 Since retiring a studio of "Crusher Joe" and joined "Macross", he lost touch with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, his instructor.However, they reunited again after nearly 30 years in a project relating to artbooks of "Gundam", and have worked together on production of "".Itano is best known among anime fans for a style of action scene that he developed, usually nicknamed or "Macross missile massacre" by fans; it refers to a highly stylized and acrobatic method of depicting aerial combat and dogfights in many anime, particularly the "Macross" series.