Kazuo Komatsubara
Visual Effects
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
Visual Effects32
movieMetropolis
2001
Key Animation
movieDevilman Memorial
1999
Character Designer
movieCase Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998
Key Animation
movieA Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
1997
Animation Director
movieDetective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
1997
Key Animation
tvLittle Twins
1992
Character Designer
movieLittle Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past
1992
Animation Director
tvGo Nagai World
1991
Animation Director, Character Designer
movieFair, then Partly Piggy
1988
Character Designer, Animation Director
movieDevilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
Key Animation, Character Designer
tvMaple Town
1986
Key Animation, Animation Director
movieArei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space
1985
Animation Director, Character Designer
movieWee Wendy
1985
Animation Director
tvHai! Step Jun
1985
Character Designer
movieWarriors of the Wind
1984
Character Designer, Animation Director
movieMagnos
1983
Character Designer
tvArcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX
1982
Animation Director
movieI Am a Cat
1982
Animation Director
tvJ9 Series
1981
Character Designer
movieAdieu Galaxy Express 999
1981
Animation Director
movieForce Five : Grandizer
1981
Key Animation, Animation Director
tvDo Your Best Genki
1980
Character Designer, Animation Director
movieGalaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1980
Character Designer
movieGalaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
Character Designer, Animation Director
movieSpace Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
1978
Animation Director, Character Designer
tvChojin Sentai Barattack
1977
Character Designer
tvMagnet Robot Gakeen
1976
Animation Director, Character Designer
movieGreat Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter
1975
Animation Director
tvDevilman
1972
Animation Director
tvRyu the Primitive Boy
1971
Character Designer
tvTiger Mask
1969
Animation Director, Animation
