Shuukou Murase

Started his career as an inbetweener for Nakamura Productionhttps://anilist.co/studio/6658/NakamuraProduction working on several outsourced episodes of Sunrisehttps://anilist.co/studio/14/Sunrise shows. He had his breakthrough as animator on Yoroiden Samurai Troopershttps://anilist.co/anime/1264/ where his detailed art and animation attracted attention. He was thus selected to be character designer for the sequel Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Gaidenhttps://anilist.co/anime/1265/ and later animation director for the Mobile Suit Gundam F91https://anilist.co/anime/88/ movie. Since then hes been heavily involved in Sunrise productions both as animator and as character designer. Notable examples of his designs are those for Mobile Suit Gundam Winghttps://anilist.co/anime/90/ and Argento Somahttps://anilist.co/anime/285/. He had his debut as a director with Witch Hunter Robinhttps://anilist.co/anime/7/ after which he directed the acclaimed Ergo Proxyhttps://anilist.co/anime/790/. More recent works of his include the adaptation of Gangstahttps://anilist.co/anime/20773/ as well as the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathawayhttps://anilist.co/anime/105595/ trilogy. Notable works outside Anime: Final Fantasy IX Video Game 2000 Character Design