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Area 88 - illustrations by Toshiyasu Okada (Animage, 10/1984)

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Yu-Gi-Oh’s animation directors

In total, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters had 34 different animation directors from 9 animation companies across its 224 episodes.  In my last post, I covered the rotation that the animation companies had over the series’ run, so in this post I want to break down how many episodes were done by each company and how many by each director.

Yumeta Company (ゆめ太カンパニー): 31 Episodes

Takahiro Kagami (加々美高浩): 17 episodes: Episodes 1, 7 (with Aki Tsunaki), 19, 30, 42, 54, 66, 79, 91, 97, 103 (with Kazunori Takahashi), 115, 128, 140, 153, 165, 177 (with Kazunori Takahashi), also the AD of OP5 and ED5

Aki Tsunaki (つなきあき): 8 episodes: Episodes 7 (with Takahiro Kagami), 13, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 85, also the AD of OP1 (with Michiaki Sugimoto), ED1, and OP3

Kazunori Takahashi (高橋和徳): 9 episodes: Episodes 103 (with Takahiro Kagami), 109, 121, 134, 147, 159, 171, 177 (with Takahiro Kagami), 183

Yumeta Company was also given cooperation credit on episodes 74, 144, and 184, due to those episodes functioning as recap episodes

Sunshine Corporation (S.S.C): 64 Episodes

Hidetsugu Hirayama (平山英嗣): 24 episodes: Episodes 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 34, 40, 46, 52, 58, 64, 70, 77, 83, 89, 95, 101, 107, 113, 120, 127, 133, 139, 145

Masaki Kudo (工藤柾輝): 9 episodes: Episodes 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 80

Kimiharu Mutou (武藤公春): 17 episodes: Episodes 86, 92, 98, 135, 141, 148, 169, 174, 180, 186, 192, 198, 204, 210, 216, 222, 224 (with Shinichiro Minami and Akio Hirakawa (co-animated with Gallop))

Yutaka Ozawa (小澤豊): 2 episodes: Episodes 104, 110

Jouji Sawada (澤田譲治): 3 episodes: Episodes 116, 123, 129

Hideki Watanabe (渡辺英樹): 2 episodes: Episodes 151, 157

Shinsuke Terasawa (寺澤伸介): 1 episode: Episode 163

Kazuyuki Ikai (飯飼一幸): 2 episodes: Episodes 189, 195

Shinichiro Minami (南伸一郎): 5 episodes: Episodes 201, 207, 213, 219, 224 (with Kimiharu Mutou and Akio Hirakawa (co-animated with Gallop))

SSC was also given cooperation credit on episodes 74, 144, and 184 due to those episodes functioning as recap episodes

JCF (ジェイ・シー・エフ): 5 Episodes

Masahiro Hamamori (浜森理宏): 5 episodes: Episodes 3, 9, 15, 22, 28

Studio Gallop (ぎゃろっぷ) In-House: 62 Episodes

Total includes the 7 episodes animated by Dongwoo Animation (同友動画), which had layout done by Gallop and had Gallop animators as the animation directors.

Michiaki Sugimoto (杉本道明): 14 episodes: Episodes 4, 10, 17, 23, 29, 35, 41, 47, 53, 59, 65, 71, 78, 84, also the AD of OP1 (with Aki Tsunaki)

Hatsuki Tsuji (辻初樹): 4 episodes: Episodes 16, 21, 27, 33

Shuichi Shimamura (島村秀一): 5 episodes: Episodes 39, 45, 51, 56, 62, also the AD of ED2 and ED3

Ikkou Kobayashi (小林一幸): 6 episodes: Episodes 68, 75, 81, 87, 144, 166 (Dongwoo), also the AD of OP2

Kenichi Hara (原憲一): 20 episodes: Episodes 74, 90, 96, 102, 108, 114, 122, 131, 137, 143, 150, 156, 162, 168 (Dongwoo), 175 (Dongwoo), 181 (Dongwoo), 187, 193, 205, 217

Hideyuki Motohashi (本橋秀之): 6 episodes: Episodes 93, 99, 105, 111, 119, 125, also the AD of OP4 and ED4

Akio Hirakawa (平川亜喜雄): 7 episodes: Episodes 172 (Dongwoo), 178 (Dongwoo), 184 (Dongwoo), 199, 211, 223, 224 (with Kimiharu Mutou and Shinichiro Minami (co-animated with SSC))

Group TAC (グループ・タック): 2 Episodes

Toshiyasu Okada (岡田敏靖): 2 episodes: Episodes 5, 11

Studio Dub (スタジオダブ): 4 Episodes

Shinichi Sakuma (佐久間信一): 4 episodes: Episodes 6, 12, 18, 25

Dangun Pictures: 49 Episodes

Yasuhide Maruyama (丸山泰英): 5 episodes: Episodes 32, 38, 44, 50, 57

Yoshikazu Uchida (内田義一): 2 episodes: Episodes 63, 69

Hisashi Mitsui (三井寿): 2 episodes: Episodes 76, 82

Katsumi Shimazaki (島崎克実): 1 episode: Episode 88

Junichi Hayama (羽山淳一): 6 episodes: Episodes 94, 124, 161, 167, 173, 179 (with Kouhei Hashimoto)

Shinichiro Takagi (高木信一郎): 1 episode: Episode 100

Wogawa Ichirowo (をがわいちろを): 9 episodes: Episodes 106, 112, 118, 126, 130, 136, 142, 149, 155

Shinsuke Terasawa (寺沢伸介): 1 episode: Episode 117

Yoshikatsu Inoue (井上善勝): 15 episodes: Episodes 132, 138, 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176, 182, 188, 194, 200, 206, 212, 218

Kouhei Hashimoto (橋本航平): 1 episode: Episode 179 (with Junichi Hayama)

Noriyoshi Yamazaki (山崎展義): 7 episodes: Episodes 185, 191, 197, 203, 209, 215, 221

Dangun Pictures was also given cooperation credit on episodes 74, 144, and 184, due to those episodes functioning as recap episodes

JEM: 2 Episodes

Keiichiro Kawaguchi (川���敬一郎): 2 episodes: Episodes 154, 160

Mook Animation (ムークアニメーション): 6 Episodes

Masahiro Sekiguchi (関口雅浩): 6 episodes: Episodes 190, 196, 202, 208, 214, 220

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Area 88 OVA Series Now Streaming on Tubi TV

Area 88 OVA Series Now Streaming on Tubi TV

The Fandom Post is reporting that Tubi TV is now streaming the Area 88 OVA series on its service. The three-part OVA series is available with an English dub.

The OVAs were directed by Hisayuki Toriumi based on the screenplay by Akiyoshi Sakai. Toshiyasu Okada worked on the character designs and served as the chief animation director for it. Studio Pierrot produced the animation. The three OVAs…

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Area 88 – Serie Anime – (1985-1986) OAV Autore Kaoru Shintani Regia Hisayuki Toriumi Sceneggiatura Akiyoshi Sakai Char. design Toshiyasu Okada Musiche Ichiro Nitta…

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Character-designs by Toshiyasu Okada for "Les Cités d'Or" (The Mysterious Cities of Gold) french-japanese TV series (1982). Full gallery : www.catsuka.com/gengal/artworks//lescitesdor www.pinterest.fr/catsuka/animation-artworks/the-mysterious-cities-of-gold/ ( Gengal update 22/31 ) #AnimationArtworks

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Character sketches of Mako Urashima from Mahou no Mako-chan, by Toshiyasu Okada. Scanned from the Magical Girl Companion.

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Duel Monsters Animation Comparison:   岡田敏靖  Toshiyasu Okada (11)   佐久間信一 Shinichi Sakuma (12)

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Area 88 OVA Series Now Streaming on Pluto TV

Area 88 OVA Series Now Streaming on Pluto TV

The Fandom Post is reporting that Pluto TV has added the Area 88 OVA series to its service. The three-part OVA series is available with an English dub.

The OVAs were directed by Hisayuki Toriumi based on the screenplay by Akiyoshi Sakai. Toshiyasu Okada worked on the character designs and served as the chief animation director for it. Studio Pierrot produced the animation. The three OVAs were…

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Duel Monsters Animation Comparison:   杉本道明 Michiaki Sugimoto (4)   岡田敏靖 Toshiyasu Okada (5)