Masahito Yamashita

A deeply influential animator of the 80s OVA boom. While still in highschool he was influenced by Yoshinori Kanadahttps://anilist.co/staff/106398/ and Kazuhide Tomonagahttps://anilist.co/staff/110219/ joining the former at Studio No.1 once he graduated. After half a year doing inbetweens he debuted as key animator on New Tetsujin 28https://anilist.co/anime/4208/ at the age of 19. He was known for pushing his mentors style to the extreme with even more exagerated poses and flashier effects becoming in the process as influential as Kanada himself. Some animators who followed his school are Shinya Oohirahttps://anilist.co/staff/103893/ and Jun Araihttps://anilist.co/staff/114916/. At the end of the 90s he was an employee at Square SQUARE ENIX and participated on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Withinhttps://anilist.co/anime/1361/ as a storyboarder. He left the company soon thereafter but not before working on Final Fantasy X as battle image board designer.