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Kazuo Komatsubara

January 01, 1970

Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa).[1][2] He died on March 24, 2000, due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.

Kazuo Komatsubara

Profile edit

Beginning with Devilman in 1972, Komatsubara moved on to work on other important 1970s anime shows including Getter Robo (1974), Getter Robo G (1975), UFO Robo Grendizer (1975), and Magne Robo Gakeen (1976), working closely with Go Nagai on character designs for many of these shows. For the 1987 OVA remake of the Devilman series, Komatsubara worked as both character designer and animation director. He then caught the animation fandom boom at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s as the character designer for the Space Battleship Yamato series, as well as working on the anime TV series Space Pirate Captain Harlock and the anime film Galaxy Express 999. Komatsubara became the most popular anime character designer for Leiji Matsumoto's characters, and many of his illustrations were featured on the front covers of various magazines.

At the same time, Shingo Araki was also a very popular character designer at Toei Animation, though he was beginning to do more work for Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Because of this, Komatsubara began to focus more on his work for Toei Animation. He collaborated with Rintaro on several projects, including the 1980 anime television series Ganbare Genki and the anime film Metropolis (released in 2001, after Komatsubara's death).

When not working on adaptations of the works of Nagai and Matsumoto, Komatsubara worked as character designer on shōjo anime series such as Miracle Shōjo Limit-chan (1973) and High-step Jun (1985). In 1984, he was invited by Hayao Miyazaki to participate in the production of the anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, for which he did character designs and acted as animation director. Miyazaki acted as an advisor to Komatsubara during this time, and Komatsubara indicated he learned many things from him as a result of this mentoring.

Komatsubara also created original characters (not based on manga or other references) for the J9 series, including Galactic Whirlwind Braiger, Galactic Gale Baxinger, and Galactic Hurricane Sasuraiger.

Works edit

Listed alphabetically by year. Credits are for both character design and animation director unless otherwise noted.

Sources:[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Ettinger, Benjamin (December 29, 2006). . AniPages Daily. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  2. ^ (in Japanese). Oh! Production. Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  3. ^ 追悼　小松原一男さん特集 (in Japanese). Retrieved May 8, 2007.
  4. ^ 小松原一夫 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved May 8, 2007.

External links edit

  • Kazuo Komatsubara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
  • (in Japanese) 追悼　小松原一男さん特集
  • (in Japanese) 小松原一男 Kazuo Komatsubara (at Oh! Production site)

January 01, 1970
kazuo, komatsubara, 小松原, 一男, 小松原, 一夫, komatsubara, kazuo, december, 1943, march, 2000, japanese, animator, animation, director, character, designer, born, yokohama, kanagawa, prefecture, japan, worked, independently, contracted, character, designer, toei, anim. Kazuo Komatsubara 小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫 Komatsubara Kazuo December 24 1943 March 24 2000 was a Japanese animator animation director and character designer born in Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Japan He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh Production which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama Kōichi Murata and Kōshin Yonekawa 1 2 He died on March 24 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck Kazuo Komatsubara Contents 1 Profile 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksProfile editBeginning with Devilman in 1972 Komatsubara moved on to work on other important 1970s anime shows including Getter Robo 1974 Getter Robo G 1975 UFO Robo Grendizer 1975 and Magne Robo Gakeen 1976 working closely with Go Nagai on character designs for many of these shows For the 1987 OVA remake of the Devilman series Komatsubara worked as both character designer and animation director He then caught the animation fandom boom at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s as the character designer for the Space Battleship Yamato series as well as working on the anime TV series Space Pirate Captain Harlock and the anime film Galaxy Express 999 Komatsubara became the most popular anime character designer for Leiji Matsumoto s characters and many of his illustrations were featured on the front covers of various magazines At the same time Shingo Araki was also a very popular character designer at Toei Animation though he was beginning to do more work for Tokyo Movie Shinsha Because of this Komatsubara began to focus more on his work for Toei Animation He collaborated with Rintaro on several projects including the 1980 anime television series Ganbare Genki and the anime film Metropolis released in 2001 after Komatsubara s death When not working on adaptations of the works of Nagai and Matsumoto Komatsubara worked as character designer on shōjo anime series such as Miracle Shōjo Limit chan 1973 and High step Jun 1985 In 1984 he was invited by Hayao Miyazaki to participate in the production of the anime film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind for which he did character designs and acted as animation director Miyazaki acted as an advisor to Komatsubara during this time and Komatsubara indicated he learned many things from him as a result of this mentoring Komatsubara also created original characters not based on manga or other references for the J9 series including Galactic Whirlwind Braiger Galactic Gale Baxinger and Galactic Hurricane Sasuraiger Works editListed alphabetically by year Credits are for both character design and animation director unless otherwise noted Wolf Boy Ken 1963 1965 Osomatsu kun 1966 1967 animation Tiger Mask 1969 1971 animation director Devilman 1972 1973 Microsuperman 1973 Episode Director Character Design Animation Director Mazinger Z vs Devilman 1973 Character Design Miracle Girl Limit chan 1973 1974 Cutie Honey 1973 1974 animation director on two episodes Getter Robo 1974 1975 Great Mazinger vs Getter Robo 1975 animation director Getter Robo G 1975 1976 Great Mazinger vs Getter Robo G Kuchu Daigekitotsu 1975 Chief Animation Director Grendizer 1975 1977 UFO Robot Grendizer vs Great Mazinger 1976 Gaiking 1976 1977 Character Design Magne Robo Gakeen 1976 1977 Chojin Sentai Barattack 1977 1978 Character Design Space Pirate Captain Harlock 1978 1979 Galaxy Express 999 1978 1981 Animation Director Galaxy Express 999 film 1979 Adieu Galaxy Express 999 1981 Galaxy Cyclone Braiger 1981 1982 character designer Galactic Gale Baxingar 1982 1983 Character Design Producer Arcadia of My Youth 1982 Arcadia of My Youth Endless Orbit SSX 1982 1983 Character Design Animation Director Chief animator Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger 1983 1984 character designer Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1984 Arei no Kagami 1985 Maple Town 1986 1987 animation director Freedom Fighter Laserdisc arcade game based on Galaxy Express 999 1987 Chief Animator Devilman Tanjō hen 1987 Character Design Key Animation Fair then Partly Piggy 1988 animation director Devilman Kaichō Shireinu hen 1990 Junkers Come Here 1995 Sources 3 4 References edit Ettinger Benjamin December 29 2006 Koichi Murata amp Oh Pro AniPages Daily Archived from the original on August 24 2007 Retrieved May 14 2007 オープロとは in Japanese Oh Production Archived from the original on December 12 2006 Retrieved May 14 2007 追悼 小松原一男さん特集 in Japanese Retrieved May 8 2007 小松原一夫 in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved May 8 2007 External links editKazuo Komatsubara at Anime News Network s encyclopedia in Japanese 追悼 小松原一男さん特集 in Japanese 小松原一男 Kazuo Komatsubara at Oh Production site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kazuo Komatsubara amp oldid 1214575343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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