Mitsuki Nakamura
An image from Speed Racer, one of the productions that also features Mitsuki Nakamura.
Mitsuki Nakamura

Mitsuki Nakamura

April 7, 1944 — Japan

Mitsuki Nakamura (中村 光毅, Nakamura Mitsuki, April 7, 1944 – May 16, 2011) was an animation art director, mechanical designer and illustrator from Tokyo.

He is the art director of works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. His representative works as a mechanical designer include Science Ninja Team Gatchaman and Mach GoGoGo. He died at his home in Tokyo on May 16, 2011 due to oral cancer; he was 67 years old.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984

Speed Racer

Speed Racer

1967

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

1982

Mobile Suit Gundam I

Mobile Suit Gundam I

1981

Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

1979

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

1981

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

1989

TEKKEN: The Motion Picture

TEKKEN: The Motion Picture

1998