He was a long-time collaborator with director Mamoru Oshii since the Urusei Yatsura TV series in the early 1980s, but he and other three members of Headgear, Masami Yuuki (manga author), Akemi Takada (character designer), and Yutaka Izubuchi (mecha designer), were not involved in the recent The Next Generation -Patlabor- live-action series (2014-2015) directed by Oshii.
After GENCO’s announcement at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 62-year-old Kazunori Ito confirmed on his official Twitter that he has been attached to the Patlabor EZY project.
He is one of the five members of Headgear, the team who created the Patlabor franchise, and worked as the main scenario writer for its anime series.