Yuji Moriyama

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-01-06 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Moriyama

Biography

Yuji Moriyama (森山 雄治, Moriyama Yūji, January 6, 1960) is a Japanese anime director, animator, animation supervisor and character designer from Tokyo. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He won the fourth Japan Anime Awards in the Animation Director category. Some of his many pennames are Yūji Motoyama (もとやまゆうじ), Jōdo Saihō (西宝 壌土), Kotarō Kazama (風間 小太郎), Norihiro Sunakawa (砂川 則博), MONTAN, Wataya Shibakano (芝跨野 渡也) , Tōya Shibamata (柴又 十哉), Alan Smithee (阿藍 隅史), Nachiko Nekobe (猫部 那智子), and Tadao Uota (魚田 尹夫).

Acting

Production

1987

Robot Carnival

as Animation

1986

Project A-Ko

as Writer

2007

2000

Locke the Superman: Mirror Ring

as Animation Director

1991

Exper Zenon

as Director

2001

Saiyuki: Requiem

as Key Animation

1986

Project A-Ko

as Key Animation

1983

Urusei Yatsura: Only You

as Key Animation

2020

Given

as Key Animation

1984

Locke the Superman

as Assistant Director

2008

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

as Animation Director

1986

Project A-Ko

as Animation Director

1995

Macross Plus: The Movie

as Key Animation

1991

Madara

as Director

1984

2006

Gunbuster: The Movie

as Animation Director

1989

Project A-Ko 4: Final

as Original Story

1989

1991

Exper Zenon

as Key Animation

1988

1991

Exper Zenon

as Writer

1995

Macross Plus: The Movie

as Animation Director

2001

Saiyuki: Requiem

as Supervising Animation Director

2001

Saiyuki: Requiem

as Character Designer

2001

Saiyuki: Requiem

as Animation Director

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