is a Japanese anime character designer and director.
Biography
In 1988, Matsubara joined
Gainax
Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; ja, 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, Roya ...
. In 1996, after finishing the ''
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...
'' series, he left Gainax and worked as a freelancer for various TV series and OVAs. He was the character designer and animation director on the 1995 OVA series ''
Oh My Goddess!
, or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to ...
'' which had five episodes, and then its feature film ''
Oh My Goddess! The Movie'' in 2000. He would then reprise his role as character designer for the 2005 TV series which ran for 2 seasons. He did the character design for the ''
Sakura Wars
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'' anime television series in 2000, and for its various OVA location-based sequels including Paris and New York. In 2003, he provided the character design for the anime television series ''
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'', where he was noted for his art style
full of lavish patterns instead of solid colors.
He provided the character designs for the anime film ''
The Princess and the Pilot
is a 2008 Japanese light novel by written by Koroku Inumura and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa. An anime film adaptation was released in Japanese cinemas on 1 October 2011.
''To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku'' is a joint production by Japanese ...
''
In 2006,
Hideaki Anno
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and
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
is a Japanese character designer, manga artist, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio.
Personal life
Before Gainax was founded under the official name (it was originally called Daicon Film), Yoshiyuki served as animator o ...
asked Matsubara to join
Khara and he has been working there since then. He visited
Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first we ...
in 2001 and 2002,
Anime Central
Anime Central (ACen) is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare & Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The convention is organized by the Midwest Animation Promotion Society (MAPS). ...
in 2002 and 2003
and
Anime USA in 2002.
and would later return to the U.S. for
Otakon
Otakon ( ) is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August. It stands for Otaku Convention. From 1999 to 2016, it took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district; in 2017, it moved to ...
and
Animazement.
Filmography
Other media
Books
* -2006
* -2010
Others
* '' Hidenori Matsubara Sakura Taisen Collection 2003'' art exhibit
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Takaoka City Sightseeing ambassador - Character Design - 2012
References
External links
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Japanese animators
Japanese animated film directors
Anime character designers
Gainax
1965 births
Living people