
I remembered seeing his Macross 2 artworks illustrations as a teenager and only recently learned he did the poster for Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket. I actually started to watch Gundam and seeing the poster made me do more googling on him.
District Water color style artwork and a soft touch which makes mecha feel more airy and light.
Recently he has a new character design book published in addition to the previous illustrations one in 1992
Do purchase his latest book Haruhiko Mikimoto Character Design Archives here at Basheer.
For a review you can read it on ParkaBlogs.
https://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-haruhiko-mikimoto-character-design-archives

Influences
- Shotaro Ishinomori (Manga illustrator)
- Yoko Tsuyatsu (Shojo Artist)
- Yoshihiko Yasuhiko (Soft-style Painter)
Links:
https://macross.fandom.com/wiki/Haruhiko_Mikimoto
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=43
https://otakumode.com/shop/534e0be16acb28230e00014b/Haruhiko-Mikimoto-Gundam-Art-Book-Into-the-Sky
https://shopforrocketfishheadset.blogspot.com/2020/11/gundam-0080-poster.html?m=1
Archive
https://archive.org/details/haruhikomikimotoillustrations/page/n22/mode/2up