is a Japanese

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director and animator. A member of

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, he is noted for contributing the character designs and key animation to ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2000, he contributed the main character designs to ''

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''. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with ''

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''.

Works

Anime television series

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'' (1988) (animation director) *''

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'' (1990) (animation director) *''

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'' (1991) (animation director) *''

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'' (1993) (animation director) *''

'' (1995) (character designs) *''

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'' (1998) (character designs) *''

'' (2000) (character designs) *''

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'' (2004) (key animation, storyboards, episode direction, ED animation) *''

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'' (2006) (director) *'' The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk'' (2008) (storyboards) *''

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'' (2015) (director)

OVA

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'' (key animation) *'' Mobile Suit SD Gundam Matsuri SD Sengoku den Tenka Taihei hen'' (character design, animation director) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' (key animation) *'' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'' (character Design) *'' Gundam Evolve 7'' (director, storyboards, episode direction and management) *'' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' (character designs) *'' Blade Runner: Black Out 2022'' (character design, animation director)

Movie works

*'' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz -special edition-'' (character design) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars'' (animation director, key animation) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam III A New Translation: Love is the Pulse of the Stars'' (key animation) *'' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' (character designs) *'' Dante's Inferno Animated Epic Movie'' (one of the directors) *'' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' (original character designs) *''

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'' (director, screenplay) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash'' (director)

Video games

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'' (2000) (main character designs)

References

External links

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