Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Japanese anime director
Yoshinobu Yawakawa[a] (Japanese: 山川吉樹[b], Hepburn: Yawakawa Yoshinobu) is a Japanese anime animator, director, and character designer.
Biography
Yamakawa was born in February 9, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from a mechanical engineering course in a technical high school.[1]
Works
TV anime
Year | Title | Role | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | The Slayers | Animator | [2] |
1996 | Saber Marionette J | Animator, Small Items Design | [2] |
1997 | Tenchi in Tokyo | Animator, Small Items Design | [2] |
1999 | Excel Saga | Episode Storyboard Artist (Episode 5) | [3] |
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Episode Storyboard Artist (Episode 9, 18) | [4] | |
2003 | Di Gi Charat Nyo! | Character Design, Animation Director | [5][2] |
Nanaka 6/17 | Character Designer[c] | [6] | |
2006 | Mushishi | Episode Storyboard Artist (Episode 15) | [7] |
2009 | First Love Limited | Director | [8][9] |
2012 | Kill Me Baby | Director | [10] |
Little Busters! | Director | [11] | |
2013 | Little Busters! Refrain | Director | [12] |
2015 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Director | [13] |
2017 | Alice & Zoroku | Episode Storyboard Artist (Episode 2, 4–5, 10), Episode Director (Episode 10) | [14] |
Children of the Whales | Episode Storyboard Artist (Episode 11) | [15] | |
2018 | Hi Score Girl | Director | [16] |
2019 | High Score Girl Season 2 | Director | [17] |
2021 | The Duke of Death and His Maid | Director | [18] |
2023 | The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2 | Director | [19] |
2024 | The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3 | Director | [20] |
Anime Movie
Year | Title | Role | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 | Character Design, Animation Director | [2] |
2001 | Di Gi Charat - A Trip to the Planet | Character Designer | [21] |
2008 | Hells | Director | [22] |
Original Video Animation
Year | Title | Role | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Kill Me Baby | Director | [23] |
2014 | Little Busters! EX | Director | [24] |
Web Anime
Year | Title | Role | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | B: The Beginning | Director | [25] |
2024 | Murai no Koi | Director | [26] |
Recognitions
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 12th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards | Animation Division | Hells Angels (Directed by Yamakawa) | Jury Recommended Works (Long Animation) | [27] |
Notes
- ^ His name sometimes translates to Yoshiki Yoshikawa
- ^ His old names were "山川良志信", "山川よしのぶ" and "山川世忍"
- ^ Magical Domiko characters only
Reference
- ^ Nakanishi, Kyuu (August 5, 2021). "3DCGはキャラの心を描けるか? 「ハイスコアガール」の制作・J.C.STAFF、監督・山川吉樹が挑む、"呪い"のラブコメディ「死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド」 (2/2) - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Mays, Jonathan (April 3, 2003). "New Sakura-Con Guests". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^
- For episode 9: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For episode 18: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "デ・ジ・キャラットにょ". madhouse.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "初恋限定。 : 作品情報 - アニメハック". eiga.com (in Japanese). March 1, 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "初恋限定。". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "キルミーベイベー". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "リトルバスターズ!". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "リトルバスターズ!~Refrain~". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは 間違っているだろうか". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^
- For episode 2: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For episode 4: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For episode 5: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For episode 10: "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "ハイスコアガール". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "ハイスコアガールⅡ". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド 第2期". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Loo, Egan (September 24, 2023). "The Duke of Death and His Maid Anime Gets 3rd Season in 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "HELLS". madhouse.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "キルミーベイベー ぶつぞうけがってにせはろうぃーん". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "リトルバスターズ!EX". jcstaff.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2018). "B: The Beginning Anime's New Trailer Previews Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (May 1, 2024). "Murai in Love Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Ending Song Artists, October TV Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Loo, Egan (December 10, 2008). "Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
External links
- Yoshinobu Yamakawa at Anime News Network
- Yoshinobu Yamakawa at IMDb