Mitsuru Ishihara

石原満

Began his career at Ashi Productions. Leaving years later with [Nobuyoshi Habara](https://anilist.co/staff/115631/) and other Ashi staff to form [Xebec](https://anilist.co/studio/27/) in 1995. During his time at Xebec, Ishihara would become one of the studio's most prolific and trusted animators, supervisors, and designers. He is best known for his adaptive designs for the [Rockman.EXE](https://anilist.co/anime/1710/) series. Other notable character design works include [Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go MAX](https://anilist.co/anime/2709/), [Dai-Guard](https://anilist.co/anime/1312/), [Daughters of Mnemosyne](https://anilist.co/anime/3342/), among others. To this day he is well regarded by former Xebec staff. [Shingo Adachi](https://anilist.co/staff/110189/) recalls how it was Ishihara who had personally recruited him and led to him joining Xebec. [Kiyotaka Oshiyama](https://anilist.co/staff/119806/) said that Ishihara had helped him establish connections at [Bones](https://anilist.co/studio/4/) early in his career when Ishihara invited him to take part in the first [Fullmetal Alchemist](https://anilist.co/anime/430/) film.

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