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artist and

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illustrator.

Personal life

Hidetaka Tenjin was born in

Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 48 ...

, Kobe City, on October 13, 1973. After graduating from the Shibaura institute of Technology's Department of System Engineering, majoring in mechanical control systems, he became a freelance illustrator.

Mechanical and Sci-fi Illustrations

Later he established the ''Tenjin Studio Ltd.'' where he began working on plastic model box art, video game software and DVD cover art, illustrations, etc., the best known being in the Hasegawa ''

Macross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and the ...

'' series, the Bandai MG ''

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'' series,

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's ''

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V'' videogame, ''

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Fact File'' illustrations, etc. He has declared in many occasions that his realistic art style is influenced by the works of Yoshiyuki Takani,

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, Yuji Kaida and

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Anime

Tenjin Hidetaka has also worked as an animation artist in several sci-fi anime productions like ''

Macross Zero is an anime prequel OVA to ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' released for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the ''Macross'' franchise during 2002 in Japan. It was created and directed by Shoji Kawamori and produced by Sateligh ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Videography

''Macross''

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'' - Mechanical Artist *''

'' - Mechanical Artist *''Macross Frontier: The False Diva'' - Mechanical Artist *''Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye'' - Mechanical Artist *''

'' - ''Macross'' Visual Artist

Other anime

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Ultimate'' - Mechanical Artist, Special Effects *''

Genesis of Aquarion , also known simply as ''Aquarion'' is a Japanese anime television series written and directed by Shoji Kawamori, produced by Satelight. Set in the future, a giant fighting machine called the Aquarion is humanity's only effective weapon in th ...

'' - Mechanical Artist, Special Effects *''

Aquarion Evol is the sequel to the 2005 anime series ''Genesis of Aquarion''. It was originally announced on February 25, 2011, by the production staff. It aired on TV Tokyo from January to June, 2012 and its premiere featured an hour-long special that ...

'' - Mechanical Artist *''

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'' - Special Effects *''

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'' - Texture Artist, Special Effects *'' FREEDOM-PROJECT'' - Background Artist, Special Effects *'' Engage Planet Kiss Dum'' - Mechanical Artist, Special Effects *''

Glass Fleet , subtitled ''La Légende du Vent de l'Univers'' (lit. ''the Legend of the Wind of the Universe''), is an anime television series, co-animated by Satelight and Gonzo and produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (A ...

'' - Texture Artist *''

'' - Mechanical Artist, Special Effects

Video games

*''

Sonic Wings Assault ''Aero Fighters Assault'' is an arcade-style combat flight simulator developed by Paradigm Entertainment and published by Vic Tokai and Video System for the Nintendo 64 in 1997. It is the first and only game in the ''Aero Fighters'' series with ...

'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Macross VF-X2'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Macross Plus GAME EDITION'' *''

Gradius V is a Japanese-developed shoot 'em up video game published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console in 2004. ''Gradius V'' was largely developed under contract by Treasure, who had previously worked on ''Radiant Silvergun'' and ''I ...

'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Armodyne'' - Videogame Box Art *''

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'' - Videogame Box Art Japan Release *''

Macross Ultimate Frontier is a shooting game developed by Artdink for the PlayStation Portable. The game is based on Studio Nue's popular ''Macross'' series, one of which is known in the West as the first generation of ''Robotech''. It features original elements as well ...

'' - Videogame Box Art *''

Macross Ace Frontier is a shooting game developed by Artdink for the PlayStation Portable. The game is based on Studio Nue's popular ''Macross'' series, one of which is known in the West as the first generation of ''Robotech''. It features original elements as well a ...

'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Macross Triangle Frontier'' - Title Art *'' Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories'' - Videogame Box Art *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation''

Artbooks

*''Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works Of Macross: VALKYRIES'' - Mechanical Illustrator *''Hidetaka Tenjin Works: the Art of Hidetaka Tenjin'' - Mechanical Illustrator *''Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works Of Macross: VALKYRIES SECOND SORTIE'' - Mechanical Illustrator *''

Macross The Ride ''Macross The Ride'' or ''Macross R'' is a light novel series published in the ''Dengeki Hobby Magazine'', a Japanese model kit magazine. It is based on the ''Macross'' sci-fi mecha series. It was serialized from December 2010 until November 2 ...

'' - Mechanical Illustrator *''Yamato Mechanical Illustrations'' - Mechanical Illustrator *''Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works Of Macross: VALKYRIES THIRD SORTIE'' - Mechanical Illustrator

References

External links

''Tenjin Studio'' Official site
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