is a Japanese

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director.

Career

Sugishima started his career on

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in the 1980s, having worked as the

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producer for ''

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''s episodes 1 to 18, as well as the director and storyboarder for other episodes. Another major work in his early career was his involvement with the ''

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'' series; he directed several episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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''. His first work as main director was in 1994 when he directed at Sunrise a single-episode special titled ''Shinizokonai Kakarichō''. His subsequent works were not at Sunrise; he directed '' Gokudo'' (1999) at Trans Arts, ''

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'' (2000–2004) at

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, and ''

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'' (2005) at

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. For the latter company he also directed the

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'' in 2007. After directing ''

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'' at

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in 2008, he went to direct four ''

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''-related television series and one film at

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and

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between 2009 and 2012. He returned to work for Sunrise where he was the director for two ''

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'' anime; ''Burning Soul'' (2015) and ''Double Drive'' (2016).

Works

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'' (1982) *''

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'' (1983) *''

'' (1984) *''

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'' (1986) *'' Kamen no Ninja Akakage'' (1987) *''

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'' (1987) *''

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'' (1987) *''

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'' (1988) *''

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'' (1996)

As main director

*''Shinizokonai Kakarichō'' (1994) *'' Tekken: The Motion Picture'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *''

'' (2000–2004) *''

'' (2005) *''

'' OVA (2007) *''

'' (2008) *'' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'' (2009–2010) *'' Beyblade: Metal Masters'' (2010–2011) *'' Beyblade: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader'' (2010) *'' Beyblade: Metal Fury'' (2011–2012) *'' Beyblade: Shogun Steel'' (2012) *'' Battle Spirits: Burning Soul'' (2015–2016) *''

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'' (2016–2017)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sugishima, Kunihisa 1959 births Anime directors People from Gifu Prefecture Sunrise (company) people Living people