Kazuo Komatsubara
- Visual effects
- December 24, 1943 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- March 24, 2000
Biography
Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.
Known for
Filmography
- Metropolis · Key Animation
- Devilman Memorial · Character Designer
- Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target · Key Animation
- A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation · Animation Director
- Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper · Key Animation
- Little Twins · Character Designer
- Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past · Animation Director
- Go Nagai World · Animation Director, Character Designer
- Fair, then Partly Piggy · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth · Key Animation, Character Designer
- Have a Merry Christmas, Children! · Director
- Maple Town · Animation Director, Key Animation
- Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space · Animation Director, Character Designer
- Wee Wendy · Animation Director
- Hai! Step Jun · Character Designer
- Warriors of the Wind · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Magnos · Character Designer
- Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX · Animation Director
- I Am a Cat · Animation Director
- J9 Series · Character Designer
- Adieu Galaxy Express 999 · Animation Director
- Force Five : Grandizer · Key Animation, Animation Director
- Do Your Best Genki · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass · Character Designer
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia · Animation Director, Character Designer
- Chojin Sentai Barattack · Character Designer
- Magnet Robot Gakeen · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter · Animation Director
- Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid · Key Animation
- Devilman · Animation Director
- Ryu the Primitive Boy · Character Designer
- Tiger Mask · Animation, Animation Director