Visual Effects
Satoru Utsunomiya
JA, EN, ES cinema · 29 credits
Born
17 April 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Also known as うつのみやさとる · うつのみや さとる · うつのみや 理 · 宇都宮智
Satoru Utsunomiya was born in 1959 in Matsuyama, Ehime. He joined Telecom Animation in 1982 because his idol Yasuo Otsuka worked there, after graduating from the design department in Nishinoda Technical High School in Osaka. Leading member of the realist school. Has had as big an impact on the industry as his contemporaries Mitsuo Iso and Shinya Ohira. Sent shockwaves through the industry with his character design and animation direction for Mamoru Oshii’s Gosenzosama Banbanzai.
Known for
Filmography
Batman Ninja
Animation
Lu Over the Wall
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
Art Designer, Prop Designer
Three Fallen Witnesses
Screenplay, Director, Original Story, Animation Director
Giovanni's Island
Key Animation
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Key Animation
Beyond
Key Animation
X
Key Animation
Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture
Key Animation
Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days
Key Animation
Ninku: Tomb of Knives
Key Animation
Run, Melos!
Key Animation
Fly! Peek the Whale
Animation, Animation Director
MAROKO
Character Designer, Animation Director
Venus Wars
Key Animation
Akira
Key Animation
Battle Royale High School
Key Animation
Dirty Pair: Project Eden
Key Animation
Windaria
Key Animation
Love City
Key Animation
Arion
Key Animation
The Dagger of Kamui
Key Animation
Lensman
Key Animation