Kazuto Nakazawa

Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story". He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit." [1]

Kazuto Nakazawa
Born	(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968 Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司)
Alma mater	Tokyo Animator Academy
Occupation	Anime director, animator, illustrator, character designer

Filmography

TV series

• El-Hazard (1995) – character design, chief animation director
• Tenchi in Tokyo (1997) – character design, chief animation director
• Black Heaven (1999) – character design
• Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2001) – character design
• Ashita no Nadja (2003) – character design
• Samurai Champloo (2004) – character design, screenplay & storyboard & chief animation director (ep 15)
• Yurururu ~Nichijou Hen~ (2007) – director
• House of Five Leaves (2010) – character design, chief animation director (ep 4)
• Terror in Resonance (2014) – character design, chief animation director (ep 1-7)
• Days (2016) – character design
• B: The Beginning (2018) – creator, director, character design, chief animation director
• Fena: Pirate Princess (2021) – creator, director

Films

• Hells Angels (2008) – character design
• Genius Party Beyond: Moondrive (2008) – director, character design
• Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (2009) – character design
• COMEDY SKIT (Hitman) 1989 (2015) – director

OVAs

• El Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995) – character design
• Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (1996) – character design
• Battle Arena Toshinden (1996) – character design
• Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II (1997) – character design
• El Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (1997) – character design
• COMEDY (2002) – director
• Parasite Dolls (2003) – director
• Vassalord (2013) – director

Video games

• Le Roman de la Reine (1998) – character design
• Tales of Legendia (2005) – character design
• Asura's Wrath (2012) – director & main character design (ep 15.5)

Music videos

• Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit (2004) – director
• Utada Hikaru - Devil Inside (2005) – director
• ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Atarashii Sekai (2008) – director
• supercell - Utakata Hanabi (2010) – director

References

1. Hochman, Steve (16 May 2004). "Anime finds its match in Linkin Park". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

External links

• Kazuto Nakazawa on IMDb
• Kazuto Nakazawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Production IG Interview: "The Making of Asience 5"