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Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋 一浩 Furuhashi Kazuhiro?, June 9, 1960-) is a Japanese anime director and supervisor, born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors[1], having directed and helmed the entire Rurouni Kenshin series (including the original television series, and its subsequent much-lauded OVA iterations[2]), the You're Under Arrest series, GetBackers, Hunter x Hunter, Zipang, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Real Drive and most recently, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.[1][3]

Early career and biography[]

He began his career as an animator with the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura and subsequently into episode direction and as a director with Studio Deen's anime adaptation of another Rumiko Takahashi work, Ranma ½. Furuhashi is particularly well-known for realistic portrayals and first person views shown in his directorial and storyboard works[4] and has obtained a good reputation as a director.[4] Furuhashi has often collabored and supervised numerous extensive and high quality anime productions with animators Norio Matsumoto, Atsuko Nakajima and Hirofumi Suzuki[5].[6] Over the years, he has worked in numerous productions with Studio Deen and began his directorial career with the studio.[6]

Works[]

TV anime[]

  • Urusei Yatsura (1981–1986; animation director)
  • Maison Ikkoku (1986–1988; key animation)
  • F (1988; key animation)
  • Ranma ½ (first series and nettō-hen) (1989; storyboards, episode direction)
  • Super Zugan (1994; ending animation)
  • Battle Fighters: Garō Densetsu (1992; storyboards, episode direction)
  • Battle Fighters: Garō Densetsu 2 (1993; director, episode direction)
  • Kuma no Pūtarō (1995–1996; storyboards)
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkyaku Rōmantan (1996–1997; director, storyboards, episode direction)
  • Hunter x Hunter (1999–2001; director)
  • GetBackers: Dakkan'ya (2002–2003; director, storyboards) - direction assistance by Keitarō Motonaga
  • Gunslinger Girl (2004; storyboards of episode 12)
  • Genshiken (2004; storyboards of episodes 2 and 4)
  • Maria-sama ga Miteru (2004; storyboards)
  • Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ (2004; storyboards, episode direction)
  • Kyō Kara Maō! (2004; key animation of episode 2)
  • Zipang (2004–2005; director, screenplay)
  • Noein: Mō Hitori no Kimi e (2005–2006; storyboards of episode 12)
  • Binchō-tan (2006; director, series composition, screenplay, storbyoards, episode director, direction and storyboards of OP and ED)
  • Le Chevalier D'Eon (2006–2007; director, storyboards, episode direction)
  • Mo No No Ke (2007; storyboards)
  • Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (2007, storyboards of second opening theme)
  • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2007; storyboards of episode 13)
  • Real Drive (2008; director, storyboards, episode direction, OP direction)
  • Amatsuki (2008; director, series composition, screenplay, storyboards of episode 1, key animation of episode 13)

OVA[]

Games[]

  • Tales of Rebirth (2004; director, storyboards and direction of game OP movie)
  • Tales of the Abyss (2005; director and storyboards of game OP movie)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Les 24 Chevaliers Part XXIV: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Director) (01)". Production I.G. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  2. "Rurouni Kenshin OAV - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  3. "Kazuhiro FURUHASHI". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Les 24 Chevaliers Part XXIV: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Director) (02)". Production I.G. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  5. "Hirofumi SUZUKI". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 (Japanese) "古橋一浩". Retrieved 2008-11-12. 

External links[]

ru:Фурухаси, Кадзухиро uk:Фурухасі Кадзухіро zh:古橋一浩

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