Kazuo Komatsubara
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: December 23, 1943 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan - Died: March 23, 2000
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
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Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past
Animation Director
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Animation Director
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Animation Director
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space
Animation Director
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
Animation Director
Metropolis
Key Animation
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
Key Animation
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
Key Animation
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Key Animation
I Am a Cat
Animation Director
Devilman Memorial
Character Designer
Wee Wendy
Animation Director
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Animation Director
Fair, then Partly Piggy
Character Designer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Character Designer
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Character Designer
Have a Merry Christmas, Children!
Director
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Key Animation
Magnos
Character Designer
Chojin Sentai Barattack
Character Designer
Magnet Robot Gakeen
Character Designer
Ryu the Primitive Boy
Character Designer
Hai! Step Jun
Character Designer
Do Your Best Genki
Character Designer