Visual Effects
Kazuo Komatsubara
JA, CN, EN cinema · 21 credits
Born
24 December 1943
Died
24 March 2000 (aged 56)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Known for
Filmography
Metropolis
Key Animation
Devilman Memorial
Character Designer
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Key Animation
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Animation Director
Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past
Animation Director
Fair, then Partly Piggy
Character Designer, Animation Director
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Key Animation, Character Designer
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space
Animation Director, Character Designer
Wee Wendy
Animation Director
Warriors of the Wind
Character Designer, Animation Director
Magnos
Character Designer
I Am a Cat
Animation Director
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Animation Director
Force Five : Grandizer
Key Animation, Animation Director
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Character Designer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Animation Director, Character Designer
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
Animation Director, Character Designer
Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter
Animation Director