Kazutaka Miyatake

Kazutaka Miyatake (宮武一貴 Miyatake Kazutaka, born September 21, 1949) is a Japanese visual artist and anime mecha designer known for the mechanical design of the Macross TV series and a number of its continuations from Studio Nue, of which he is a founding member.

One of Miyatake's most famous designs is the SDF-1 Macross spacecraft. Other designs of note have been his Zentradi alien ships and mecha, as well as the U.N. Spacy Destroid mecha from the Macross franchise.

Filmography

 * Space Battleship Yamato (1974) - mechanical designer
 * Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) - mechanical design
 * Space Battleship Yamato II (1978-1979) - mechanical designer
 * DAICON III and IV Opening Animations (1981/1983) - mechanical design (uncredited)
 * The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) - mechanical designer
 * Crusher Joe (1983) - mechanical designer
 * Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983) - mechanical designer
 * Aura Battler Dunbine (1983-1984) - mechanical designer, theme song lyrics
 * Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) - mechanical designer
 * Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1986) - mechanical design
 * The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (1987) - mechanical designer
 * Starship Troopers/Space Soldiers (1988) - mechanical designer
 * Gunbuster (1988-1989) - mechanical designer
 * Macross II (1992) - original mechanical design
 * Dirty Pair Flash (1994-1996) - mecha designer
 * Macross Plus (1994) - original mechanical designer
 * Macross 7 (1994-1995) - mechanical and creature designer
 * Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) - mechanical design
 * Angel Links (1999) - mechanical concept design
 * RahXephon (2002) - artistic concept
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002-2003) - design cooperation
 * Macross Zero (2002-2004) - production setting designer
 * RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) - set design
 * Submarine 707R (2003) - mechanical design
 * My-HiME (2004-2005) - creature design (Kagutsuchi and Orfan - S. Nue)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004-2005) - design cooperation
 * Genesis of Aquarion (2005) - design assistant (eps. 2-13)
 * Eureka Seven (2005-2006) - conceptual design
 * Glass Fleet (2006) - mechanical designer
 * FLAG (2006) - mechanical designer
 * My-HiME Zwei (2006-2007) - design
 * Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (2007) - mechanical design (Xuanwushan-III)
 * My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ (2008) - creature design
 * Macross Frontier (2008) - conceptual design
 * The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009) - design
 * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector (2010-2011) - mechanical design
 * Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2013) - conceptual design