Katsumi Tamegai
Japanese animator born in 1965
Katsumi Tamegai (Japanese : 爲我井 克美 , Hepburn : Tamegai Katsumi , born July 12, 1965) is a Japanese animator , character designer and animation director that works at Toei Animation . He is most notable for his episode animation director work on the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series and character design for its fifth and final season . His other notable works include his episode animation direction work for the Pretty Cure series.
Career
Katsumi Tamegai entered the industry in 1987, and provided few key animations for few OVAs . From 1992 to 1996, at Toei Animation , Tamegai provided many episode animation directions and key animations for Sailor Moon series. After Ikuko Itoh 's departure, Tamegai became the next character designer for its fifth and final season, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars in 1996.[1]
In 1997, after Sailor Moon had ended, he continued to work at Toei Animation, and provided few episode animation direction for Cutey Honey Flash and Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy . In 1999, Tamegai was chosen as a chief animation director for Phantom Thief Jeanne , which were character designed by Hisashi Kagawa .[2]
From 2004 and onwards, Tamegai worked as a frequent episode animation director for the Pretty Cure series, and character designed each respective movies.[3]
Works
TV Anime
Year
Title
Credit
Note
1992-93
Sailor Moon
Animation Director (eps. 43), Key Animation (eps. 18, 24, 43)
1993-94
Sailor Moon R
Animation Director (eps. 4, 13, 20, 26, 28, 33, 38), Key Animation (eps. 4-5, 20, 26, 28, 33, 38, 40)
1994-95
Sailor Moon S
Animation Director (eps. 2, 7, 16, 25, 30), Key Animation (eps. 16)
1995-96
Sailor Moon SuperS
Animation Director (eps. 1, 7, 15, 22, 29)
1996-97
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Character Design, Animation Director (OP; eps. 1, 14, 19, 24, 34), Key Animation (eps. 1, 7, 14, 19, 34)
[1]
1997-98
Cutey Honey Flash
Animation Director (eps. 7, 14, 22, 30, 35), Key Animation (eps. 7)
1998-99
Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy
Animation Director (eps. 2, 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, 41)
1999
Magic User's Club
Key Animation (eps. 4, 13)
1999-2000
Phantom Thief Jeanne
Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1, 11, 20, 28, 36, 44), Key Animation (eps. 20, 28, 36)
[2]
2004-05
Futari wa Pretty Cure
Animation Director (eps. 1, 8, 17, 24, 31, 39), Key Animation (eps. 8, 17, 24, 31, 39)
2005-06
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
Key Animation (eps. 21)
2006-07
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
Animation Director (eps. 5, 14, 23, 31), Key Animation (eps. 5, 14, 23, 49)
2007-08
Yes! Pretty Cure 5
Animation Director (eps. 7, 15), Key Animation (eps. 7, 15, 23, 46)
2008-09
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
Animation Director (eps. 8, 16), Key Animation (eps. 8, 16)
2009-10
Fresh Pretty Cure!
Animation Director (eps. 1, 12), Key Animation (eps. 1, 12, 21, 50)
2010-11
HeartCatch PreCure!
Animation Director (eps. 7, 15, 24, 33, 43), Key Animation
2011-14
Toriko
Animation Director (eps. 2, 10, 17, 21, 28, 36, 44, 52, 62, 69, 77), Key Animation (eps. 2, 7, 10, 17, 21, 28, 36, 44, 52, 62, 69, 77)
2015-16
Go! Princess PreCure
Animation Director (eps. 4, 13, 23, 36, 43), Key Animation (eps. 4, 8-9, 13, 18, 23, 29, 36, 43, 50)
2016-17
Witchy PreCure!
Chief Animation Director (eps. 1-10, 16), Animation Director (eps. 15, 23, 31, 39, 50), Key Animation (eps. 1, 15, 23, 31, 39, 41-42, 47, 50)
2017-18
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode
Animation Director (eps. 11), Key Animation (eps. 11)
2018-19
Hug! Pretty Cure
Animation Director (eps. 22)
2019-20
Star Twinkle PreCure
Animation Director (eps. 5, 11, 19, 31), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6, 14, 19, 27, 37)
2020-22
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Chief Animation Director (eps. 30, 34, 36, 39, 42, 46, 51, 53, 56, 60, 64, 67, 70, 74, 77, 81, 83, 85, 91, 94, 97), Animation Director (eps. 98-100), Key Animation (OP2; eps. 37-38, 40-41, 88)
2020-21
Healin' Good Pretty Cure
Animation Director (eps. 1, 8, 44), Key Animation (eps. 1, 3, 4, 10)
2021-22
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
Animation Director (eps. 4)
2022-23
Delicious Party Pretty Cure
Key Animation (eps. 4)
2023-24
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
Animation Director (eps. 2, 12, 22, 32), Assistant Animation Director (eps. 5), Key Animation (eps. 2, 22, 32)
2024–present
Wonderful PreCure!
Animation Director (eps. 1)
Anime film
OVA (Original Video Animation)
References
^ a b " "美少女戦士セーラームーンセーラースターズ" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
^ a b " "神風怪盗ジャンヌ" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
^ a b Mateo, Alex (December 1, 2020). "Healin' Good Precure Anime Film Unveils Trailer, Staff, Visual" . Anime News Network . Retrieved December 1, 2020 .
^ " "劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンS" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
^ " "美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS セーラー9戦士集結!ブラック・ドリーム・ホールの奇跡" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
^ " "映画 ふたりはプリキュア マックスハー" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
^ " "映画 ふたりはプリキュア マックスハー 2 雪空のともだち" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
^ " "映画 ふたりはプリキュア スプラッシュ☆スター チクタク危機一髪!" & "デジモンセイバーズ THE MOVIE: 究極パワー! バーストモード発動!!" Staff" . Toei Animation (in Japanese). April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
^ " "映画プリキュアスーパースターズ!" Cast & Staff" . Pretty Cure Super Stars (in Japanese). March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
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