Yuu Kou
- Directing
- January 1, 1960 · Osaka, Japan
Biography
Yuu Kou (紅 優, Kō Yū, born 1960) is a Japanese animator and anime director from Osaka Prefecture. His real name is Shigeru Morikawa (森川 滋, Morikawa Shigeru). In the 1990s, he also used under the name Yumekichi Minatoya (湊屋 夢吉, Minatoya Yumekichi). He has been working as an animation director since the late 1980s.
Known for
Filmography
- GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS · Series Director
- ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream！ · Director
- Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga · Storyboard Artist
- Cells at Work! · Storyboard Artist
- Goddess Apprentice: Secret Kokotama Make Miracles Happen♪ Tepuru and the Doki-Doki Kokotama World · Storyboard Artist
- KIRA KIRA☆PRETTY CURE A LA MODE · Storyboard Artist
- Uta no Prince-sama · Series Director, Writer
- Blue Exorcist · Storyboard Artist
- Giant Killing · Series Director
- Umi Monogatari · Series Director
- Naruto Shippūden · Storyboard Artist
- The Familiar of Zero · Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- Blood+ · Storyboard Artist
- Loveless · Series Director
- The Law of Ueki · Writer
- Gankutsuou · Director
- Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Chrono Crusade · Series Director, Creator
- Gunparade March · Storyboard Artist
- Saikano · Director
- Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Wild Knights Gulkeeva · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture · Story, Writer
- Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles · Storyboard Artist
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart · Director
- Yawara! · Storyboard Artist
- Kojiro of the Fuma · Director
- All That Gundam · Director
- Kimagure Orange Road · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Fight! Kickers · Storyboard
- Project A-Ko · Stage Director
- Project A-ko: Secret File · Self