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(January 10, 1964 – April 17, 2021 ) was a Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanical designer, and animation director primarily known for '' BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' and ''

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''; his guest appearance as director of episode 4 of ''

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'', and, most recently, episode 15 of ''

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''. After graduating from high school, he worked as a designer and manga artist, but following his participation in ''Grandia'' he was mainly active in the field of animation. He originally directed

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shorts and

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in 2019, and died on April 17, 2021, at 57 years old, due to a relapse of a colon infection. His name is occasionally rendered in full katakana to differentiate from Osamu Kobayashi, an unrelated anime episode director.

Filmography

Director

* '' table&fishman'' (short) (2002) (first directorial work) * ''End of the world'' (short - part of Grasshoppa! series) (2002) * '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad'' (TV) (2004-2005) * ''

'' (TV) (2005) * '' Sancha (The Aromatic Tea) Blues'' (short) (2007) * '' Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies'' (TV) (2008) * '' Naruto: Shippuden'' (TV) (2016) (eps 480–483) * ''Rinshi! Ekoda-chan'' (TV) (2019) (ep 11)

Other

* ''

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'' (Movie) (1989) - Mecha cleanup * ''

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'' (Game) (1997) - World setting design * '' Blue Submarine No. 6'' (OVA) (1998) - Art design, art setting * '' Evolution: The World of Sacred Device'' (Game) (1999) - World setting design, mechanical design, demo director * ''

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'' (Game) (2002) - Art design, mechanical design, stage concept design * ''

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'' (TV) (2003) - Set design, original drawing animation director, storyboard, episode director, key animation, ending animation * ''

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'' (TV) (2004) - Ending animation * '' Zoids: Genesis'' (TV) (2005-2006) - Digald concept design * '' Kemonozume'' (TV) (2006) - Storyboard, episode director, animation director, key animation (ep 7) * ''

'' (TV) (2008) - Storyboard, episode director, animation director, key animation (ep 4) * ''

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'' (TV) (2010) - ED animation special director, animation director (ep 7) * ''

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'' (TV) (2010) - Setting, episode director, storyboard, key animation (ep 5b) * '' Tegami Bachi REVERSE'' (TV) (2010) - ED2 illustration * ''

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'' (TV) (2011) - Storyboard, episode director (ep 9) * ''One Night City'' (Manga) (2014) * '' The Last: Naruto the Movie'' (Movie) (2014) - Concept art * '' Garo: Crimson Moon'' (TV) (2014) - Storyboard (ep 4) * '' Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure'' (TV) (2015) - Storyboard, episode director (ep 12) * ''

'' (TV) (2019) - Storyboard and episode director (ep 15), ending animation

References

External links

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Kojimorimoto.net - Osamu Kobayashi Bio (French)
* 1964 births 2021 deaths Japanese animators Japanese illustrators Japanese animated film directors Japanese music video directors Japanese storyboard artists Mechanical designers (mecha) Deaths from kidney cancer Deaths from cancer in Japan {{Anime-bio-stub