Toshihiko Masuda

Known for
Visual Effects
Born
April 14, 1960 (age 66)

Biography

Born in 1960, Toshihiko Masuda was one of the major directors at Telecom Animation Film. He joined Telecom in 1980 as a in-between animator and became a director in 1983, taking over Hayao Miyazaki's unit after he left to go work at Topcraft to do Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Masuda is known for his wacky and fluid animation, and is the one who set the style in Telecom's western productions in the '80s and '90s. He now works as a freelance animator and storyboard artist working on a plethora of different anime projects.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- poster

Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-

Movie · Animation Director

2025
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins poster

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins

Movie · Key Animation

2025
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline poster

LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline

Movie · Key Animation

2025
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers

Movie · Key Animation

2025
Lazarus poster

Lazarus

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2025
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes poster

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim poster

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Movie · Key Animation

2024
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary

Movie · Key Animation

2024
Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull poster

Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull

Movie · Key Animation

2024
Ninja Kamui poster

Ninja Kamui

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2024
Tonbo! poster

Tonbo!

TV · Animation Director · 1 ep

2024
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth poster

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2024
Dan Da Dan poster

Dan Da Dan

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2024
Blue Box poster

Blue Box

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2024
Kaiju No. 8 poster

Kaiju No. 8

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King poster

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

Movie · Key Animation

2023
Ragna Crimson poster

Ragna Crimson

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off poster

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2023
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess poster

The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Inu-Oh poster

Inu-Oh

Movie · Animation Director

2022
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 poster

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021

Movie · Key Animation

2022
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Tornado Legend of Ninja Mononoke poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Tornado Legend of Ninja Mononoke

Movie · Key Animation

2022
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie poster

Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie

Movie · Key Animation

2022
The Heike Story poster

The Heike Story

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2022
Shenmue the Animation poster

Shenmue the Animation

TV · Key Animation, Effects Supervisor · 2 eps

2022
Onipan! poster

Onipan!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody poster

The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2022
Engage Kiss poster

Engage Kiss

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2022
The Tatami Time Machine Blues poster

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Urusei Yatsura poster

Urusei Yatsura

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
LUPIN ZERO poster

LUPIN ZERO

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Tekken: Bloodline poster

Tekken: Bloodline

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Aoashi poster

Aoashi

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2022
Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! poster

Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Hula Fulla Dance poster

Hula Fulla Dance

Movie · Key Animation

2021
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- poster

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2021
Yasuke poster

Yasuke

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
Ranking of Kings poster

Ranking of Kings

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2021
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO poster

DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team poster

2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2021
PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~ poster

PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2020
Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW poster

Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2020
Tower of God poster

Tower of God

TV · Key Animation · 6 eps

2019
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes poster

City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

Movie · Key Animation

2019
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie poster

Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie

Movie · Key Animation

2019
Vinland Saga poster

Vinland Saga

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2019
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu poster

Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2019
Ultramarine Magmell poster

Ultramarine Magmell

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2019
Fire Force poster

Fire Force

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Baku Mori! Kung Fu Boys -Ramen Chaos- poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Baku Mori! Kung Fu Boys -Ramen Chaos-

Movie · Key Animation

2018
MEGALOBOX poster

MEGALOBOX

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
ZOMBIE LAND SAGA poster

ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Sanrio Boys poster

Sanrio Boys

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Junji Ito Collection poster

Junji Ito Collection

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
Cells at Work! poster

Cells at Work!

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2018
Puzzle & Dragons poster

Puzzle & Dragons

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2018
We Rent Tsukumogami poster

We Rent Tsukumogami

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Mary and The Witch's Flower poster

Mary and The Witch's Flower

Movie · Key Animation

2017
Napping Princess poster

Napping Princess

Movie · Key Animation

2017
My First Girlfriend Is a Gal poster

My First Girlfriend Is a Gal

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Black Clover poster

Black Clover

TV · Key Animation · 7 eps

2017
GARO -VANISHING LINE- poster

GARO -VANISHING LINE-

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Idol Incidents poster

Idol Incidents

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2017
Convenience Store Boy Friends poster

Convenience Store Boy Friends

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2017
Atom: The Beginning poster

Atom: The Beginning

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Recovery of an MMO Junkie poster

Recovery of an MMO Junkie

TV · Key Animation · 3 eps

2017
DYNAMIC CHORD poster

DYNAMIC CHORD

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Sakura Quest poster

Sakura Quest

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2017
Eromanga Sensei poster

Eromanga Sensei

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2017
100% Teacher Pascal poster

100% Teacher Pascal

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Mob Psycho 100 poster

Mob Psycho 100

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
91 Days poster

91 Days

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Orange poster

Orange

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2016
Days poster

Days

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
My Hero Academia poster

My Hero Academia

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2016
Dimension W poster

Dimension W

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2016
Twin Star Exorcists poster

Twin Star Exorcists

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: My Moving Story! Cactus Attack! poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: My Moving Story! Cactus Attack!

Movie · Key Animation

2015
Mr. Osomatsu poster

Mr. Osomatsu

TV · Key Animation · 4 eps

2015
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma poster

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture poster

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Chivalry of a Failed Knight poster

Chivalry of a Failed Knight

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2015
Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation poster

Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone poster

Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone

Movie · Key Animation

2014
Haikyu!! poster

Haikyu!!

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
Tokyo Ghoul poster

Tokyo Ghoul

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2014
Baby Steps poster

Baby Steps

TV · Key Animation · 4 eps

2014
SHIROBAKO poster

SHIROBAKO

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2014
Rage of Bahamut poster

Rage of Bahamut

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2013
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent poster

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent

Movie · Key Animation

2013
Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie poster

Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

Movie · Key Animation

2013
Attack on Titan poster

Attack on Titan

TV · Key Animation · 6 eps

2012
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King poster

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King

Movie · Key Animation

2012
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey poster

Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey

Movie · Key Animation

2012
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · Key Animation · 4 eps

2012
Kids on the Slope poster

Kids on the Slope

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2012
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure poster

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

TV · Animation Director, Key Animation · 2 eps

2012
Bodacious Space Pirates poster

Bodacious Space Pirates

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
Sacred Seven poster

Sacred Seven

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2011
Blade poster

Blade

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2011
ThunderCats poster

ThunderCats

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2010
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse poster

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song poster

Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song

Movie · Key Animation

2010
Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost poster

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire poster

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire

Movie · Key Animation

2009
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser poster

Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser

Movie · Key Animation

2008
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear poster

Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear

Movie · Key Animation

2008
Genius Party Beyond poster

Genius Party Beyond

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2007
Naruto Shippuden the Movie poster

Naruto Shippuden the Movie

Movie · Key Animation

2007
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion poster

Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion

Movie · Key Animation

2007
Summer Days with Coo poster

Summer Days with Coo

Movie · Key Animation

2007
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure poster

Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure

Movie · Key Animation

2007
Naruto Shippūden poster

Naruto Shippūden

TV · Key Animation · 6 eps

2007
Reideen poster

Reideen

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2006
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom poster

Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

Movie · Key Animation

2006
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!

Movie · Key Animation

2006
Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie poster

Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie

Movie · Key Animation

2006
Tales from Earthsea poster

Tales from Earthsea

Movie · Key Animation

2006
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Movie · Key Animation

2006
Death Note poster

Death Note

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

2006
Pururun! Shizuku-chan poster

Pururun! Shizuku-chan

TV · Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director · 51 eps

2005
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge! poster

Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Legend Called: Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge!

Movie · Key Animation

2005
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel poster

Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

Movie · Key Animation

2005
Space Station No.9 poster

Space Station No.9

Movie · Key Animation

2005
Aria poster

Aria

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

2004
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow poster

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow

Movie · Key Animation

2004
Howl's Moving Castle poster

Howl's Moving Castle

Movie · Key Animation

2004
Mankatsu poster

Mankatsu

TV · Character Designer · 12 eps

2004
Bleach poster

Bleach

TV · Key Animation · 4 eps

2002
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass poster

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Movie · Key Animation

2000
Saiyuki poster

Saiyuki

TV · Key Animation · 1 ep

1999
One Piece poster

One Piece

TV · Key Animation · 2 eps

1992
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation poster

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Movie · Animation Director

1990
Uncle Remodelling Course poster

Uncle Remodelling Course

Movie · Key Animation

1988
Akira poster

Akira

Movie · Key Animation

1987
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy poster

Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy

Movie · Key Animation

1971
Lupin the 3rd poster

Lupin the 3rd

TV · Key Animation, Animation Director · 3 eps