was a Japanese director and animator, best known for directing the landmark anime series ''

Serial Experiments Lain ''Serial Experiments Lain'' (stylized as ''serial experiments lain'') is a Japanese anime television series created and co-produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura. Animated by Triangle Staff ...

'', and for his collaboration with

Masamune Shirow , better known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. Shirow is best known for the manga ''Ghost in the Shell'', which has since been turned into three theatrical anime films, two anime television series, an anime television movie, an an ...

and Chiaki J. Konaka on '' Ghost Hound''.

Death

In 2009, it was announced that he would be working on a new project: '' Despera''. Production was put on hold due to Nakamura suffering from an unspecified illness. Following several months of hospitalization due to

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass. These cancerous cells have the ability to invade other parts of the body. A number of types of panc ...

, he died on June 29, 2013. His death was announced nearly a month after.

Filmography

Director

*1992: ''Tomcat's Big Adventure'': Director, Script, Storyboard, Composition *1994: ''The Life of Guskou Budori'': Director, Script *1995: '' Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture'': Director *1996: ''Legend of Crystania (OVA)'': Director *1998: ''

'': Series director, Director (Eps 1, 2, 12, 13), Storyboard, Continuity (Eps 5, 6, 8, 11–13), Continuity Direction *1999: ''

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'': Director, Storyboard, Episode Director (1-4,12,14,16) *2000: ''

Sakura Wars is a Japanese steampunk media franchise created by Oji Hiroi and owned by Sega. It is focused around a series of cross-genre video games. The first game in the series was released in 1996, with five sequels and numerous spin-off titles b ...

'': Series director, Continuity *2003: ''

Kino's Journey , shortened to ''Kino's Journey'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. The series follows a traveler named Kino and her talking motorcycle named Hermes, as they explore ...

'': Director, Storyboard, Episode Director (ep 1, 2, 5) *2006: '' Rec'': Director, Storyboard, Episode Director *2007: '' Kino's Journey -Country of Illness- For You-'': Director *2007: '' Ghost Hound'': Director *2013 (Posthumous): ''Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki Kaizokujima DE! Daibōken'': Director *Suspended: '' Despera'': Director

Other

*1978-79: '' Takarajima'': Key Animation *1979-80: ''The Rose of Versailles'': Key Animation (eps 24, 26–40) *1980-81: '' Ashita no Joe 2'': Key Animation *1981: '' Unico (movie)'': Art *1982: '' Space Adventure Cobra'' - The Movie: Animation *1985: '' A Journey Through Fairyland (movie)'': In-Between Animation *1986: ''

They Were Eleven is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. It was serialized in three issues of Shogakukan's ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine in 1975. The following year, it won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award in ...

(movie)'': Storyboard *1988: ''Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1)'': Storyboard (eps 2, 4) *1990: ''The Great Adventures of Robin Hood'': Storyboard (eps 14, 20, 25, 31, 33, 40, 47) *1991: '' Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato'': Storyboard (2) *1991: '' Lupin III: "Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!"'': Storyboard *1991: ''Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack'': Storyboard (ep 30) *1991: ''Tenku Senki Shurato'': Storyboard *1992: ''Tekkaman Blade'': Storyboard (eps 12, 19, 25, 30) *1996: '' Popolocrois (game)'': Animation Movie Director, Story Board & Game Art *1999: ''

Magic User's Club is a magical girl/boy anime created by Triangle Staff and Junichi Sato. It was first released as a six-part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network Animax ...

'': Storyboard (ep 3), Episode Director (ep 3) *2000: '' Love Hina'': Key Animation Episodes 13, 18 *2001: '' Final Fantasy: Unlimited'': Episode 2 Director/Storyboard *2002: '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'': Storyboard (ep 5), Episode Director (ep 5)

Bibliography

* ''Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture Storyboard'' (劇場アニメーションレジェンド・オブ・クリスタニア絵コンテ). Triangle Staff. * ''visual experiments lain'' (ビジュアルエクスペリメンツレイン). Sony Magazines , 1999.

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