Masashi Kudo ( ja, 工藤昌史) is a Japanese animator. He is best known for his work on
''Bleach'', the
anime
is hand-drawn and 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 Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
series based on the
manga of the same name.
Kudo was responsible for the design of some minor characters that do not appear in the manga and from the selection of colours for characters which have not been illustrated; this last task is also made in collaboration with the series' creator.
He has also made collaborations on several
OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA ...
s and
Original net animation
An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as , is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animati ...
s, mostly as a character designer or key animator.
Works
Animated series
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''Bleach'' (2004-2012) – Character Design
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''Today's Asuka Show'' (2012-2013) – Director & Character Design
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Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' (2012) – Director & Character Design
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Maoyu
, also known as ''Maoyu'', or ''Archenemy and Hero'' in English, is a Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno that was initially posted in a play format on the textboard 2channel in 2009. Enterbrain published five main novels in the s ...
'' (2013) – Character Design
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''Hayate the Combat Butler: Cutie''s (2013) – Director & Character Design
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''Survival Game Club!'' (2014) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director
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Re-Kan!
is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Hinako Seta, serialized in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Jumbo'' magazine. ''Re-Kan!'' was first published as a one-shot in ''Manga Time Jumbo'' December 2009 issue, and it later began serialization with ...
'' (2015) – Director
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''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas'' (2017) – Director & Character Design
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Sanrio Boys
is a Japanese media franchise created by Sanrio in November 2015. The Sanrio Boys were conceptualized as a social media project to promote merchandise for Sanrio's best-selling characters. Due to its popularity, it grew to have its own merc ...
'' (2018) – Director
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Tower of God
''Tower of God'' () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by S.I.U. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since June 2010, with the individual chapters collected and publis ...
'' (2020) – Character Design
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Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War'' (2022) – Character Design
Animated films
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Bleach: Memories of Nobody'' (2006) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director
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Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion'' (2007) – Character Design
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Bleach: Fade to Black'' (2008) – Character Design
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Bleach: Hell Verse'' (2010) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director
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''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 1'' (2016) – Director & Character Design
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''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 2'' (2017) – Director & Character Design
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''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 3'' (2017) – Director & Character Design
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Santa Company: Midsummer Merry Christmas'' (2021) – Character Design
References
External links
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* http://www.pierrot.jp
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Living people
Manga artists
Japanese animators
Japanese animated film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)