Kazuo Komatsubara
Age: N/A | From: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 小松原一男
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 24
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.
Most Famous Work
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(1984) Animation Director
Metropolis
(2001) Key Animation
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
(1997) Key Animation
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
(1998) Key Animation
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
(1979) Animation Director
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
(1975) Key Animation
Ryu, the Cave Boy
(1971) Character Designer
Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX
(1982) Animation DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Key Animation | |
| 1999 | Character Designer | |
| 1998 | Key Animation | |
| 1997 | Animation Director | |
| Key Animation | ||
| 1992 | Animation Director | |
| Character Designer | ||
| 1991 | Character Designer | |
| 1988 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1985 | Animation Director | |
| Character Designer | ||
| Animation Director | ||
| Character Designer | ||
| 1984 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1982 | Animation Director | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1981 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1980 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| Character Designer | ||
| 1979 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1978 | Animation Director | |
| Character Designer | ||
| 1977 | Character Designer | |
| 1976 | Character Designer | |
| Animation Director | ||
| 1975 | Key Animation | |
| 1971 | Character Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Graphic Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
