

After Colony (A.C.) 195. Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic weapons called Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, these Gundams carry the hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!

Release Date: 1995-04-07

Department: Costume & Make-Up

Job: Costume Designer

Episode Count: 49

Vote Count: 76

Patlabor 2: The Movie

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

Release Date: 1993-08-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 129

Patlabor: One Day of Noa

Noa Izumi is the pilot of an Ingram Patrol Labor, a law-enforcing robot suit. On a day off from work, Noa plans to attend a concert. However, due to a series of setbacks, Noa is running later and later.

Release Date: 1992-07-23

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Patlabor: The New Files

Special Vehicles Division 2 is back on duty, along with their Ingram Patrol Labor (Patlabor) robots. Using their courage as well as the Ingrams, Captain Goto's motley crew of officers battle crime in Tokyo city. They also deal with their personal lives, as well as the supernatural.

Release Date: 1990-11-22

Department: Writing

Job: Author

Episode Count: 16

Vote Count: 3

Record of Lodoss War

Born in battle, baptized in fire, it's kingdoms have been ravaged by war for thousands of years. Now, an evil stirs, an ancient goddess of destruction awakened by an evil wizard. A party of six is forged to defeat this threat, or die in the attempt. Join Parn, the young fighter, as he leads his warriors into the heart of a land where dragons rule and evil holds sway over the earth. Six swords are now drawn against this darkness. The war for Lodoss has begun!

Release Date: 1990-06-30

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 59

Patlabor: The TV Series

Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

Release Date: 1989-10-11

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Mechanical Designer

Episode Count: 47

Vote Count: 22

Patlabor: The Movie

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

Release Date: 1989-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 158

Patlabor: The Mobile Police

In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equipped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vehicles Division 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.

Release Date: 1988-04-25

Department: Writing

Job: Original Story

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 21

Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!

Manami Hanemoto is the granddaughter of Delpower X's creator Dr Tatsuemon. The Gernanoids, soldiers the army of Getzeru, are out to destroy the robot and its young pilot as part of their mission of galactic conquest.

Release Date: 1986-12-21

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Momoco Wonderland: Strange House

J-Pop Girl Group Momoco Club feature as stars in this low budget horror film. After the transfer of Rika's father, her classmates come over to play in the empty house. The girls slowly are attacked by monsters, one by one.

Release Date: 1986-11-05

Department: Art

Job: Special Props

Vote Count: 1

Choushinsei Flashman

In 1966, five infant children were kidnapped by an alien group known as the Alien Hunters for the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess, who wanted samples of humans from Earth to experiment on. The children were rescued by Mess' arch enemy, the Flash alien race, which took each one to a different planet of the Flash solar system for training. Each child was trained separately in a range of superpowers that will allow them to fight Mess, their bodies also adapted to the atmosphere of the Flash Solar System making them gain special abilities. When they finally return to Earth in 1986 to combat Mess, who is now trying to invade it, they use the opportunity to search for their birth parents.

Release Date: 1986-03-01

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Episode Count: 50

Vote Count: 102

All About Mighty Lady

A 1984 direct-to-video tokusatsu short film produced and distributed by Daiei Video. The film is roughly divided into two portions; in the first, the main character speaks directly to the audience and introduces several pilots for the movie, which are played in their entirety. These include The Mighty Lady—an 8-milimeter student film produced in 1983—and two 1984 films simply titled Mighty Lady. This is followed by the film's main body, an original story in which Mighty Lady attempts to live life as a schoolgirl, then fights a giant robot.

Release Date: 1984-08-20

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Character Designer

Vote Count: 1

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Mechanical Designer

Episode Count: 50

Vote Count: 5