is a Japanese

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director and animator. A member of

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, he is noted for contributing the character designs and key animation to '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing'' and ''

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''. In 2000, he contributed the main character designs to ''

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''. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with '' Witch Hunter Robin''.

Works

Anime television series

*'' Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'' (1988) (animation director) *'' Mashin Eiyūden Wataru 2'' (1990) (animation director) *''

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'' (1991) (animation director) *''

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'' (1993) (animation director) *'' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing'' (1995) (character designs) *'' Gasaraki'' (1998) (character designs) *''

'' (2000) (character designs) *'' Witch Hunter Robin'' (2002) (director, original creator) *''

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'' (2004) (key animation, storyboards, episode direction, ED animation) *''

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'' (2006) (director, storyboards, animation director) *'' The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk'' (2008) (storyboards) *'' Gangsta'' (2015) (director)

OVA

*'' The Heroic Legend of Arslan'' (key animation) *'' Mobile Suit SD Gundam Matsuri SD Sengoku den Tenka Taihei hen'' (character design, animation director) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' (key animation) *'' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'' (character designs) *'' Gundam Evolve 7'' (director, storyboards, episode direction and management) *'' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' (character designs) *'' Blade Runner: Black Out 2022'' (character design, animation director)

Film

*'' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz -special edition-'' (character design) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars'' (animation director, key animation) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam III A New Translation: Love is the Pulse of the Stars'' (key animation) *'' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' (character designs) *'' Dante's Inferno Animated Epic Movie'' (one of the directors) *'' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' (original character designs) *'' Genocidal Organ'' (director, screenplay, character design, storyboard, key animation) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash'' (director, storyboard, key animation)

Video games

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'' (2000) (main character designs)

Bibliography

* ''The Complete Works of Street Fighter II Movie'' (ストリートファイター2・映画資料全集).

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, 1994. * ''Top Creators Teach How to Characters'' (トップクリエイターが教えるキャラクターの創り方『サムライチャンプルー』『エルゴプラクシー』にみるアニメーション制作現場). MC Press, 2007. * ''Genocidal Organ Artworks'' (虐殺器官アートワークス).

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, 2017.

References

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