Hiroko Kazui

Hiroko Kazui

Known for
Visual Effects
Born
January 25, 1965 (age 61)

Biography

Since starting to work as an assistant animator from junior college age, Hiroko Kazui has worked in the animation field not only in Japan but also in Canada for more than thirty years. She's participated in many animation TV series and feature films such as “Ranma Nibun-no-ichi,” and ”Keroro Gunsou” as an animator, storyboard artist, director or writer. A set of anime characters she designed, called ”Moe characters loved not only by kids but also grown-ups,” was drawn on the “Moe Bus,” operating around Shibuya and Nerima in 2006. Some of the works she's taken part in have won an Academy Award nomination candidacy, a grand prize awarded by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the Good Design Award.

Known For

Filmography

2022
The Tatami Time Machine Blues poster

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Movie · Key Animation

2022
Inu-Oh poster

Inu-Oh

Movie · Key Animation

2016
In This Corner of the World poster

In This Corner of the World

Movie · Key Animation

2014
Captain Earth poster

Captain Earth

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2013
Otona Joshi no Anime Time poster

Otona Joshi no Anime Time

TV · Character Designer · 1 ep

2008
Xam'd: Lost Memories poster

Xam'd: Lost Memories

TV · Animation Director · 1 ep

2007
Sword of the Stranger poster

Sword of the Stranger

Movie · Key Animation

2005
Eureka Seven poster

Eureka Seven

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2004
Midori Days poster

Midori Days

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2004
Mars Daybreak poster

Mars Daybreak

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2003
Tokyo Godfathers poster

Tokyo Godfathers

Movie · Key Animation

2003
Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai II poster

Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai II

Movie · Animation Director

2002
The Twelve Kingdoms poster

The Twelve Kingdoms

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2001
R.O.D: Read or Die poster

R.O.D: Read or Die

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2000
Hurricane Touchdown poster

Hurricane Touchdown

Movie · Key Animation

2000
Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon poster

Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon

Movie · Animation Director

1999
Eden's Bowy poster

Eden's Bowy

TV · Character Designer · 26 eps

1999
Tenamonya Voyagers poster

Tenamonya Voyagers

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

1998
Pokémon: The First Movie poster

Pokémon: The First Movie

Movie · Key Animation

1998
Steam Detectives poster

Steam Detectives

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1998
Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga poster

Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 2 eps

1998
His and Her Circumstances poster

His and Her Circumstances

TV · Opening/Ending Animation · 1 ep

1997
Detatoko Princess poster

Detatoko Princess

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 2 eps

1997
Revolutionary Girl Utena poster

Revolutionary Girl Utena

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1996
Spring and Chaos poster

Spring and Chaos

Movie · Key Animation

1996
Rurouni Kenshin poster

Rurouni Kenshin

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

1996
You're Under Arrest! poster

You're Under Arrest!

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

1996
The Adventures of Kotetsu poster

The Adventures of Kotetsu

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1996
Midori no Makibaō poster

Midori no Makibaō

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

1994
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix poster

Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

Movie · Key Animation

1992
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine poster

Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine

Movie · Key Animation

1992
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still poster

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1989
Ranma ½ poster

Ranma ½

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 10 eps

1988
The Burning Wild Man poster

The Burning Wild Man

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1988
Patlabor: Early Days poster

Patlabor: Early Days

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1988
Hades Project Zeorymer poster

Hades Project Zeorymer

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1988
Dragon Century poster

Dragon Century

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1988
Starship Troopers poster

Starship Troopers

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1987
Touch 3: Don't Pass Me By poster

Touch 3: Don't Pass Me By

Movie · Key Animation

1987
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs poster

Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs

Movie · Key Animation

1987
Kimagure Orange Road poster

Kimagure Orange Road

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1987
Zillion poster

Zillion

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

1985
Touch poster

Touch

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep