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Designers of the gundam world.
People that helped to increase the World of gundam.
Max Watanabe
Hobby
Japan Magazine's resident master modeler. Considered by most as one of
the best modelers working with anime subjects, Max Watanabe has long been
the example to look up to for many anime modelers.
Hajime Katoki
One
of the most popular modern mechanical designers working on gundam designs,
Hajime Katoki got his start with a series of designs that ran in Model
Graphix magazine, under the name gundam Sentinel. He now works for Bandai,
as their main designer for most of their gundam models. His illustrations
are also often the inspiration for garage kits, which are usually then
designated "ver. Ka" meaning Katoki's version.
Mamoru Nagano
Considered
by some to be the best mechanical designer ever, Nagano's distinctive
work on Z gundam, L-Gaim, and the manga series of his own creation named
Five Star Stories, has won him a following of extremely devoted fans who
hold his designs above most others. Nagano's work is usually characterized
by a heavier bent towards fantasy inspired styling, than most other designers.
Kunio Ookawara
The
man responsible for the gundam, Ookawara has had some level of involvement
with every gundam show ever made. His work on such pivotal shows as gundam,
Dougram, VOTOMS, and others, helped introduce the modern idea of the "mech"
as a machine of war, as opposed to the older idea of the "hero robot."
Ookawara's designs
Shoji Kowamori
Probably
one of the most popular Mechanical designers in all of anime, Shoji Kowamori,
has done designs for everything from Macross to Cowboy BeBop. Kowamori
has been involved with a number of series, including gundam, and his work
has certainly had a big influence on anime mechanical design.
Yutaka Izubuchi
A
very influential mechanical designer, with a large fan following, Izubuchi
has brought his clean, modern stylings to many shows including gundam
0080, Char's Counterattack, Patlabor, and Gasaraki.

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