Kazuto Nakazawa
- Directing
- March 4, 1968 · Niigata, Japan
Biography
Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story." He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit."
Known for
Filmography
- 20001 An Earth Odyssey · Character Designer
- Love Through a Prism · Supervising Animation Director, Storyboard Artist
- Aoashi · Storyboard Artist
- Fena: Pirate Princess · Series Director, Story
- Case File N° 221: Kabukicho · Key Animation
- B: The Beginning · Series Director, Other
- Days · Character Designer
- Comedy Skit 1989 · Director, Screenplay
- Japan Animator Expo · Director, Character Designer
- Terror in Resonance · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Haikyu!! · Key Animation
- Giovanni's Island · Key Animation
- Attack on Titan · Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
- Vassalord. · Director, Key Animation
- Oreshura · Key Animation
- Kids on the Slope · Key Animation
- Kuroko's Basketball · Key Animation
- Medusa's Revenge · Director
- Kid Icarus · Director
- Hunter x Hunter · Key Animation
- Usagi Drop · Key Animation
- House of Five Leaves · Character Designer
- Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike · Key Animation
- Hells · Animation Director, Character Designer
- Genius Party Beyond · Director, Character Designer
- Genius Party Beyond · Director, Writer
- Ani*Kuri15 · Director
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate · Key Animation
- Ani*Kuri15 · Director
- Deep Imagination · Director
- FLUXIMATION · Director
- Steamboy · Key Animation
- Samurai Champloo · Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 · First Assistant Director
- Kid's Story · Key Animation
- Parasite Dolls · Director, Writer
- Parasite Dolls · Key Animation, Director
- A Detective Story · Key Animation
- The Second Renaissance Part I · Key Animation
- Comedy · Director
- RahXephon · Key Animation
- Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon · Animation Director
- Mezzo Forte · Key Animation
- MEZZO FORTE · Key Animation
- Sol Bianca: The Legacy · Key Animation
- Legend of Black Heaven · Character Designer
- Blue Submarine No. 6 · Key Animation
- Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 · Key Animation
- His and Her Circumstances · Key Animation
- Virgin Fleet · Key Animation
- Detatoko Princess · Key Animation
- Photon: The Idiot Adventures · Key Animation
- Virus Buster Serge · Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
- Tenchi in Tokyo · Animation Director, Key Animation
- Spring and Chaos · Key Animation
- Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer · Key Animation
- Battle Arena Toshinden · Key Animation, Character Designer
- Landlock · Character Designer
- Shamanic Princess · Key Animation
- Midori no Makibaō · Key Animation
- El-Hazard: The Wanderers · Key Animation
- El-Hazard: The Magnificent World · Character Designer, Animation Director
- The Brave of Gold Goldran · Key Animation
- Ninku · Key Animation
- Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom · Animation Director
- Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture · Animation Director
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure · Key Animation
- Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle · Animation Director
- All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku · Key Animation
- Tenchi Muyo! · Animation Director
- Nyūin Bokki Monogatari Ojiji ni! · Key Animation
- Roujin Z · Key Animation
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III · Animation Director
- Akai Hayate · Key Animation
- A Wind Named Amnesia · Key Animation
- Violence Jack: Hell's Wind · Key Animation
- Aries: Shinwa no Seizakyuu · Character Designer, Animation Director
- Record of Lodoss War · Key Animation
- Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude · Key Animation
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water · Animation Director