is a Japanese anime producer from

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. Furusato produced ''

Crush Gear Turbo ''Crush Gear'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It aired from October 2001 to January 2003, with 68 episodes. The series is about people throwing mechanical vehicles called "Gears" into a large ...

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Gear Fighter Dendoh is a Japanese robot anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Sunrise. It was directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, with Chiaki Morosawa handling series scripts, Hirokazu Hisayuki designing the characters and monsters, Satoshi ...

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. The project launched as an "animation RPG" for

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, considered the first of its kind, and later expand to multiple platforms and media in the future.

Hirokazu Hisayuki is a Japanese character designer and animation director for Sunrise. His major works include the ''Queen's Blade'' game series which was later made into an anime adaptation, the ''My-Hime'' and ''My-Otome'' series, and numerous titles from the '' ...

, Yōhei Sasaki, Shō Matsui, Yukiko Akiyama, and

Hisashi Hirai is a Japanese animator, character designer, and manga artist. He is noted for his work with Sunrise, having worked on ''Infinite Ryvius'', '' s-CRY-ed'', ''Gundam SEED'', ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' and '' Fafner of the Azure''. He was also the le ...

work on the project's character design. The opening song is by

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and Yumemiru Adolescene. Formerly a producer at Sunrise Studio 8, Furusato established his own company, Odd Eye Creative, in February 2011.

Works

TV anime

*'' Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi'' (1983) - Production assistant *''

Mister Ajikko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a young boy cook. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1986 to 1989, with its chapters collected in ninete ...

'' (1988) - Setting production *''

Brave Exkaiser is a Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise. The series is directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe and written by Yasushi Hirano with both character and mecha designs done by Masayuki Hiraoka and Kunio Okawara respectively. It aired on ...

'' (1990) - Setting production *''

The Brave of Sun Fighbird is a 1991 anime television series, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe. It is the second incarnation in the long-running " ''Brave''", (or ''Yūsha''), franchise. This series's title's English translation bea ...

'' (1991) - Production desk *''

The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn , sometimes simply Da Garn, is a Japanese animated television series that aired in 1992, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and is the third of the long running Yuusha or "Brave" series. The official Japane ...

'' (1992) - Production desk *''

The Brave Express Might Gaine is an anime television series begun in 1993, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the fourth in the '' Yūsha'' or Brave metaseries. Story Mighto Senpuuji is a billionaire crime-fighting teenager, t ...

'' (1993) - Production desk *''

The Brave Police J-Decker is the fifth series of the anime television meta Brave series (Yūsha) created by Takara and Sunrise. It aired in Japan from February 5, 1994 to January 28, 1995. ''Brave Police J-Decker'' returns the series to a subtly lighter tone, focusing ...

'' (1994) - Production desk *''

The Brave of Gold Goldran is a Japanese anime television series begun in 1995, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the sixth in the '' Yūsha''/''Brave'' metaseries. Goldran follows the adventures of three young boys who are tas ...

'' (1995) - Assistant producer *''

Outlaw Star is a Japanese anime Television show, television series produced by Sunrise (company), Sunrise and Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Itō. The series takes place in the "Toward Stars Era" universe i ...

'' (1998) - Producer *''

Angel Links is an anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was originally aired across the Japanese WOWOW television network from April 7 to June 30, 1999. It is a spin-off of the manga ''Outlaw Star'' by Takehiko Itō. Premise The story fol ...

'' (1999) - Producer *'' DinoZaurs: The Series'' (2000) - Project producer *''

'' (2000) - Producer *''

'' (2001) - Producer *''

Machine Robo Rescue is a 2003 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It's the third incarnation of the ''Machine Robo'' anime trilogy, which is based on the toyline by PLEX and Bandai. It is directed by Mamoru Kanbe (''Cardcaptor Sakura'') and ...

'' (2003) - Producer *''

My-HiME is a Japanese anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The series focuses on the lives of HiMEs—girls with the capa ...

'' (2004) - Producer *''

My-Otome is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of ''My-HiME'' anime series and as such ''My-Otome'' takes place in a new setting with new main characters. The series origi ...

'' (2005) - Producer *'' Idolmaster: Xenoglossia'' (2007) - Producer *''

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space is a Japanese anime television series, created and produced by Sunrise. Based on the original concept by the Sunrise animation staff, the series is directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Jukki Hanada, overseeing a team of animators no ...

'' (2009) - Producer *'' Phi Brain: Puzzle of God'' (2011–2013) - Animation producer *''

Cross Ange , also known as simply ''Cross Ange'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise that aired from October 2014 to March 2015. A manga adaptation began publication in August 2014. Plot Through the development of groundb ...

'' (2014) - Project producer *''

Revue Starlight is a Japanese media franchise created in 2017 by Bushiroad, Nelke Planning and Kinema Citrus. It primarily consists of a series of musicals, debuting between September 22 and 24, 2017 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo; a 12-episode anime t ...

'' (2018) - Project cooperation

Movies

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Castle in the Sky , titled ''Laputa: Castle in the Sky'' for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The first film produced by Studio Ghibli, ...

'' (1986) - Production assistant *''Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge'' (2002) - Producer *'' Fukkō Ōen Masamune Datenicle Gattaiban+'' (2021) - Planning, producer

OVA

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Future GPX Cyber Formula is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu-DK, VAP and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon TV and was later followed by four OVA series respectively ti ...

SAGA'' (1996) - Producer *'' Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN'' (1998) - Producer *''

My-Otome Zwei is a Japanese OVA anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it consists of four episodes, which were released across three-month intervals and is the sequel to the original ''My-Otome'' anime ...

'' (2006) - Producer *'' My-Otome 0: S.ifr'' (2008) - Producer

Web anime

* ''Megohime Animation'' (2019) - Associate producer

Games

*''Xuccess Heaven'' (2015) - Planning, original creator

Magazine projects

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Megami Magazine is a Japanese monthly magazine which focuses on bishōjo characters from anime and Japanese computer and console games, edited by IID and published by Gakken Plus. It is known for having many posters, pinups and large pictures among the articles ...

: Hōkago no Lucky Risupōn'' (2019) - Original idea, original creator

References

External links

* * * * Living people Japanese television producers 1961 births {{Japan-bio-stub