Yuji Moriyama
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, also known as Yuji Motoyama, is born on January 6, 1960 and is an anime
character designer and animator
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Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
character designer and animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
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Filmography
- 801 T.T.S. Airbats801 T.T.S. Airbatsis a manga by Shimizu Toshimitsu which was later adapted into a seven episode anime series, produced by Studio Fantasia and Victor Entertainment. The series was released in Japan on Laser Disc as a series of OAV episodes between 1994 and 1996, and was licensed for English language distribution by...
(OVA): Director, Character Design - (The) Adventures of Kotetsu (OVA): Director
- Agent AikaAgent AikaAgent Aika, known in Japan as simply , is an adventure anime OVA series. Aika Sumeragi is a Japanese woman who works as a salvager for hire, but gets caught up in a plot for world domination...
(OVA): Character Design - All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku NukuAll Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nukuis a Japanese single-volume manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada and serialized in Weekly Manga Action. The manga was released as a single volume in December 1997...
(OVA): Character Design, Animation director - BleachBleachBleach refers to a number of chemicals that remove color, whiten, or disinfect, often via oxidation. Common chemical bleaches include household chlorine bleach , lye, oxygen bleach , and bleaching powder...
(TV): Sub-Design - Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (OVA): Sub-Design
- Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (manga): Illustrator
- CompilerCompilerA compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
(OVA): Character Design - Cream LemonCream Lemonis an erotic anime series with some in-depth storylines and classic artwork. The first Cream Lemon OVA was released in 1984, though Cream Lemon was not the first hentai OVA...
Part 4: Pop Chaser (OVA): Character Design, Key Animation - D.C. ~Da Capo~D.C. ~Da Capo~is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Circus which was released as a limited edition on June 28, 2002 playable on the PC as a CD-ROM; a DVD-ROM version followed on July 26, 2002. An English release was scheduled for December 25, 2008, and the game was available for a brief time on that...
(TV): Scenario - (The) Daichis - Earth Defence Family (TV): Animation director (ep. 5)
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) AloneEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Aloneis a 2007 Japanese animated film written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno. It is the first of four films released in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy based on the original anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was produced and co-distributed by Anno's Studio Khara in partnership with Gainax...
(movie): Animation director, Key Animation - Exper Zenon (OVA): Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Work, Character Design
- Fancy LalaFancy LalaFancy Lala, known in Japan as is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in Ribon. The original designs were created by Akemi Takada, who worked on many of the 80's Studio Pierrot series...
(TV): Opening Animation - Fighting Fantasy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan (OVA): Storyboard
- Fire EmblemFire Emblemis a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems , the maker of Advance Wars , and published by Nintendo...
(OVA): Character Design - Gensomaden Saiyuki: Requiem (movie): Character Design
- GeobreedersGeobreedersis a manga series by Akihiro Ito. Two anime OVAs were also produced to tell part of the story, with "Kitty" taking place during the timeline between volumes 5 and 6 of the manga, and "Breakthrough" acting as an introduction to volume 8...
(OVA): Chief Director - Geobreeders 2 (OVA): Script, Character Design, Animation director
- GunbusterGunbusterGunbuster, known in Japan as is a six episode anime OVA series created by Gainax in 1988. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis anime Aim for the Ace!, whose plot inspired...
(OVA): Animation director, Animation, Scientific Study - Honoo no Tenkousei (OVA): Character Design
- Jungle De Ikou!Jungle de Ikou!is a fanservice anime directed by Yuji Moriyama in 1997. It was licensed in the U.S by Media Blasters and released to DVD and VHS in 2001.The story is centered on Natsumi, a young student from Japan who gains the powers of Mii, the well-endowed fertility goddess of a tribal culture. Natsumi and...
(OVA): Director, Storyboard, Character Design, Animation director, Original story - Kurau: Phantom Memory (TV): Animation director (ep. 9), Technical director (ep. 9)
- Locke the SupermanLocke the Supermanis a manga series by Yuki Hijiri which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. It was given an obscure video release in the United States as Locke the Superpower Ten volumes were published in Poland under the tile Locke Superczłowiek....
: Mirroring (OVA): Animation director - Luna Varga (OVA): Design
- Macross PlusMacross Plusis a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline...
(OVA): Animation director (eps. 3-4) - Macross Plus Movie Edition: Animation director, Chief animator
- MadaraMadarais a Japanese manga series, light novel series, role-playing video game, anime OVA and radio drama series.The Famicom Mōryō Senki MADARA was a Konami 1990 release that has never been officially localized...
(OVA): Director, Character Design, Drawing Director - Maison IkkokuMaison Ikkokuis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
(TV): Character Design - Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen (movie): Character Design
- NarutoNarutois an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...
(TV): Original Picture (credited as Kotarou Kazama) - Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie): Original Picture
- Norakuro-kun (TV): Character Design
- Ouran High School Host ClubOuran High School Host Clubis a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...
(TV): Episode Director, Animation director - Pani Poni Dash!Pani Poni Dash!, also known as through its anime adaptation , is a Japanese manga series that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways...
(TV): Storyboard (eps. 2, 13), Episode Director (eps. 2, 13), Animation director (eps. 2, 13) - Project A-KoProject A-kois an animated movie that led to later releases set in the same series, and spinoff release as well. This parody series references a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s...
(U.S. manga): Original creator - Project A-Ko (movie): Screenplay, Character Design, Animation director, Key Animation
- Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (OVA): Director, Original creator, Character Design, Animation director
- Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (OVA): Director, Character Design, Original story
- Project A-Ko 4: Final (OVA): Director, Character Design, Original story
- SaiyukiSaiyukiis a manga series by Kazuya Minekura which was serialized in G-Fantasy from 1997 to 2002. The story is loosely based on the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West . In 1999 the Saiyuki OVA by Tokyo Kids was released. A year later it was adapted into an anime series by Studio Pierrot...
(TV): Character Design - Shrine of the Morning MistShrine of the Morning Mistis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Ugawa. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King Ours. The manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The manga was adapted into an anime series, directed by Yuji Moriyama...
(TV): Director, Storyboard (eps. 1, 5, 9, 18), Episode Director (ep. 25), Animation director (ep. 25) - Step Up Love Story (OVA): Director
- (The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV): Key Animation (ep. 5)
- Tales of Titillation (OVA): Character Design (ep. 1)
- Tokyo Mew MewTokyo Mew Mew, also known as Mew Mew Power, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003, and later published in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha from February 2001 to April 2003...
(TV): Chimera Animal Design - Tokyo UndergroundTokyo Undergroundis a manga series by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 2 until September 24, 2002....
(TV): Character Design - Urusei YatsuraUrusei Yatsurais a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
(TV): Animation director - Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie): Animation director
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You (movie): Key Animation
- Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love (movie): Chief Animation Director, Key Animation
- Usagi-chan de Cue!! (OVA): Animation director
- (The) Wings of Honneamise (movie): Animation director
- Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chanYawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chanYawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan is a Japanese manga and anime, loosely based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.It began in the comedy manga I, Otaku - Struggle in Akihabara by Jiro Suzuki, which the characters watched in their world. It was turned by Square Enix into a real manga...
(OVA): Director, Character Design