is a Japanese director and storyboard artist best known for co-directing ''

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'' with

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Career

Kamitsubo began his career in the anime industry as a photographer and episode director with studios

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and Studio Deen. In 2004, he worked under

on the original anime series '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', and the following year was brought into Shaft by Shinbo the following year, where his first project with the company was as an episode director on '' Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase''. He would later make his series directorial debut with Shinbo and Shaft in 2007 with ''

''. Soon after, he left the company and began working on various

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projects, including his own series ''

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'' and '' Hen Semi''. In 2012, however, he announced that he would be leaving the industry, and his final work would be as an episode director on the tenth episode of '' To Love Ru: Darkness'' under the pseudonym . Despite this, Kamitsubo returned to the industry in 2014, acting as a storyboard artist for Xebec's series '' Argevollen'' beginning with the 13th episode. Since 2017, Kamitsubo has mainly worked on series produced by

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Works

Television series

Highlights roles with series directorial duties.

OVAs

Notes

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