Ryuji Masuda

Ryuji Masuda is a Japanese CGI animation director. His works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain on Junk Alley and Funny Pets. He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.

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Awards

In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.

Books

In 2002, he helped with the Popee the Performer manga.
In 2007, he wrote the Mr. Stain and Funny Pets picture books.

Others

Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
Member of Directors Guild of Japan.

Personal life

During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company. He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.