Sunghoo Park ( ko, 박성후, ja, 朴性厚) is a South Korean

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

director and animator based in Japan. He is best known for directing the 2020 anime series ''

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'' and ''

The God of High School ''The God of High School'' () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yongje Park. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since April 2011, with the individual chapters colle ...

''.

Biography

Park decided to enter the anime industry after he watched film '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' as well as its anime series. He first studied at a university in South Korea that has an animation department, but he moved to Japan to study at . In 2004, he joined

Studio Comet is an animation studio with its headquarters in Toyotamanaka, Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Fo ...

, working on series such as ''

Onegai My Melody is a Japanese anime series produced by Studio Comet, based on the Sanrio character My Melody. The anime is directed by Makoto Moriwaki ('' High School! Kimengumi The Movie'') and produced by Hideyuki Kachi and Kazuya Watanabe. The seri ...

''. In 2017, under

MAPPA is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including ''Terror in Resonance'', ''Yuri!!! on Ice'', ''In This Corner of the Wo ...

, he made his directorial debut with '' Garo: Vanishing Line''. He also worked on the opening sequence for ''

Zombieland Saga is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. The series aired in Japan between October and December 2018. A second season titled ''Zombie Land Saga Revenge'' aired between April and June 2021. An anime f ...

'', and became the assistant director for '' Banana Fish''. In 2020, he directed ''

'', a South Korean

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. Later that year, he directed ''

'', which won Best Anime at the

5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards The 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on February 19, 2021, honoring excellence in anime from 2020. Crunchyroll announced the list of categories as well as the judges on December 16, 2020. They noted that the categories used in the previous e ...

. Park himself was also nominated for Best Director at the same awards. In December 2021, Park directed the film prequel, ''

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. The manga, which was originally titled ''Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School'', was serialized in Shueisha's magazine ''Jump GIGA'' from April ...

''. Park wanted to make each character's facial expression carefully to give them a proper look when fighting. He considers the new protagonist, Yuta Okkotsu, as a straightforward teenager whom he aimed to show his loneliness caused by being chased by Rika's Curse.

Megumi Ogata is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from the Greater Tokyo Area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tokai University, but left due to lack of interest. She is best known for voicing Shinji Ikari in ''Neon Genesis ...

surprised Park in the making of the movie for giving Yuta a sensitive characterization when crying. Park added elements of Chinese movies to the feature which he wanted fans to look forward. He also praised Seko's script for the movie which is meant to show Okkotsu's transformation into a hero. While the television series was noted for having entertaining fight scenes, MAPPA aimed the movie to make it cooler. In 2022, the second cour of ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' was nominated for anime of the year. Park was also once again nominated for best director.

Works

TV series

* ''

Terror in Resonance , also known as ''Terror in Tokyo'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA. The anime was created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa and music by Yoko Kanno. The anime began airing ...

'' (2014) (key animator) * ''

Yuri!!! on Ice is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The series was produced by MAPPA, directed and written by Sayo Yamamoto with original scripts by Mitsurō Kubo under the chief direction of Jun Shishido. Character designs ...

'' (2016) (key animator) * '' Garo: Vanishing Line'' (2017–2018) (director) * '' Banana Fish'' (2018) (assistant episode director) (ep 13) * ''

'' (2020) (director) * ''

'' (2020–2021) (director) * ''

Ninja Kamui ''Ninja Kamui'' is an upcoming Japanese anime television series that is set to premiere in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Plot After escaping his clan and going into hiding in rural America, former ninja Joe Higan ...

'' (TBA) (director)

ONA

*''

Project Bullet/Bullet A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even ...

'' (TBA) (original story draft)

Films

* ''

'' (2021) (director)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Sunghoo Anime directors Living people South Korean animated film directors South Korean television directors Year of birth missing (living people)