Mika Akitaka - Revision history

Saix at 20:05, 11 March 2025

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Saix at 20:03, 11 March 2025

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	'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}} after the commercial success of his designs caught their attention, [[Predaking (G1)#Notes\|perhaps a little too well]].		'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加 ''Akitaka Mika'') is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}} after the commercial success of his designs caught their attention, [[Predaking (G1)#Notes\|perhaps a little too well]].

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	==External links==		==External links==
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Akitaka, Mika}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Akitaka, Mika}}

	[[Category:Generation 1 designers]]		[[Category:Generation 1 designers]]
	[[Category:TakaraTomy designers]]		[[Category:TakaraTomy designers]]

AzimuthAcolyte: Typo

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Typo

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	'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}} after his designs caught ~~there~~ attention, [[Predaking (G1)#Notes\|perhaps a little too well]].		'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}} after the commercial success of his designs caught their attention, [[Predaking (G1)#Notes\|perhaps a little too well]].

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AzimuthAcolyte: /* Interviews */

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Interviews

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	===Interviews===		===Interviews===
	*[[1998]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100724062955/http://www.ex.org/ex/3.4/09-feature_akitaka2.html Interview] with Akitaka conducted at Anime Expo 1998 touching on his time at Takara recorded at anime fan site ''EX'' (archived)		*[[1998]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100724062955/http://www.ex.org/ex/3.4/09-feature_akitaka2.html Interview] with Akitaka conducted at Anime Expo 1998 touching on his time at Takara, recorded at anime fan site ''EX'' (archived)

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AzimuthAcolyte at 18:47, 11 March 2025

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	'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}}.		'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w\|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket\|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w\|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory\|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)\|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w\|Bandai}} after his designs caught there attention, [[Predaking (G1)#Notes\|perhaps a little too well]].

	==Known ''Transformers'' design work==		==Known ''Transformers'' design work==

AzimuthAcolyte: First pass at an article for Mika Akitaka!

2025-03-11T18:44:54Z

First pass at an article for Mika Akitaka!

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'''Mika Akitaka''' (明貴美加) is a Japanese mechanical designer probably best known for his work on the ''{{w|Gundam}}'' giga-franchise, particularly critical darlings like ''{{w|Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket|War in the Pocket}}'' and ''{{w|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Stardust Memory}}''. He briefly worked as a toy designer for [[TakaraTomy]] on the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|original Generation 1 franchise]] before being snapped up by competitor {{w|Bandai}}.

==Known ''Transformers'' design work==
===''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''===
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{{Bp-d1|[[Divebomb (G1)#Toys|Divebomb]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Headstrong (G1)#Toys|Headstrong]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rampage (G1)#Toys|Rampage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Razorclaw (G1)#Toys|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Tantrum (G1)#Toys|Tantrum]]}}
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==External links==
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=6998 Mika Akitaka at the Anime News Network]

===Interviews===
*[[1998]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100724062955/http://www.ex.org/ex/3.4/09-feature_akitaka2.html Interview] with Akitaka conducted at Anime Expo 1998 touching on his time at Takara recorded at anime fan site ''EX'' (archived)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akitaka, Mika}}

[[Category:Generation 1 designers]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy designers]]