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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
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s and
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s, mostly as a character designer or key animator.


Works


Animated series

* ''Bleach'' (2004-2012) – Character Design * ''Today's Asuka Show'' (2012-2013) – Director & Character Design * '' Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' (2012) – Director & Character Design * ''
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'' (2013) – Character Design * ''Hayate the Combat Butler: Cutie''s (2013) – Director & Character Design * ''Survival Game Club!'' (2014) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director * ''
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'' (2015) – Director * ''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas'' (2017) – Director & Character Design * ''
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'' (2018) – Director * ''
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'' (2020) – Character Design * '' Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War'' (2022) – Character Design


Animated films

* '' Bleach: Memories of Nobody'' (2006) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director * '' Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion'' (2007) – Character Design * '' Bleach: Fade to Black'' (2008) – Character Design * '' Bleach: Hell Verse'' (2010) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director * ''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 1'' (2016) – Director & Character Design * ''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 2'' (2017) – Director & Character Design * ''Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 3'' (2017) – Director & Character Design * '' Santa Company: Midsummer Merry Christmas'' (2021) – Character Design


References


External links

* * http://www.pierrot.jp {{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo, Masashi Living people Manga artists Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Year of birth missing (living people)