Kazuo Komatsubara

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-12-24 (57 years old)

Deathday

2000-03-24

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Komatsubara

Biography

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, 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). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.

Production

1991

I am Devilman, the Devil!

as Character Designer

1981

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

as Animation Director

1985

2001

Metropolis

as Key Animation

1982

I Am a Cat

as Animation Director

1999

Devilman Memorial

as Character Designer

1985

Wee Wendy

as Animation Director

1984

1984

1985

1988

Fair, then Partly Piggy

as Character Designer

1988

Fair, then Partly Piggy

as Animation Director

1992

Little Twins

as Character Designer

1979

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Character Designer

1979

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Animation Director

1980

1976

Magnerobo Ga-Keen

as Graphic Designer

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