Yasuhiro Imagawa
Yasuhiro Imagawa is a master of one of the cornerstone genres of anime: The Giant Robot Show. In the 1980s, he worked on such hits as Aura Battler Dunbine, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, and a little show known as Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. In the 1990s, he returned to the Gundam world with Mobile Fighter G Gundam. Some other noteworthy 90s shows he worked on include Violinist of Hameln, and a certain show known as Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still, which just happens to be one of the best things ever. (Really, it's certified as such.) Not ready to stop there, in the 2000s he worked on Seven of Seven, Fist of the Blue Sky, with his most recently aired work being Shin Mazinger Z Shougeki! Z Hen - and if he's got the chops to work on retelling the story that started the whole super robot thing, you know he's gotta be good!
Perhaps best known as an anime director, Mr. Imagawa has fulfilled many roles on the production side, including production, storyboarding, scripting, and series composition. Mr. Imagawa is a native of Osaka, Japan, which is widely known as where delicious Takoyaki comes from. In addition to loving robots, Mr. Imagawa is a fan of Star Trek and the manga of Terumitsu Yokoyama, whose works Giant Robo is based upon.