is a

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director,

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, and

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. Kitakubo began work in the

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industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 ''

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'' television series. He debuted as a director with the ''

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'' episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including ''

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'' with

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and '' Akira'' with

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. Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from ''

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'', the

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(OVA) series '' Golden Boy'', and the films ''

Roujin Z is a 1991 Japanese animated science fiction action thriller film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Katsuhiro Otomo. The animation for ''Roujin Z'' was produced by A.P.P.P. in association with other companies including Movic, Sony M ...

'' and '' Blood: The Last Vampire''. In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film. ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' also won grand prize at the 2000

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and first prize the 2001 ''World Animation Celebration''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitakubo, Hiroyuki 1963 births Anime directors Living people Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters People from Tokyo