He created several original video animations including Angel Cop, and Battle Royal High School.
[3] [4] Since retiring a studio of Crusher Joe and joined Macross, he lost touch with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, his instructor.
The production in Space Runaway Ideon became a hot topic in the anime industry, and it came to be called this by comparing the brisk movement of mechanics to the air acrobatics of the circus.
When he was a student, he imitated this and played a game in which he attached rocket fireworks to the front fork of his beloved car and shot them all at once while chasing each other on the seashore.
According to "Sci-Fi anime is interesting―from Gundam to Evangelion―[11]", these are mentioned as follows: A synonym for Itano Circus born from rocket fireworks.
The missiles take intricate, intertwined tracks and draw three-dimensional, artistic wakes with white smoke.
In the 3D shooter games of Macross, he supervises a "variable view" that makes the player's fuselage look like it's being shot with a camera.
The scene of Char Aznable shooting Kycilia Zabi at Gundam also obscures what was clearly depicted in the original.
Although it was ripped off in TV series, there were quite cruel scenes in movies and OVAs, and in some cases, they were cut entirely in the overseas export version.
[12] Influenced by dynamic perspective and explosion of "Kanada Action", the acrobatic circus technique was analyzed by frame advance on VCRs, which were becoming popular at that time, and inspired younger animators.
This trend has continued since the 2000s, Makoto Shinkai, produced personally Voices of a Distant Star, said, "I watched Macross Plus and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory by frame and referred to the mechanical action."
Moreover, as a fan of Itano, Chikashi Kubota, an animator, showed similar works in Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi(ep.
Besides there is also a theory that people involved in Hollywood movies who saw Itano Circus in the video of Macross: Do You Remember Love?
[18] Anno mentioned his name as the first master[19] in the animation world and said, "I was taught an uncompromising creative attitude.
Gotō and Muraki were influenced by Ideon and Macross and drew speedy aerial battles in Cowboy Bebop and Eureka Seven respectively.