is a Japanese animator known for creating the ''Kite'' film series.

Works

Filmography

*'' Megazone 23 Part II'' (1986) character designer/animation director *''

Robot Carnival is a Japanese anthology original video animation (OVA) and anime film released in 1987. The film consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has ...

'' (1987) episode director/animation director, 'Presence' segment * ''

Lily C.A.T. ''Lily C.A.T.'' is a 1987 science fiction/ horror anime film written and directed by Hisayuki Toriumi, featuring monster designs from Yoshitaka Amano and character designs from Yasuomi Umetsu. An English version of the film was produced by C ...

'' (1987) character designer * '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'' (1993) character designer * ''Gatchaman'' (OVA) (1994) character designer *'' Cool Devices Operation 07: Yellow Star'' (1995) character designer *''

Lupin III: Dead or Alive is a 1996 Japanese animated film directed by Monkey Punch. In addition to being the fifth feature film based on Monkey Punch's ''Lupin III'' manga series, ''Dead or Alive'' was also the first ''Lupin'' production to make use of computer-generated ...

'' (1996) animator *''New

Hurricane Polymar is a Japanese anime and OVA series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The show was created by Tatsuo Yoshida, who had produced many of Tatsunoko's series. Other romanizations of the name include ''Hurricane Polymer'', and ''Hariken Polyma ...

'' (1997) character designer *''

Hen Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female chicken, other gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a lobster. It is also a slang term for a woman. Hen or Hens may also refer to: Places Norway *Hen, Buskerud, a village in Ringer ...

'' (1997) character designer (as Yasuomi Umezu aka Strange Love) *'' Kimera'' (1997) character designer *''

Kite A kite is a tethered heavier than air flight, heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create Lift (force), lift and Drag (physics), drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. ...

'' (1998) director/writer/character designer/animation director *'' Sol Bianca: The Legacy'' (1999) key animator *''

Mezzo Forte is a 2000 original video animation (OVA) directed by Yasuomi Umetsu, but in the United States these OVAs are edited into an anime movie and released it on DVD on the same year. The OVA, which concerns a young woman, Mikura Suzuki, and her m ...

'' (2001) director/writer/character designer/animation director * ''Nakoruru ~Ano hito kara no okurimono~'' (OVA) (2002) character designer *''

Mezzo DSA ''Mezzo DSA'' is a 13-episode anime series created by Yasuomi Umetsu and the first not to be licensed by Anime Works, but instead licensed by ADV Films. It is a follow up to the 2001 OVA '' Mezzo Forte''. Synopsis Mikura, Kurokawa, and Hara ...

'' (2004) (TV series) director/character designer/animation director *''

Kite Liberator is a 2008 direct-to-video anime action science fiction film and second installment of the film series. It was directed and written by Yasuomi Umetsu, who previously directed the first film in the series. The film was released on March 21, 2008 ...

'' (2008) director/writer/character designer/animation director *'' Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic'' (2010) episode director *''

Beelzebub Beelzebub ( ; he, ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ'') or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name ''Beelzebub'' is associated with the Cana ...

'' (2011) animation director (ED2) *''

Galilei Donna is an original anime television series created by Yasuomi Umetsu and produced by Fuji TV, Aniplex, Kyoraku, Dentsu, and A-1 Pictures. It is directed by Umetsu, with Shingo Adachi as a character designer, Niθ as a mechanical designer, and Shir ...

'' (2013) director *'' Wizard Barristers'' (2014) director/character designer *''

Gourmet Girl Graffiti ''Gourmet Girl Graffiti'', known in Japan as , is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Makoto Kawai. It was serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle!'' magazine between the March 2012 and November 2016 issu ...

'' (2015) animation director (OP) *'' Isuca'' (2015) animation director (ED) *''

Seraph of the End is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. The series is set in a world that allegedly comes to an end at the hands of a "human-made" virus, ra ...

'' (2015) animation director (OP) *'' Gunslinger Stratos: THE ANIMATION'' (2015) animation director (ED) *''

Gangsta. ''Gangsta'' (stylized as ''GANGSTA.'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kohske. It has been published in Shinchosha's '' Monthly Comic @BUNCH'' magazine since March 2011. The series has inspired a spin-off manga, an ...

'' (2015) animation director (ED) *''

Dimension W ''Dimension W'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Iwahara. It was published in Square Enix's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' from September 2011 to November 2015 and later in '' Monthly Big Gangan'' fr ...

'' (2016) animation director (OP) *'' Bungo Stray Dogs'' (2016) animation director (ED) *''

Twin Star Exorcists is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki Sukeno. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Jump Square'' since October 2013, with individual chapters collected into thirteen ''tankōb ...

'' (2016) animation director (OP1) *'' Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru'' (2016) animation director (OP) *''

ēlDLIVE is a Japanese manga series by Akira Amano. It started serialization via Shueisha's online app ''Jump Live'' in August 2013, switching to the digital publication ''Shōnen Jump+'' after it launched in September 2014. It has been collected in e ...

'' (2017) animation director (ED) *'' Kokkoku: Moment by Moment'' (2018) character designer

Video games

*'' Contra: The Hard Corps'' (Mega Drive, 1994) – Packaging and promotional illustrations (Japanese version) *''

Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early system ...

'' (Nintendo 64, 1999) – Promotional illustrations *'' Shin Megami Tensei: Nine'' (Xbox, 2002) – Character designer *''

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Released on December 1, it is the third installment in ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' and the seventh main en ...

'' (Nintendo Switch, 2017) – Illustrator

Manga

* ''Vegetables'' (1998)

References

External links

Official blog
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