Koichi Ohata
Koichi Ohata is a Japanese anime mecha designer, storyboard artist, and director. He worked on anime such as Cybernetics Guardian, M.D. Geist, Genocyber, and Gunbuster.
Koichi Ohata
- Name
- Koichi Ohata
- Born
- 26 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Mecha designer, storyboard artist, director
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Koichi Ohata • Born — 26 July 1962 • Birthplace — Aichi Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Mecha designer, storyboard artist, director
Career
Career
He also designed the robot in Gunbuster. He directed Burst Angel and the second through fourth seasons of Ikki Tousen anime series. His mecha design is known for mixing mechanical and biological elements together. He also did art for the American produced MD Geist comic series produced by Central Park Media.
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Filmography
• Year — Title — Crew role — Notes — Source • –84 — Lightspeed Electroid Albegas — Mechanical design • Chō Kōsoku Galvion — Mechanical design • –85 — Video Warrior Laserion — Mechanical design • –85 — Choriki Robo Galatt — Guest mechanical design • –86 — Ninja Senshi Tobikage — Mechanical design • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack — Design cooperation — Film • Sonic Soldier Borgman — Mechanical design • Gunbuster — Robot design — OVA • –94 — Angel Cop — Mechanical Design — OVA • Cybernetics Guardian — Mechanical Design — OVA • Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again — Mechanical design, mechanical supervision — OVA • Genocyber — Director, Storyboard, Script — OVA • M.D. Geist II: Death Force — Director, Draft, Settings — OVA • Biohazard 4D-Executer — Director — Short film • Sadamitsu the Destroyer — Series director • Burst Angel — Series director • Gun Sword — Storyboard (Episode 8) • Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny — Series director • Burst Angel Infinity — Director — OVA • Saiyuki Reload: Burial — Director, Storyboards — OVA • –08 — You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle — Series director • Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians — Series director — Also OVA • Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor — Series director, Script — Also OVA • Maken-ki! — Series director — TV • Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper — Storyboard Cooperation — Film • Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno — Storyboard Cooperation — Film • –21 — Healin' Good Pretty Cure — Storyboard — TV • Redo of Healer — Storyboard — TV • 9-Nine: Ruler's Crown — Series director — TV
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- 2.Swallow, Jim. Keiji Ohata Q&A. J-Fan. Ebony Publishing. 55-57. January 1996.
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- 8.Cayanan, Joanna. Palette's 9-nine- TV Anime Unveils Returning Cast, Staff, 2025 Debut. Anime News Network. September 8, 2024.
- 9.Agency for Cultural Affairs. アニメ / メディア芸術データベース – 大畑晃一. Media Arts Database.
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