Hiroyuki Kitazume
Hiroyuki Kitazume (北爪 宏幸, Kitazume Hiroyuki, born 24 July 1961 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and illustrator. He is often noted for his work with anime studio Sunrise.[1] Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies commented that he "shot to fame" in 1985 as a character designer on the Zeta Gundam TV series.[2]
Work
TV anime
- Aura Battler Dunbine - Animation Director (episodes 23, 33, 37, 42, 45, and 47)
- Heavy Metal L-Gaim - Animation Director (episodes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30, and 37)
- Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross - Secondary Character Designer
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Animation Director (episodes 1, 6, 11, 15, 19, 23, 26, and 36)
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Character Designer; Animation Director (episodes 2, 32 and 47)
OVA
- Megazone 23 - Key Animation (Part 2), Character Designer (Part 3)
- Robot Carnival - Director, Script, Character Design (Starlight Angel)
- Dragon Century - Animation Director and Character Designer
- Genesis Survivor Gaiarth - Director (ep. 1), Screenplay (ep. 1), Character Design, Key Animation (ep. 1)
- Moldiver - Director, Original Concept, Character Design, Animation Director (ep 6), Animation (OP/ED)
- Yamato 2520 - Character Designer
Anime Movie
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