Masahiko Murata

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Masahiko Murata

Biography

Masahiko Murata (むらた 雅彦, Murata Masahiko, born August 8) is an animator, animation director, director and storyboard artist from Saitama Prefecture. His real name and former stage name are Masahiko Murata (村田 雅彦, Murata Masahiko).

Masahiko joined Shaft in early 80's and left the company in late 90's to become a freelancer. He was the first director of OVA “Mazinkaiser”. His main works as anime film director include “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire”, “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, and “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison”. As for anime TV series, he was the director in “Gilgamesh”, “Corpse Princess: Aka”, “Corpse Princess: Kuro”, “NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals”, and To Your Eternity (first season), among others.

Production Credits

Masahiko Murata has 82 production credits.

Art

Credited for Storyboard Artist in 21 shows - Neo Ranga, Serial Experiments Lain, Space Pirate Mito, Saiyuki, Naruto, Gilgamesh, Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, NIGHT HEAD GENESIS, Naruto Shippūden, Corpse Princess, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, The Mystic Archives of Dantalian, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison, NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, Baby Steps, Puzzle & Dragons X, Golden Kamuy, Tower of God, To Your Eternity and Spy Classroom.

Directing

Credited for Series Director in 5 shows - Gilgamesh, Naruto Shippūden, Baby Steps, To Your Eternity and Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange.
Credited for Director in 27 shows - Neo Ranga, Serial Experiments Lain, Eat-Man '98, Space Pirate Mito, Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran, Saiyuki, Mazinkaiser, Naruto, Mazinkaiser vs Great Darkness General, Gilgamesh, Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, Ultimate Girls, Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time, Naruto Shippūden, Corpse Princess, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, The Mystic Archives of Dantalian, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison, NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain, Baby Steps, 攻殻機動隊ARISE border:5 Pyrophoric Cult, Puzzle & Dragons X, We Rent Tsukumogami, Tower of God and To Your Eternity.
Credited for Second Unit Director in 2 shows - Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower and Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison.

Visual Effects

Credited for Opening/Ending Animation in 1 show - Naruto Shippūden.
Credited for Animation Director in 5 shows - Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive, Tokyo Pig, The Boy Who Saw the Wind, Naruto Shippūden and Tower of God.
Credited for Key Animation in 16 shows - Attacker You!, Touch, Touch: The Ace Without a Number, Madonna, Bonobono, Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini, Those Who Hunt Elves, Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness, Saiyuki, Naruto, Naruto Shippūden, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison, NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals and Tower of God.
Credited for Animation in 1 show - We Rent Tsukumogami.

Writing

Credited for Storyboard in 4 shows - Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time, Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain, 攻殻機動隊ARISE border:5 Pyrophoric Cult and To Your Eternity.