He debuted as a character designer in 1995 with the original Shadow Skill OVA and gained notice doing the character designs for Burn-Up W (1996), Amazing Nurse Nanako (1999), and Divergence Eve (2003). Yamashita also animated openings and endings to various works on his own. Examples include the Tenchi Universe (1995) opening, the Kämpfer (2009) ending, and the opening for B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time (2010). Most recently, he key animated the ending for Bartender: Glass of God (2024).
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He debuted as a character designer in 1995 with the original Shadow Skill OVA and gained notice doing the character designs for Burn-Up W (1996), Amazing Nurse Nanako (1999), and Divergence Eve (2003). Yamashita also animated openings and endings to various works on his own. Examples include the Tenchi Universe (1995) opening, the Kämpfer (2009) ending, and the opening for B Gata H Kei: Yamada’s First Time (2010). Most recently, he key animated the ending for Bartender: Glass of God (2024).
https://animecorner.me/animator-toshinari-yamashita-passes-away/
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Well thats a good chunk of my teen years right there. R.i.p man