Kazuo Komatsubara
Born: 1943-12-24 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: 2000-03-24
Known For: Visual Effects
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.
Filmography
2001
- Metropolis ... (Key Animation)
1999
- Devilman Memorial ... (Character Designer)
1998
- Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target ... (Key Animation)
1997
- Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper ... (Key Animation)
- A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation ... (Animation Director)
1992
- Little Twins ... (Character Designer)
- Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past ... (Animation Director)
1991
- Go Nagai World ... (Animation Director)
1988
- Fair, then Partly Piggy ... (Character Designer)
1987
- Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth ... (Key Animation)
- Have a Merry Christmas, Children! ... (Director)
1986
- Maple Town ... (Animation Director)
1985
- Hai! Step Jun ... (Character Designer)
- Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space ... (Animation Director)
- Wee Wendy ... (Animation Director)
1984
- Warriors of the Wind ... (Animation Director)
1983
- Magnos ... (Character Designer)
1982
- Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX ... (Animation Director)
- I Am a Cat ... (Animation Director)
1981
- J9 Series ... (Character Designer)
- Adieu Galaxy Express 999 ... (Animation Director)
- Force Five : Grandizer ... (Key Animation)
1980
- Do Your Best Genki ... (Animation Director)
- Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass ... (Character Designer)
1979
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie ... (Character Designer)
1978
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia ... (Animation Director)
1977
- Chojin Sentai Barattack ... (Character Designer)
1976
- Magnet Robot Gakeen ... (Animation Director)
1975
- Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter ... (Animation Director)
- Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid ... (Key Animation)
1972
- Devilman ... (Animation Director)
1971
- Ryu the Primitive Boy ... (Character Designer)
1969
- Tiger Mask ... (Animation Director)