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Tsuguyuki Kubo

Biography

Legendary Japanese animator, animation director, and character designer. Currently affiliated with Studio Pierrot. Kubo started working as an animator since the mid 1960s. He worked on a number of a Japanese animated cartoons with various animation companies. In the mid 1980s, he joined the newly formed PAC, which handled almost all of the animation duties of the various Rankin/Bass cartoons. His brother is fellow animator Hidemi Kubo.

Production Credits

Tsuguyuki Kubo has 78 production credits.

Directing

Credited for Continuity in 1 show - The Last Unicorn.
Credited for Director in 1 show - Detective School Q.

Visual Effects

Credited for Animation Director in 25 shows - Space Ace, Rainbow Sentai Robin, Cackling Kitarou, Cyborg 009, Tiger Mask, Peppermint Rose, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, The Mysterious Play: Eikoden, The Twelve Kingdoms, Naruto, E's Otherwise, Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, Midori Days, Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, Bleach, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Paradise Kiss, Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, Blue Dragon, Naruto Shippuden the Movie, Beelzebub, Tokyo Ghoul, Divine Gate and Puzzle & Dragons X.
Credited for Key Animation in 33 shows - Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Key the Metal Idol, Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, Ceres: Celestial Legend, Fighting Spirit, Naruto, Detective School Q, Bleach, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel, Paradise Kiss, Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, Naruto Shippūden, Blue Dragon, Naruto Shippuden the Movie, Beelzebub, Blue Exorcist, Legend of the Millennium Dragon, The World is Still Beautiful, Baby Steps, Tokyo Ghoul, Yona of the Dawn, The Last: Naruto the Movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Divine Gate, Puzzle & Dragons X, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Black Clover, Puzzle & Dragons, Akudama Drive, Play It Cool, Guys and Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.
Credited for Character Designer in 6 shows - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Frosty's Winter Wonderland, ThunderCats, The Diary of Anne Frank, Barbapapa around the world and The Mysterious Play: Eikoden.
Credited for Animation Supervisor in 1 show - The Hobbit.
Credited for Opening/Ending Animation in 3 shows - Speed Racer, Rozen Maiden and Naruto Shippūden.
Credited for Animation in 1 show - Rainbow Sentai Robin.

Art

Credited for Art Direction in 2 shows - Peppermint Rose and The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Production

Credited for Production Assistant in 4 shows - His and Her Circumstances, Desert Punk, Tetsuko's Travels and Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse.
Credited for Location Assistant in 1 show - FLCL.