Tensai Okamura

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Tensai Okamura (岡村天斎, Okamura Tensai^?, birth name: Yutaka Okamura 岡村豊 Okamura Yutaka) is a Japanese anime director and animator, born on December 13, 1961, in Fukushima Prefecture and who grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a graduate of Waseda University's department of science and engineering. In 1991, he changed his first name to Tensai.

Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the studio Madhouse as an animator. He made his debut in 1989 with the series, Yawara!, and made his directorial debut in 1995 with Memories. He later left Madhouse, and went on to work and participate freely on several other projects.

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Yawara! (1989, episode overview and storyboards)
Jubei Ninpucho (1993, key animation)
Blue Seed (1994, key animation)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995, episode direction, storyboards and key animation)
Ghost in the Shell / Kōkaku Kidōtai (1995, key animation)
Memories Episode 2: Stink Bomb (1995, director)
Tales of Destiny (1997, opening animation direction)
Neon Genesis Evangelion Gekijōban: The End of Evangelion (1997, #25 key animation)
Spriggan (1998, gun art)
Cowboy Bebop (1998, storyboards)
Tales of Fantasia (1998, opening animation direction)
Medabots (1999, director, episode direction and storyboards)
Wild Arms 2: 2nd Ignition (1999, opening animation direction)
Jin-Roh (2000, key animation)
Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā: The Animation (2000, director, episode direction, storyboards)
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001, western scene storyboards, key animation, animation direction coordinator)
Full Metal Panic! (2002, storyboards and episode direction)
RahXephon (2002, storyboards)
Wolf's Rain (2003, director, storyboards, episode direction)
Samurai Champloo (2004, storyboards)
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig(2004, storyboards)
Victorian Romance Emma (2005, storyboards)
Gekijōban Naruto: Daikatsugeki! Yukihime Ninpōchō Dattebayo!! (2005, director)
Project Blue: Chikyū SOS (2006, director)
Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (2007, original concept, director, series composition)