Ryuji Masuda
Ryuji Masuda | |
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増田 龍治 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) Kumamoto, Japan |
| Occupation | Animation director |
| Notable work | Popee the Performer Mr. Stain on Junk Alley Funny Pets |
| Spouse | Wakako Masuda
(m. 1998; div. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, Masuda Ryūji; born 1968) is a Japanese CGI animation director. His works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain on Junk Alley and Funny Pets.[2] He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.
Works
[edit]| Release date | Media | Crew role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 2000 - January 1, 2003 | Popee the Performer (POPEE the ぱフォーマー, POPEE the pa fōmā) | Director, original script/story writer | Debut work |
| January 6, 2003 - March 25, 2003 | Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (ガラクタ通りのステイン, Garakuta-Doori no Sutein) | Director, original script/story writer | |
| 2003 | Drive Car (ドライブカー) | Director, original script/story writer | music video |
| May 28, 2004 | Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ (温泉タマゴ ~湯けむり奇談~) | Director of "Yoshiko's 6th Sense", Screenplay writer of "Onsen Konoshi Doki" | 3-in-1 live action/CG animated drama movie |
| January 11, 2006 - March 28, 2006 | Funny Pets (ファニーペッツ, Fanī Petsu (Alternative name: Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic)) | Director, original script/story writer | |
| 2007-2009 | Petit Eva (Evangelion@School) | CG Supervisor | |
| April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010 | Charady's Daily Joke (キャラディのジョークな毎日, Charady no Joke no Mainichi) | Overall Director | |
| November 22, 2013 | OH! Jesus (オー！ジーザス) | Director, original script/story writer | manga-like anime |
Awards
[edit]In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]In 2002, he helped with the Popee the Performer manga (he wrote the Magazine Z manga).
In 2007, he wrote the Mr. Stain and Funny Pets picture books.
Others
[edit]- Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
- Member of Directors Guild of Japan.
Personal life
[edit]During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company.[3] He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2024-08-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
- 1 2 Adobe Japan Education Vanguards インタビュー増田 2009年10月 坂本綾（アリカ） Adobe Japan
External links
[edit]- About Ryuji Masuda[permanent dead link] (in Japanese)
- Ryuji Masuda anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
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