Chikashi Kubota

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/i/user/2256470167 After graduating from high school Kubota went through training at Toei Animationhttps://anilist.co/studio/18/s research center before dropping out and joining Xebechttps://anilist.co/studio/27/ in 1998. Three years later in he met Sushiohttps://anilist.co/staff/103619/ at Comiket which led to Kubota joining Gainaxhttps://anilist.co/studio/6/. There he made his debut as an animation director on the premiere of Mahoromatichttps://anilist.co/anime/277/s second season. In 2005 he made his debut as a character designer although still jointly together with Sushio and Takaaki Yamashitahttps://anilist.co/staff/110187/ on the 6th One Piecehttps://anilist.co/anime/464/ movie. The film was directed by Mamoru Hosoda which led to Kubota getting an invite to join the production of The Girl Who Leapt Through Timehttps://anilist.co/anime/2236/ as an animation director. After this he kept working at Gainax until going freelance. In 2012 he worked as the main character designer on From the New Worldhttps://anilist.co/anime/13125/ and RoboticsNoteshttps://anilist.co/anime/13599/ and a few years later he served as one on OnePunch Manhttps://anilist.co/anime/21087/ which earned him international fame.