Osamu Kobayashi
- Directing
- January 10, 1964 · Tokyo, Japan
- April 17, 2021
Biography
Osamu Kobayashi (小林 治, Kobayashi Osamu) (January 10, 1964 – April 17, 2021) was a Japanese animator, illustrator, mechanic designer, and animation director. He originally directed avant-garde shorts and music videos for Studio 4°C and has more recently done two TV series for Madhouse Studios. Not to be confused with the animation director of the same name who founded Ajia-do Animation Works.
Known for
Filmography
- HYPERSONIC Music Club · Writer, Director
- Arte · Storyboard Artist
- Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan · Writer, Director
- Dororo · Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
- The Last: Naruto the Movie · Concept Artist
- The Princess and the Pilot · Key Animation
- The Mystic Archives of Dantalian · Key Animation, Settings
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt · Director, Settings
- Ani*Kuri15 · Director
- Ani*Kuri15 · Writer, Director
- Gurren Lagann · Animation Director, Key Animation
- Naruto Shippūden · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Kemonozume · Key Animation, Director
- Deep Imagination · Director
- Paradise Kiss · Series Director, Series Composition
- Zoids: Genesis · Key Animation
- Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad · Series Composition, Character Designer
- Someday's Dreamers · Series Director, Animation
- End of the World · Director, Art Direction
- Digital Juice · Director
- Dragon's Heaven · Key Animation, Mechanical Designer
- Lupin the 3rd · Storyboard Artist, Key Animation