is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

, and illustrator. He is often noted for his work with anime studio

Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. Terminology Al ...

Helen McCarthy Helen McCarthy (born 27 February 1951) is the British author of such anime reference books as ''500 Manga Heroes and Villains'', ''Anime!'', ''The Anime Movie Guide'' and ''Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation''. She is the co-author of ...

in ''500 Essential Anime Movies'' commented that he "shot to fame" in 1985 as a character designer on the ''

Zeta Gundam is a 1985 Japanese television anime series, the second installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, and a sequel to the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu ...

'' TV series. McCarthy, Helen. ''500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide''. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 62. — 528 p. —

Works

Anime television

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Aura Battler Dunbine is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sotsu and Sunrise. ''Dunbine'' is set in Byston Well, a parallel world that resembles the countryside of medieval Europe with kingdoms ruled by monarchs in castles, ...

'' - Animation Director (episodes 23, 33, 37, 42, 45, and 47) *''

Heavy Metal L-Gaim is a mecha anime television series, begun in 1984, which was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Its characters and mecha were designed by Mamoru Nagano, who would later go on to create ''The Five Star Stories''. ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' takes place ...

'' - Animation Director (episodes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30, and 37) *'' Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'' - Secondary Character Designer *''

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is a 1985 Japanese television anime series, the second installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, and a sequel to the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu ...

'' - Animation Director (episodes 1, 6, 11, 15, 19, 23, 26, and 36) *''

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ is the third installment in Sunrise's long running ''Gundam'' franchise and the last TV series in the franchise released in Japan's Shōwa period. A direct follow up to ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'', it is directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tom ...

'' - Character Designer; Animation Director (episodes 2, 32 and 47)

Original video animation (OVA)

*'' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' - Character Design *''

Megazone 23 is a four-part Japanese cyberpunk original video animation created by Noboru Ishiguro, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It ...

'' - Key Animation (Part 2), Character Designer (Part 3) *''

Robot Carnival is a Japanese anthology original video animation (OVA) and anime film released in 1987. The film consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has ...

'' - Director, Script, Character Design (Starlight Angel) *''

Dragon Century is a Japanese two-episode OVA anime series that was created by Ryuukihei and produced and animated by the Anime International Company. It was originally released on VHS and laserdisc in Japan in 1988 and then it was eventually subtitled in ...

'' - Animation Director and Character Designer *''

Genesis Survivor Gaiarth was an anime OVA series produced by AIC and Artmic in 1992. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future, chronicling the story of a young man named Ital Del Labard and his partner, the war-roid Zaxon. It was licensed and dist ...

'' - Screenplay, Original Concept, Character Design, Key Animation (ep. 1) *''

Moldiver is a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series. It is a parody of magical girl and superhero anime series. Plot The plot focuses on a young girl by the name of Mirai Ozora, living in Tokyo in the year 2045. Being obsessed with her hobbies of shopping ...

'' - Director, Original Concept, Character Design, Animation Director (ep 6), Animation (OP/ED) *''

Yamato 2520 was Yoshinobu Nishizaki's attempt at a sequel to ''Space Battleship Yamato'', set several hundred years after the original series. However, Nishizaki was sued by Leiji Matsumoto for breach of copyright. Ultimately, ''Yamato 2520'' was left un ...

'' - Character Designer

Anime Films

*'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' - Character Design, Animation Director

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