Ryouki Kamitsubo


Ryouki Kamitsubo is a Japanese director and storyboard artist best known for co-directing Hidamari Sketch with Akiyuki Shinbo.
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Career

Kamitsubo began his career in the anime industry as a production manager for Film Magic in the early 90s. He transitioned to digital photography and visual effects work for Media Vision and, later, Gonzo in the mid and late 90s. In the early 2000s, he started doing episode directing and storyboard work. In 2004, he worked under Akiyuki Shinbo on the original anime series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and the following year was brought into Shaft by Shinbo, where his first project with the company was as an episode director on Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. He would later make his series directorial debut with Shinbo and Shaft in 2007 with Hidamari Sketch. Shinbo considered Kamitsubo, setting designer Tatsuya Oishi, and art director Hisaharu Iijima to be the core staff responsible for the foundations of the style and presentation of Hidamari Sketch, even after both Kamitsubo and Oishi had left the series' production in their respective seasons. Kamitsubo continued working with Shaft for a few years before deciding to base his work mostly out of Xebec, including his own series Softenni and Hen Semi. In 2012, however, he announced that he would be leaving the industry, and his final work would be as a storyboard artist and episode director on the tenth episode of To Love Ru: Darkness under the pseudonym Motona Hino. Despite this, Kamitsubo returned to the industry in 2014, acting as a storyboard artist for Xebec's series Argevollen beginning with the 13th episode. Since 2017, Kamitsubo has mainly worked on series produced by Doga Kobo.

Works

Television series

In "Director" column highlights Kamitsubi's directorial works.
YearTitleDirectorStudioSBEDOther roles and notesRef
1991Genji Tsūshin AgedamaMasao NamikiStudio GallopProduction assistant
1991Hime-chan's RibbonHatsuki TsujiStudio GallopProduction assistant
1997GeGeGe no Kitarō 4th SeriesDaisuke NishioToei AnimationDigital photography
1998Himitsu no Akko-chanHiroki ShibataToei AnimationDigital photography
2000Gate KeepersJunichi Sato
Koichi Chigira		GonzoPhotography
2001Star Ocean EXHiroshi WatanabeStudio Deen
2001HellsingUmanosuke Iida
Yasunori Urata		Gonzo
2003Bomberman JettersKatsuyuki KoderaStudio Deen
2003Peacemaker KuroganeTomohiro HirataGonzoDigital director
2003The Mythical Detective Loki RagnarokHiroshi WatanabeStudio DeenOpening director
Ending director
2004AM DriverIsao ToradaStudio Deen
2004Magical Girl Lyrical NanohaAkiyuki ShinboSeven Arcs
2004YumeriaKeitarō MotonagaStudio Deen
2005Tsukuyomi: Moon PhaseAkiyuki ShinboShaftKey animator
2005Gun x SwordGorō TaniguchiAIC ASTA
2006Inukami!Keizō KusakawaSeven Arcs
2006Negima!?Akiyuki Shinbo
Shin Oonuma 		Shaft
2007Ef: A Tale of MemoriesShin OonumaShaft
2007Hidamari SketchShaftEnding director
2007Hidamari Sketch SpecialsAkiyuki Shinbo Shaft
2008Dinosaur King: Season 2Katsuyoshi YatabeSunrise
2008Kyōran Kazoku NikkiYasuhiro KurodaNomad
2008Hidamari Sketch x 365Akiyuki ShinboShaftEnding director
2008HyakkoMichio FukudaNippon Animation
2008Kyō no Go no NiTsuyoshi NagasawaXebec
2009Pandora HeartsTakao KatoXebec
2009Polyphonica: Crimson SToshimasa SuzukiDiomedéa
2010Ladies versus Butlers!Atsushi ŌtsukiXebec
2010Durarara!!Takahiro OmoriBrain's Base
2011SoftenniXebecSeries composition
Ending director
2012To Love Ru DarknessAtsushi ŌtsukiXebecCredited as Motona Hino
2012Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-neTatsuo Satō
Toshimasa Suzuki		Xebec
2012Saki: Episode of Side AManabu OnoStudio Gokumi
2014ArgevollenAtsushi ŌtsukiXebec
2014Trinity SevenHiroshi NishikioriSeven Arcs Pictures
2015Kin-iro MosaicTenshoStudio Gokumi
2015Fafner in the Azure: ExodusTakashi Noto
Nobuyoshi Habara		Xebec Zwei
2015Plastic MemoriesYoshiyuki FujiwaraDoga Kobo
2015Triage XTakao Kato
Akio Takami		Xebec
2016Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another WorldMasaharu WatanabeWhite Fox
2016Big OrderNobuharu KamanakaAsread
2016New Game!Yoshiyuki FujiwaraDoga Kobo
2017Gabriel DropOutMasahiko OhtaDoga Kobo
2017Gamers!Manabu OkamotoPine Jam
2017Eromanga SenseiRyōhei TakeshitaA-1 Pictures
2017Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~Hiroaki AkagiDoga Kobo
2018Hozuki's CoolheadednessKazuhiro YonedaStudio Deen
2018Hinomaru SumoKōnosuke Uda
Yasutaka Yamamoto		Gonzo
2018Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!Masahiko OhtaDoga Kobo
2018Anima Yell!Masako SatōDoga Kobo

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