Satoru Utsunomiya

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-04-17 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Satoru Utsunomiya

Biography

Satoru Utsunomiya was born in 1959 in Matsuyama, Ehime. He joined Telecom Animation in 1982 because his idol Yasuo Otsuka worked there, after graduating from the design department in Nishinoda Technical High School in Osaka. Leading member of the realist school. Has had as big an impact on the industry as his contemporaries Mitsuo Iso and Shinya Ohira. Sent shockwaves through the industry with his character design and animation direction for Mamoru Oshii’s Gosenzosama Banbanzai.

Production

1988

Akira

as Key Animation

1991

Fly! Peek the Whale

as Animation Director

1991

1990

MAROKO

as Animation Director

1990

MAROKO

as Character Designer

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Key Animation

2014

Giovanni's Island

as Key Animation

1996

X: The Movie

as Key Animation

1992

Run, Melos!

as Key Animation

1989

Venus Wars

as Key Animation

1985

The Dagger of Kamui

as Key Animation

1986

Dirty Pair: Project Eden

as Key Animation

1986

Windaria

as Key Animation

1986

Love City

as Key Animation

1994

Ninku: Tomb of Knives

as Key Animation

1986

Arion

as Key Animation

1984

Lensman

as Key Animation

1987

2015

2015

2017

Lu Over the Wall

as Key Animation

2016

2018

Batman Ninja

as Animation

2003

Beyond

as Key Animation

2015

Three Fallen Witnesses

as Original Story

2015

Three Fallen Witnesses

as Animation Director

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