Masaaki Yuasa

Masaaki Yuasa
湯浅 政明
Masaaki Yuasa at Anime Expo 2013
Born (1965-03-16) March 16, 1965
Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Animator, director, artist, screenwriter
Years active 1987–present
Known for Kaiba
The Tatami Galaxy
Ping Pong: The Animation
Devilman Crybaby

Masaaki Yuasa (湯浅 政明, Yuasa Masaaki, born March 16, 1965) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, anime television and film director known for his wild, freeform style. In June 2014, he announced that he, along with his close affiliate Eunyoung Choi, had founded a new animation studio by the name of Science Saru.[1] His most recent work as of January 2018 is the animated series Devilman Crybaby.

Influences

For a presentation in February 2009 on the eve of that year's Image par image animation festival in Val-d'Oise, France, for which he also illustrated the poster, Yuasa selected and commented on some examples of animated works that have been an influence on his. These were:

Selected works

Director

  • Vampiyan Kids pilot film (1999) – Director, storyboard, layout
  • Mind Game (2004) – Director, screenplay, character designer
  • Kemonozume (2006) – Series director and composition; episode screenplays, storyboards, direction and key animation
  • Genius Party (2008) – Director on "Happy Machine" segment
  • Kaiba (2008) – Series director and creator; episode screenplays, storyboards and direction
  • The Tatami Galaxy (2010) – Series director and screenplay; episode storyboards and direction
  • Kick-Heart (2013) – Director (Introduced "Kickstarter" crowd source funding for anime.)
  • Ping Pong: The Animation (2014) – Series director, series composition, screenplay, storyboards and direction
  • Adventure Time (2014) – Director, writer and storyboard artist for the season 6 episode "Food Chain"
  • Space Dandy (2014) – Director, writer, animation supervisor and storyboard artist for the episode "Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Baby"
  • Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) – Director
  • Lu Over the Wall (2017) – Director and screenplay
  • Devilman Crybaby (2018) – Director

Other

References

  1. ↑ "Masaaki Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi found Science Saru, a new japanese studio". sciencesaru.com. Hummingbird. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Tsuka (1 November 2008). "[Event] Yuasa en france : infos++" (in French). Catsuka. Retrieved 28 August 2010.


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