Kazuto Nakazawa

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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."

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Department Directing

Job First Assistant Director

Average Rating

8.0

18315 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 2003

22 years ago
Steamboy

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

6.9

466 votes

Release Date

Jul 17, 2004

22 years ago
The Second Renaissance Part I

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

7.5

185 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 2003

23 years ago
Kid's Story

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

7.1

182 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 2003

23 years ago
A Detective Story

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

7.2

155 votes

Release Date

Apr 04, 2003

23 years ago
Roujin Z

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

6.5

127 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1991

35 years ago
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

7.3

116 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 1994

32 years ago
Giovanni's Island

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

7.5

104 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 2014

12 years ago
Mezzo Forte

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

6.5

58 votes

Release Date

May 25, 2000

26 years ago
Genius Party Beyond

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.3

54 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 2008

17 years ago
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.9

54 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 2001

25 years ago
Genius Party Beyond

Department Visual Effects

Job Character Designer

Average Rating

6.3

54 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 2008

17 years ago
Genius Party Beyond

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.3

54 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 2008

17 years ago
Genius Party Beyond

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.3

54 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 2008

17 years ago
A Wind Named Amnesia

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

5.9

49 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1990

35 years ago
Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.4

48 votes

Release Date

Jul 29, 1994

32 years ago
Hells

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.7

45 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 2008

17 years ago
Hells

Department Visual Effects

Job Character Designer

Average Rating

6.7

45 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 2008

17 years ago
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.7

42 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1993

33 years ago
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

6.4

40 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 2009

16 years ago
Ani*Kuri15

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.4

37 votes

Release Date

Jun 07, 2008

18 years ago
Parasite Dolls

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

36 votes

Release Date

May 22, 2003

23 years ago
Parasite Dolls

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

5.5

36 votes

Release Date

May 22, 2003

23 years ago
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

5.8

23 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1989

37 years ago
Vassalord.

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

21 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 2013

13 years ago
Vassalord.

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

5.7

21 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 2013

13 years ago
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

5.3

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 1990

35 years ago
Comedy

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.1

13 votes

Release Date

May 02, 2002

24 years ago
Spring and Chaos

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

7.6

9 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1996

29 years ago
Deep Imagination

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 2006

20 years ago
Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude

Department Visual Effects

Job Key Animation

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1990

36 years ago
FLUXIMATION

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 2005

20 years ago
Comedy Skit 1989

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 25, 2015

10 years ago
Comedy Skit 1989

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 25, 2015

10 years ago
Medusa's Revenge

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 16, 2012

14 years ago
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 1991

35 years ago

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