Biography
Since starting to work as an assistant animator from junior college age, Hiroko Kazui has worked in the animation field not only in Japan but also in Canada for more than thirty years. She's participated in many animation TV series and feature films such as “Ranma Nibun-no-ichi,” and ”Keroro Gunsou” as an animator, storyboard artist, director or writer. A set of anime characters she designed, called ”Moe characters loved not only by kids but also grown-ups,” was drawn on the “Moe Bus,” operating around Shibuya and Nerima in 2006. Some of the works she's taken part in have won an Academy Award nomination candidacy, a grand prize awarded by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the Good Design Award.
Production Credits
Hiroko Kazui has 41 production credits.
Visual Effects
Credited for Key Animation in 27 shows -
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs,
Kimagure Orange Road,
Touch 3 Don't Pass Me By,
The Burning Wild Man,
Patlabor: The Mobile Police,
Hades Project Zeorymer,
Ranma ½,
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!,
Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix,
Rurouni Kenshin,
You're Under Arrest!,
Spring and Chaos,
Detatoko Princess,
Pokémon: The First Movie,
Steam Detectives,
Tenamonya Voyagers,
Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown! The Golden Digimentals,
R.O.D: Read or Die OVA,
The Twelve Kingdoms,
Tokyo Godfathers,
Midori Days,
Sword of the Stranger,
Captain Earth,
In This Corner of the World,
Inu-Oh and
The Tatami Time Machine Blues.
Art
Directing
Credited for Director in 1 show -
18if.
Writing
Credited for Screenplay in 1 show -
18if.