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Actor
Atsushi Wakabayashi
Directing1964Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Atsushi Wakabayashi is a Japanese animator, anime director, character designer and storyboard artist. He graduated from Tatsunoko Animation Technology Institute in 1989. After working at Tatsunoko, he served as animation director on such shows as " Yu Yu Hakusho " and " Midori no Makibao " in the 1990s , mainly supporting the animation of Studio Pierrot 's works. He attracted major attention for directing episodes 30, 71, and 133 of " Naruto" . Since then, he has expanded his work to other companies' productions, but most of his involvement is in basic storyboarding only. His nickname on set is "Kaba-san." Since 2013, he has also been a guest lecturer at NUNOANI Juku.
Credits
39- 2022
Shenmue the AnimationDirector · 1 episodesTV show - 2020
Future FolktalesCharacter Designer · 26 episodesTV show - 2017
Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsStoryboard Artist · 29 episodesTV show - 2015
Garo: Crimson MoonStoryboard Artist · 1 episodes · Director · 24 episodesTV show - 2014
Rage of BahamutDirector · 7 episodes · Animation Director · 1 episodes · Key Animation · 3 episodesTV show - 2012
KingdomKey Animation · 1 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 11 episodesTV show - 2011
Naruto OVA 8: Naruto x UTKey AnimationMovie - 2010
Princess JellyfishStoryboard Artist · 2 episodesTV show - 2009
Guin SagaSeries Director · 26 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 25 episodes · Director · 2 episodesTV show - 2007
Naruto ShippūdenStoryboard Artist · 9 episodes · Animation Director · 1 episodes · Director · 1 episodes · Key Animation · 1 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation · 2 episodesTV show - 2006
TOKYO TRIBE 2Storyboard Artist · 1 episodesTV show - 2005
Noein: To Your Other SelfStoryboard Artist · 3 episodesTV show
