Kazuya Tsurumaki

Kazuya Tsurumaki

Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻 和哉, Tsurumaki Kazuya^?), born on 02 February 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in the Niigata Prefecture.

He is the protegé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at GAINAX. Tsurumaki's first project at Gainax was as an animation director for the 1990 TV series, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia; Tsurumaki was also director of the humorous "omake" (extra) sequences that went along with the TV series, and producer of "Nadia Cinema Edition". In 1995, Tsurumaki served as an assistant director under Hideaki Anno in Gainax's Landmark series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, in which role he handled production, art director and setting assistant for some episodes. In 1997, he directed episode 25', the first half of the cinematic conclusion to the Evangelion series, The End of Evangelion. He assumed directorial duties for the 1998 TV series, His and Her Circumstances after Anno abruptly left the project. In 2000, Tsurumaki officially made his debut as a full-fledged director with the six-part OVA series, FLCL. In 2004, he directed the hit sequel to Gunbuster called Aim for the Top 2! or Diebuster. He worked as a director on the new four feature Evangelion film series, Rebuild of Evangelion.

He attended Otakon in 2001 in United States of America.

Works

Theatrical Films

• Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) - Director (Rebirth), Storyboard (Rebirth), Setting Design
• The End of Evangelion (1997) - Director, Unit Director, Continuity (#25), Set-Up Design
• Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie (2006) - Director, Storyboard, Original Concept, Key Animation
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) - Director, Storyboard, Key Animation
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Director (Co-Director), Storyboard, Design, Key Animation
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) - Director, Storyboard, Design, Image Board, Screenplay Cooperation
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time (2021) - Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Previs Virtual Cameraman, Screenplay Assistant

TV Anime/OVA

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime) (1995) - Storyboard (3, 6, 16, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26), Episode Director (1, 2, 8, 16, 25, 26), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 20, 22), Assistant Director, Design Assistant (3, 16, 22, 23), Key Animation (video format version for eps. 22-23; 8, 14, 16, 20, 23, 26)
• FLCL (2000) - Director (Series Director), Storyboard (eps 1, 6), Original Concept, Key Animation (eps 4, 6), Planning.
• Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (2004) - Director, Storyboard (ep 6), Episode Director (ep 6), Original Concept, Key Animation (eps 1-2, 5-6), Planning
• The Dragon Dentist (specials) (2017) - Director, 画コンテ

External Links

• Kazuya Tsurumaki at the Anime News Network
• A STORY OF COMMUNICATION: The Kazuya Tsurumaki Interview