Ikuto Yamashita is a mecha designer and writer whose Evangelion ANIMA side novel is being adapted into an audiobook, and who won the Best Artist award at the 57th Seiun Awards for his work on Apocalypse Hotel.
Ikuto Yamashita is the mechanical designer and writer of the Evangelion side novel Evangelion ANIMA. In July 2026, the novel received an audiobook adaptation on Audible, with Volume 1 available immediately and subsequent volumes releasing from around August 2026. Narrator Sasaki Aitani voices multiple characters. Yamashita himself had expressed concern that the dense, technical novel might not work read aloud.
Yamashita also won the Best Artist award at the 57th Seiun Awards, announced in June 2026, for his work on the original TV anime Apocalypse Hotel and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu. The anime itself won Best Media, and the spinoff manga won Best Comic, a rare clean sweep for a single franchise across two categories. Yamashita's recognition as Best Artist highlights his contributions as a mecha designer to the project.
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The official Evangelion side novel Evangelion ANIMA, written by mechanical designer Ikuto Yamashita, is being adapted into an audiobook. Volume 1 is available on Audible, with subsequent volumes releasing from around August 2026. Narrator Sasaki Aitani voices multiple characters.
The 57th Seiun Awards winners were announced on Monday. CyberAgent and Cygames Pictures' Apocalypse Hotel original TV anime won Best Media, and its spinoff manga Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu won Best Comic. Mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita won Best Artist. Other winners included Rokudo Ningen's Labeled Human for Best Japanese Long Story and Iori Miyazawa's "Tokitoki Channel: How to Make Nonexistent Weather" for Best Japanese Short Story.