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Kazuo Komatsubara(1943-2000)

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  • Additional Crew
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Kazuo Komatsubara was born on 24 December 1943 in Yokohama, Japan. He is known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Metropolis (2001) and Terra e... (1980). He died on 24 March 2000 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
BornDecember 24, 1943
DiedMarch 24, 2000(56)
BornDecember 24, 1943
DiedMarch 24, 2000(56)
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Known for

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
8.0
Movie
  • Animation Department
  • 1984
Metropolis (2001)
Metropolis
7.2
Movie
  • Animation Department
  • 2001
Terra e... (1980)
Terra e...
6.5
Movie
  • Animation Department
  • 1980
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
7.0
Movie
  • Animation Department
  • 1981

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Taimanin Asagi
    6.0
    Video
    • in-between animation supervisor
    • in-between animator
    • 2007
  • Metropolis (2001)
    Metropolis
    7.2
    • key animator
    • 2001
  • Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
    Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
    7.3
    • key animator (as Kazuo Kamatsubara)
    • 1998
  • A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
    A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
    6.5
    • animation director
    • character setting
    • 1997
  • Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
    Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
    7.4
    • key animator
    • 1997
  • Martian Successor Nadesico (1996)
    Martian Successor Nadesico
    7.5
    TV Series
    • key animator (as Kazuo Kamatsubara)
    • 1996
  • Junkers Come Here (1995)
    Junkers Come Here
    7.1
    • character designer/animation director
    • 1995
  • Go Nagai World (1991)
    Go Nagai World
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1991
  • Show Hayami in Devilman (1987)
    Devilman
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • key animator
    • 1987–1990
  • Umi Da! Funade Da! Niko Niko, Pun (1990)
    Umi Da! Funade Da! Niko Niko, Pun
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1990
  • Maple Town (1986)
    Maple Town
    6.6
    TV Series
    • animation director
    • key animator
    • 1986
  • Arei no kagami (1985)
    Arei no kagami
    6.0
    Short
    • animation director
    • animator
    • 1985
  • Hâi sureppu Jun (1985)
    Hâi sureppu Jun
    6.9
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • 1985–1986
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
    8.0
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1984
  • Ginga Shippû Sasuraiger (1983)
    Ginga Shippû Sasuraiger
    6.2
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • 1983–1984

Additional Crew

  • Gauche the Cellist (1982)
    Gauche the Cellist
    7.0
    • planner
    • 1982

Personal details

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    • Kazuo Kamatsubara
  • Born
    • December 24, 1943
    • Yokohama, Japan
  • Died
    • March 24, 2000
    • Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan(cancer)

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