Kazuo Komatsubara
24. prosince 1943 — 24. března 2000 (56 let)
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.
Filmografie
| 2001 | Metropolis · as Key Animation |
| 1998 | Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target · as Key Animation |
| 1997 | A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation · as Animation Director |
| 1997 | Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper · as Key Animation |
| 1988 | Fair, then Partly Piggy · as Character Designer |
| 1987 | Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth · as Key Animation |
| 1986 | Maple Town · as Animation Director |
| 1985 | I'm Here! Step Jun · as Character Designer |
| 1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · as Animation Director |
| 1982 | Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX · as Animation Director |
| 1981 | Adieu Galaxy Express 999 · as Animation Director |
| 1980 | Ganbare Genki · as Animation Director |
| 1980 | Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass · as Character Designer |
| 1979 | Galaxy Express 999 · as Animation Director |
| 1978 | Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia · as Animation Director |
| 1977 | Superman Task Force Baratack · as Character Designer |
| 1976 | Magne Robo Gakeen · as Character Designer |
| 1975 | The Little Mermaid · as Key Animation |
| 1972 | Devilman · as Animation Director |
| 1971 | Ryu the Primitive Boy · as Character Designer |