Yasunori Honda

Yasunori Honda (本田 保則, Honda Yasunori, born May 30, 1943) is a Japanese anime sound director who was born in Toyama Prefecture. Honda worked in the economic department at the Toyama University. After graduating from university, he moved to Tokyo with the aim of becoming a theatre director. He joined Gekidan Zoukei, the theater company supervised by Ushio Shima, and worked as an assistant director. In November 1966, he joined Tatsunoko Productions. After becoming independent, he worked as a contractor for Tohoku Shinsha before founding Arts Pro Inc. in September 1974. In 2014, at his own discretion, Arts Pro dissolved and he went freelance. He has been an honorary member of the Japan Audio Producers' Association since June 2014. Currently, he works mainly on production works for Madhouse and Toei Animation.