Kazuo Komatsubara

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1943-12-24

Deathday 2000-03-24 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Komatsubara

Biography

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 Effects

2001
Metropolis

as Key Animation

1999
Devilman Memorial

as Character Designer

1992
1992
Little Twins

as Character Designer

1991
I am Devilman, the Devil!

as Character Designer

1988
Fair, then Partly Piggy

as Character Designer

1988
Fair, then Partly Piggy

as Animation Director

1986
Maple Town

as Key Animation

1986
Maple Town

as Animation Director

1985
1985
Wee Wendy

as Animation Director

1985
1985
Hai! Step Jun

as Character Designer

1984
1984
1982
I Am a Cat

as Animation Director

1982
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999

as Animation Director

1981
J9 Series

as Character Designer

1980
1980
Do Your Best Genki

as Character Designer

1980
Do Your Best Genki

as Animation Director

1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Character Designer

1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Animation Director

1977
Chojin Sentai Barattack

as Character Designer

1976
Magnos the Robot

as Animation Director

1976
Magnos the Robot

as Character Designer

1972
Devilman

as Animation Director

1971
Ryu the Primitive Boy

as Character Designer

1969
Tiger Mask

as Animation Director

1969
Tiger Mask

as Animation

Art

1976
Magnerobo Ga-Keen

as Graphic Designer

Director