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Itano was a key animator on episode 35, “The Glory of Solomon,” which features plenty of missiles and fast mecha movement, two of his trademarks.
Never to let an idea lie fallow for long, Sunrise has revisited and revived Blue Destiny with a new manga, serialized in #Gundam Ace, beginning in 2015. It retells the events of the game with artwork by Yo Taichi and a story by Tomohiro Chiba (who worked on the original game).
O’Neill was adamant, however, that there be plenty of vegetation, as well. He writes that “we should have grass, trees, and flowers” and predicates that “fresh vegetables and fruit [would be] in season all the time…”
In what could be his swansong an animator, the 73-year-old Yasuhiko is currently directing a movie that reimagines the events of “Cucuruz Doan’s Island." It’s scheduled to release in 2022.
Of course, famously, he also rewrote and reimagined the events of First Gundam in Mobile Suit #Gundam: Origin, which ran in Gundam Ace from 2001 to 2011 and was collected in 12 volumes. He also co-directed the OVA.
Fortunately, Yasuhiko recovered. He had—and continues to have—a long and storied career in the animation industry. Relevant to #Gundam, he returned to work on the 0079 film trilogy (1981-82) and did the character designs for Zeta (1985), F91 (1991), and Unicorn (2010-14).