Kazuo Komatsubara
Known for
Visual Effects
Born
December 24, 1943
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died
March 24, 2000 (aged 56)
Biography
Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.
Best known work
Warriors of the Wind
1984
Metropolis
2001
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
1997
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
1975
Devilman
1972
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
1997Filmography
2001
MetropolisKey Animation
1999
Devilman MemorialCharacter Designer
1998
Case Closed: The Fourteenth TargetKey Animation
1997
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark AnimationAnimation Director
1997
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed SkyscraperKey Animation
1992
1992
Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew PastAnimation Director
1991
1988
Fair, then Partly PiggyCharacter Designer, Animation Director
1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The BirthKey Animation, Character Designer
1987
1986
1985
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin SpaceAnimation Director, Character Designer
1985
Wee WendyAnimation Director
1985
1984
Warriors of the WindCharacter Designer, Animation Director
1983
MagnosCharacter Designer
1982
1982
I Am a CatAnimation Director
1981
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999Animation Director
1981
Force Five : GrandizerKey Animation, Animation Director
1980
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of GlassCharacter Designer
1979
Galaxy Express 999: The MovieAnimation Director, Character Designer