Takahiro Yamada

Takahiro Yamada (やまだたかひろ Yamada Takahiro) is a Japanese animator and mechanical designer. Most known for his mechanical designs in the Eldran series, some installments of the Brave franchise, and Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos which was also his debut work. When not designing character models, his art is characterized by its mechanical detail, panel lines, and elaborate shading with generous use of highlights, he also tends to draw characters on a high, 3/4 quarter angle. Yamada provided the mechanical character models for Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, Car Robots, and Legends of the Microns.