Kazuto Nakazawa

Aoashi

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito?

Release Date:2022-04-09

Department:Art

Job:Storyboard Artist

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:38

Fena: Pirate Princess

Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena being the only one able to unlock her family’s secrets, and a formidable crew of female pirates on her tail, she must take her place as captain of her Samurai crew for a high seas adventure!

Release Date:2021-08-15

Department:Directing

Job:Series Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:50

Case File N° 221: Kabukicho

Shinjuku Ward, east side… The center of the street with the most chaos, there's Kabuki-chō, full of neon lights. When the light is stronger, the shadow is deeper. The story begins when certain bizarre murder happens one night! Suspense? Or Comedy? Drama that cannot be identified begins!

Release Date:2019-10-10

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:18

B: The Beginning

In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Genius investigator Keith Flick rejoins the royal police force just as serial killer “B” emerges. Mysterious youth Koku may be an ally, or a target.

Release Date:2018-03-02

Department:Directing

Job:Series Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:168

Days

The series is about two boys named Tsukushi and Jin. Tsukushi is a boy with no special talent or traits while Jin is considered a soccer genius. On one stormy night, Jin meets Tsukushi, and they get dragged into the world of soccer.

Release Date:2016-07-03

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:24

Vote Count:10

Comedy Skit 1989

Homage to comedy skit of Showa era.

Release Date:2015-07-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Japan Animator Expo

The short film series "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition" presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Various omnibus animations produced with love and energy, regardless of any genres. The digital distribution anime series bring opportunities for project development, R&D, human resources development, and free production under limited period and budget, to explore the possibilities of future film production.

Release Date:2014-11-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

Terror in Resonance

In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world.

Release Date:2014-07-11

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:11

Vote Count:395

Haikyu!!

Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Shouyou Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama's team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama. After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.

Release Date:2014-04-06

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1378

Giovanni's Island

In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.

Release Date:2014-02-22

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:99

Attack on Titan

Many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

Release Date:2013-04-07

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:6590

Vassalord.

Charley, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo. As the two fight crime—and each other—hilarity, violence and sacrilege ensue! But can Charley resist his own desperate cravings for blood? Find out as the devilish duo go up aginst a childlike vampire princess, a mysterious branch of the Unitarian Church...and one another.

Release Date:2013-03-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:19

Oreshura

A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who's just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.

Release Date:2013-01-06

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:35

Kids on the Slope

Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.

Release Date:2012-04-13

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:59

Kuroko's Basketball

In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship - against Kuroko's former teammates.

Release Date:2012-04-08

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:545

Medusa's Revenge

Medusa and Palutena's rivalry stretches back many years before Pit, and continues to the present. Learn their past history and see how Pit goes up against her with Palutena's help.

Release Date:2012-03-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Hunter x Hunter

Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter — a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.

Release Date:2011-10-02

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1819

Usagi Drop

By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".

Release Date:2011-07-08

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:172

House of Five Leaves

Rônin Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled swordsman, but his personality often causes him to be let go from his job. One day he encounters Yaichi, the leader of a group calling itself "Five Leaves" and takes a job from him as a bodyguard. Though he is worried about their intentions, he feels there is something more to the group and agrees to work with them.

Release Date:2010-04-16

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:21

Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike

In a mythical kingdom, the mighty Imperial Knights harness a magical substance known as Aer to power their weapons and protect humanity from the monsters of the forest. But something strange is afoot; the Aer is somehow changing, causing the wilderness to waste away and stirring the woodland beasts to attack with greater frequency. As danger creeps steadily closer to civilization, two young recruits - Flynn, the rigid son of a fallen hero, and the rebellious and brash Yuri - must ride with their fellow Imperial Knights to distant ruins in hopes of uncovering the truth behind the transforming Aer.

Release Date:2009-10-03

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:40

Hells

Amagane Rinne had an accident and died while hurrying to school. She suddenly arrived in an awkward school... in Hell, filled with demons. While she is struggling and wishing to go back to the world whence she came from, she makes friends with her demon schoolmates and develops an uncommon bond.

Release Date:2008-10-18

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:41

Genius Party Beyond

Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for the second time to an exclusive reunion of a talents with a group film, full of freedom and ingenuity, that goes from Mahiro Maeda's classic anime, to Kazuto Nakazawa's intricate urban sketches, Shinya Ohira's bedlam of color and Tatsuyuki Tanaka's animated cyberpunk. And as if that wasn't enough, Koji Morimoto, the studio big boss, is charge of putting the icing on the cake with fantafabulous piece of abstract poetry that would make a VJ die of ecstasy. The party of the year.

Release Date:2008-10-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:47

Genius Party Beyond

Five stories, five maestros, five styles and one common denominator: maximum creativity. Studio 4°C, the coolest label on the planet, invites us for the second time to an exclusive reunion of a talents with a group film, full of freedom and ingenuity, that goes from Mahiro Maeda’s classic anime, to Kazuto Nakazawa’s intricate urban sketches, Shinya Ohira’s bedlam of color and Tatsuyuki Tanaka’s animated cyberpunk. And as if that wasn’t enough, Koji Morimoto, the studio big boss, is charge of putting the icing on the cake with fantafabulous piece of abstract poetry that would make a VJ die of ecstasy. The party of the year.

Release Date:2008-10-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:1

Ani*Kuri15

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".

Release Date:2008-06-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:37

Moondrive

Taking place in a city on the Moon, an out-of-common-sense animation about a Moondrive aimed at the “Giants Island”mentioned on a treasure map.

Release Date:2008-02-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Tokyo Marble Chocolate

Chizuru loves Yuudai; Yuudai loves Chizuru. Yet neither of them can say it clearly because each is uncertain about the other’s feelings and is afraid of being hurt. Trapped by their insecurities in a relationship that’s going nowhere, they drift further and further apart. While Chizuru thinks this is the end of the road, Yuudai struggles desperately to overcome his cowardly nature before he loses what is most important to him. There are two stories to every relationship, but can love survive if they don’t meet halfway?

Release Date:2007-12-19

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:6

Ani*Kuri15

Ani-Kuri 15 is a series of fifteen 1-minute shorts that aired on the Japanese TV station, NHK between May 2007 and 2008. Intended as companion pieces to the AniKuri program and as filler between regularly scheduled programs, the shorts were broadcast in three seasons of 5 episodes. Each short was directed by a different director and the episodes were collected and uploaded to the official AniKuri15 website in 2008.

Release Date:2007-05-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:36

Deep Imagination

A series of five Studio 4°C shorts collected in January 2007 as a direct-to-DVD package film titled Deep Imagination. Featuring Professor Dan Petory's Blues, End of the World, Comedy, Higan, and Junk Town.

Release Date:2006-01-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

FLUXIMATION

A compilation of 14 short videos made by Studio 4°C’s directors and artists.

Release Date:2005-09-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Steamboy

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Release Date:2004-07-17

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:437

Samurai Champloo

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

Release Date:2004-05-20

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:666

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Release Date:2003-10-10

Department:Directing

Job:First Assistant Director

Vote Count:17641

Kid's Story

A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

Release Date:2003-06-03

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:164

Parasite Dolls

Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test in Parasite Dolls.

Release Date:2003-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:32

Parasite Dolls

MegaTokyo 2034: Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test.

Release Date:2003-05-22

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

A Detective Story

A private detective is hired to find the elusive computer hacker "Trinity." Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts in the Matrix universe.

Release Date:2003-04-04

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:139

The Second Renaissance Part I

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

Release Date:2003-02-04

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:165

Comedy

During Ireland's War of Independence, a five-year-old girl sets out to save her village from the English army by trying to enlist the help of the rumored Black Swordsman, who only takes books of a certain genre as payment.

Release Date:2002-05-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:11

RahXephon

Ayato Kamina, a 17-year-old high school student, lives in Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been raised to believe that the rest of civilization has been destroyed; but everything changes when a mysterious alien civilization invades his home.

Release Date:2002-01-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:26

Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon

In this movie, that takes place three months after MaloMyotismon's defeat, the DigiDestined go up against Diaboromon again. Tai and Matt head back to the Internet to deal with him with Omnimon, while the younger Chosen Children go to deal with the rampage of a swarm of Kuramon (Diaboromon's Fresh form). With the help of Angemon and Angewomon (with T.K. and Kari), Omnimon was able to destroy Diaboromon again, but it turned out to be a trap, as his destruction allowed many more Kuramon to go to the Real World. Things go out of control when the Kuramon in the Real World merge to create a Mega level called Armageddemon, an alternate Mega in Diaboromon's evolutionary line. It is so powerful that neither Omnimon nor Imperialdramon were able to defeat it on their own.

Release Date:2001-03-03

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:53

Mezzo Forte

The target of hitgirl Mikura is a wealthy baseball team owner, but he turns out to be a powerful underworld boss. Mikura and her team are beset by countless heavily armed bodyguards and the boss' vicious daughter.

Release Date:2000-05-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:47

Sol Bianca: The Legacy

Thousands of years into the future, mankind has colonized other planets across the galaxy and completely forgotten about Earth. On one part of the galaxy, the female space pirates and their colossal starship Sol Bianca get a surprise when a young girl named Mayo stows away on board the ship. The crew then embarks on a journey to Earth to find the whereabouts of Mayo's parents and discover the secrets of the lost planet.

Release Date:1999-09-24

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Legend of Black Heaven

Life can crush your dreams. Oji is a middle-management drone whose only grip on sanity, in the drudgery of his corporate lifestyle, are the few shreds of hope surrounding his past life as the amazing guitarist of Black Heaven, a heavy metal band that almost made it. In his bleakest moment, the magic of performing is restored to him when a beautiful mysterious woman informs him that only his special sound can save the universe from an evil alien invasion. HARD ROCK SAVES SPACE!?

Release Date:1999-07-08

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:2

Blue Submarine No. 6

The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations.

Release Date:1998-10-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:36

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

MegaTokyo 2040: Tokyo’s workforce is riddled with robots that tend to go on destructive killing sprees. Four young women gear up in cybernetic suits to battle an evil corporation’s bionic pawns while its grip on the city threatens to strangle humanity. In order to shut down an android uprising, these heavy metal heroines flirt with a critical meltdown in an adrenaline-fueled death match between woman and machine!

Release Date:1998-10-08

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:23

Seishoujo Kantai Virgin Fleet

In the pre-WWII era, Nakano Naval Academy's special school for girls is codenamed "Virgin Fleet". These girls are gifted with a special form of power known as "Virgin Energy". With the fear of another Russo-Japanese war imminent, rookie pilot Shiokaze Umino must hone her powers to save Japan from complete destruction.

Release Date:1998-04-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Detatoko Princess

After a prank gone wrong, Princess Lapis must undergo a long journey back home to the Diamond Palace. With her for this adventure are a young sprite, a directionally challenged immortal, and her math tutor. Armed with the powerful magic eraser, and an unmatched love of pudding, Lapis continues forth righting the injustices of the world and defeating magical foes.

Release Date:1997-12-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Photon: The Idiot Adventures

Photon, a young man with a kind heart and superhuman strength, leaves his village on Sandy Planet (a desert world) in search of a runaway friend. During this heroic quest, he is accidentally engaged to a renegade space pilot! Now they're on the run from the evil emperor of the galaxy and his bumbling henchmen. But even worse than the incompetent bad guys are the disastrous cooking contests, exploding spas and cheer-leading aliens!

Release Date:1997-11-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

Virus Buster Serge

Neo Hong Kong, 2097: The world has changed. Advances in genetic engineering and cybernetics have created an environment full of artificially enhanced humans and intelligent super-computers that operate using biological software. But the same technology that has allowed man & machine to merge has made both susceptible to a new kind of threat - digital viruses capable of controlling their hosts. The last line of defense against this insidious foe is an elite task force known as STAND. Equipped with state-of-the-art armored cybernetic suits known as "variable gears," only this special law-enforcement arm can deal with virus-infected war machines on their own terms.

Release Date:1997-10-02

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:4

Spring and Chaos

Set in the beginning of the 20th century Japan, the film follows the bright and eccentric Kenji from his late student years through his adulthood. Kenji suffers the tragedy of being an artist whose art isn't recognized during his lifetime. Based on the life of the author Kenji Miyazawa, the film depicts his brief but intense existence.

Release Date:1996-12-14

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:8

Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

To save the Earth, Gowcaizer must defeat the manifestation of all negative human desires before the entity obliterates the human race.

Release Date:1996-09-27

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Battle Arena Toshinden

For one year, Master Swordsman Eiji Shinjo has been haunted by the memory of his battle with the renegade champion, Gaia - a battle that was cut short by the forces of the malevolent syndicate known as "the organization." Denied victory, Eiji left the tournament followed by his opponents mocking laughter. Worse still, Eiji walked away no closer to finding his long lost brother, Sho. But now, a mysterious warrior is hunting down the champions of the previous tournament and using their own moves against them - and it looks like that person may be Sho. Who is this powerful new foe and who is his next target? Eiji and Kayin, his closest friend and greatest rival, struggle to unravel the mystery before they, too, join the ranks of the defeated. The answer lies at the heart of the Organization and its plans for world domination. At last, the ultimate battle between the greatest fighters in the world will be decided. But if Eiji loses, his friends - Ellis - may Die...

Release Date:1996-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Landlock

The land of Zer’lue is in turmoil, ravaged by the technological might of Chairman Sana'ku and his evil, militaristic Zul’earth forces. In a rapidly unfolding story of treachery, deceit and betrayal, only one boy holds the power to defeat such overwhelming odds... a boy named Lue'der, who possesses a mysterious red eye and the ability to control the power of the wind itself. With the fate of the world at stake, Lue'der must learn to unlock his legendary power and battle against the evil which threatens to engulf his planet.

Release Date:1996-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

Shamanic Princess

To retrieve the talisman stolen by her beloved, Tiara hunts the night, battling monsters with her awesome shamanic powers. Disguised as an ordinary schoolgirl by day, she arrives at his lair only to find her arch rival on the scene... protecting the thief. Dark secrets unravel as Tiara faces these powerful opponents, and her one hope for survival may be to betray her mission.

Release Date:1996-06-07

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

Midori no Makibaō

Midori no Makibaō is a manga series written and illustrated by Tsunomaru and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was also adapted into an anime series.

Release Date:1996-03-09

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

El-Hazard: The Wanderers

Makoto Mizuhara is working on his latest experiment in the school science lab, but when he takes a break his lifelong rival Katsuhiko Jinnai shows up and attempts to destroy the device and discredit Makoto. This overloads the experiment and transports Makoto, Jinnai, his sister Nanami, and their teacher Mr. Fujisawa to the strange and magnificent world El Hazard. Makoto and Fujisawa land squarely in the Kingdom of Roshtaria, and quickly befriend the princess Rune Venus. Jinnai allies himself with the Bugrom, a race of giant insects bent on taking over El Hazard, while his sister tries to eke out her own living in the desert. Makoto searches desperately for a way to return home, all the while fighting off the Bugrom, enlisting the help of the Holy Priestesses, and stopping the demon god Ifurita from destroying everything.

Release Date:1995-10-06

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:9

El-Hazard: The Magnificent World

When Makoto Mizuhara discovers an old monument in his school and awakens a beautiful woman he, his teacher, his worst enemy and one of his female friends is transported to the magnificent world of El Hazard. There they discovers that they have received special powers.

Release Date:1995-05-26

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Character Designer

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:11

Ninku

The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old named Fūsuke (Fūsuke of the wind) who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals (Eto) and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master (Etonin). When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fūsuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains...

Release Date:1995-01-14

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom

The Lupin gang is once again dragged onto a wild treasure hunt! This time, the objective is a mysterious, small dragon statue that even Goemon's steel-rendering blade Zantetsuken cannot cut. The artifact, which once eluded even Lupin the Third's esteemed grandfather, rests deep undersea inside the infamous Titanic, and is the key to unlocking the mystery of Zantetsuken's almighty strength. A wealthy gangster, Lupin, and Goemon all want the statue for themselves!

Release Date:1994-07-29

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:44

Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

The Armor of Mars -- a suit of armor consisting of six pieces. If anyone from the bloodline of the ancient warrior Godimus were to find all six pieces for himself, he would receive power equal to the level of a god. The Curse of Godimus, however, also dictates that this same person would lose all sense of himself and become an insane killing machine.

Release Date:1994-07-16

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:105

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Jotaro Kujo is a popular high school student – at least until that day when he thinks he is possessed by a ghost, which is why he locks himself up. During a fight between his grandfather and his grandfather’s friend Muhammad Abdul, he notices that the ghost is his “Stand”, named "Star Platinium", his fighting aura. Later, his mother also gets such a “Stand” and thus falls ill. Jotaro learns that a man named Dio Brando, who was defeated by Jotaro’s great-great-grandfather a hundred years ago, is to blame. He joins his grandfather and Abdul to destroy Dio once and for all.

Release Date:1993-11-19

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:61

Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

Terry is fighting abroad when a boy named Tony, who wants to be Terry's student, follows him despite his mother and Terry's wishes. When Terry Bogard is defeated by a foe more powerful than he's ever seen before, Terry falls into depression and turns to the bottle. While his friends go after this new foe, Tony must restore Terry's faith... and once he realizes that only he can defeat this ruthless fiend.

Release Date:1993-06-30

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Vote Count:28

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku

Ryunosuke has an interesting life for a teen-aged boy. His mother runs a weapons company, his father is an incredible inventor that's on the run from his divorced wife. And his companion is schoolgirl/android with the brains of a cat he found on Christmas Eve while being attacked by his mom's crew. Nuku Nuku was adapted from its manga origins a few times, and this one is the best and shortest of those attempts.

Release Date:1992-10-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

Roujin Z

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.

Release Date:1991-09-14

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:114

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

The third and final specially edited memorial episode featuring Jean’s narration. This is a breath-taking sea adventure action animation. The story centers on a series of critical battles by the indestructible submarine, Nautilus and the conflict between Captain Nemo and the Gargoyle. It’s a shorter, more streamlined version of Nadia called "The Nautilus Story", which all but eliminates the filler arc and concentrates on the struggle between Nemo and Gargoyle. Some scenes in the more pivotal episodes are cut as well. The compilation series was made by Hideaki Anno, who was said to have been dissatisfied with the final result of the TV show. The Nautilus Story was only released in Japan on VHS and laserdisc.

Release Date:1991-06-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Akai Hayate

When the Shinogara finest warrior murders their leader, who`s also his father, his ninja enemies land a fatal blow. With only minutes left, Hayate transfers his soul into his sister`s body...but how long can two souls occupy the same body?

Release Date:1991-05-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

A Wind Named Amnesia

A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels across America on a mysterious journey.

Release Date:1990-12-22

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:40

Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

The survivors of Kanto's Hell Earthquake built a new city and christened it "Hope Town". However, this peaceful town becomes a nightmare when it's raided by the motorcycle gang, "Hell's Wind". They abduct the women while the remaining townsfolk are left helpless against them. Meanwhile, a boy, Saburo, meets Jun. Jun's lover was previously murdered, and the duo help one another to fight against Hell's Wind. The battles are getting more and more difficult, but with the appearance of Violence Jack, the citizens seem to gain the upper hand against Hell's Wind.

Release Date:1990-12-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:13

Record of Lodoss War

Born in battle, baptized in fire, it's kingdoms have been ravaged by war for thousands of years. Now, an evil stirs, an ancient goddess of destruction awakened by an evil wizard. A party of six is forged to defeat this threat, or die in the attempt. Join Parn, the young fighter, as he leads his warriors into the heart of a land where dragons rule and evil holds sway over the earth. Six swords are now drawn against this darkness. The war for Lodoss has begun!

Release Date:1990-06-30

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:59

Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude

Two partners Effera and Jiliora escape from a slave boat with the aid of their friend Orlin and a young boy named Kilian. When Kilian is killed in the escape Effera and Jiliora take it upon themselves to return Kilian's pendant to his two siblings who are being held captive by Baron Celdion, who is plotting to take over all of the neighboring countries.

Release Date:1990-06-23

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:1

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Ratlique, and Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis.

Release Date:1990-04-13

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Animation Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:77

Guardian of Darkness

Guardian of Darkness is a three-episode OVA anime series released by J.C.Staff between March 1990 through January 1992. The episodes are licensed for release in North America by Central Park Media and in the United Kingdom by ADV Films UK division.

Release Date:1990-03-23

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Sho and his friend Tetsurou stumble upon an odd alien artifact while walking through the woods. Then, the alien artifact breaks free of its metallic bonds and enters Sho's body, turning him into the Guyver. With this new power, Sho must do battle with the evil Chronos corporation and their genetically enhanced Zoanoids, who seek to get the Guyver back into their labs. No one close to Sho is safe from Chronos. He must fight.

Release Date:1989-09-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Vote Count:20

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor is a 12 part anime OVA loosely based on Yoshiki Takaya's manga, Bio-Booster Armor Guyver. It was released in Japan from 1989 to 1992. It is the second animated adaptation, following the 1986 OVA Guyver: Out of Control.

Release Date:1989-09-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:9

Hi-Speed Jecy

Jecy is a young man whose parents were murdered by an organized crime syndicate, now he's on a quest for revenge. With incredible abilities such as increased speed and agility, Jecy travels through space with a girl named Tiana, a priest named Fork Green, and a living ship called Paolon. However, between Jecy any his revenge is a woman named Jera, her bloodthirsty little brother Cross and a number of other adversaries.

Release Date:1989-09-05

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Angel Cop

Towards the end of the 20th century, Japan becomes the preeminent world power. As a result, terrorist organizations begin to target the country in hopes of destabilizing world politics. One of the most dangerous is the Red May, an organization dedicated to the spread of Communism. To counter the increasing violence, the government sets up a splinter cell of crackshots: the Special Security Force, who has just gained a new member in the form of the tough-as-nails Angel. She and the rest of the S.S.F. must deal with the Red May and a mysterious outside force with its own objectives.

Release Date:1989-09-01

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:11

Armor Hunter Merowlink

Armor Hunter Merowlink was a twelve episode anime OVA spinoff of Armored Trooper VOTOMS. It takes place in the same universe as VOTOMS, but the two stories are entirely independent of each other. Merowlink is the story of a soldier whose unit is sacrificed on the battlefield for reasons unknown. Although he was not meant to survive, the main character, Merowlink Ality, manages to survive only to be framed for a crime he did not commit. Merowlink escapes his captors and begins hunting down his former commanding officers, both to get revenge for his dead platoon members and to find out the nature of the conspiracy that led to their death. The series is available for download on Bandai Visual's official website and the Japanese DVD boxset was released on December 6, 2006. The series was previously issued twice on laserdisc, once as six individual volumes, and once as a three disc box set along with the two soundtracks. A blu-ray boxset was also recently released.

Release Date:1988-11-21

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu

Ryuu, also known as Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays mahjong with gang members. He only wins by "ron" - a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win.

Release Date:1988-05-25

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Violence Jack

After a devastating natural disaster, the Kanto region in Japan is now a wasteland of lawlessness, where the weak are playthings of the strong. Ruled with an iron fist by the Slum King, the people of Kanto have no hope left to them, living at the whims of raiders and bandits. In this hellish world, there is only one man with the power to stand up for the powerless, and his name alone strikes terror into evil hearts -- Violence Jack! Whether he’s saving women from sex camps, protecting the models of Zone C from those who covet their beauty, or exterminating a biker gang bent on destruction; if you oppress the weak, the only thing you can look forward to is a swift death from Jack’s knife!

Release Date:1986-06-05

Department:Visual Effects

Job:Key Animation

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:6