Ryuji Masuda
Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, Masuda Ryūji, born 1968) is a Japanese CGI animation director.
Ryuji Masuda | |
|---|---|
増田 龍治 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Kumamoto, Japan |
| Occupation | Animation director |
| Notable work | Popee the Performer Mr. Stain Funny Pets |
| Spouse | Wakako Masuda (m. 1998 d. 2019)[1] |
| Children | 2 |
Some of his well-known works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain and Funny Pets.[2]
He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.
Works
| Release date | Media | Crew role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4th 2000 - January 1st 2003 | Popee the Performer (POPEE the ぱフォーマー, POPEE the pa fōmā) | Director, original script/story writer | Debut work |
| January 6th 2003 - March 25th 2003 | Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (ガラクタ通りのステイン, Garakuta-Doori no Sutein) | Director, original script/story writer | |
| 2003 | Drive Car (ドライブカー) | Director, original script/story writer | music video |
| May 28th 2004 | Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ (温泉タマゴ ~湯けむり奇談~) | Director of "Yoshiko's 6th Sense", Screenplay writer of "Onsen Konoshi Doki" | 3-in-1 live action/CG animated drama movie |
| January 11th 2006 - March 28th 2006 | Funny Pets (ファニーペッツ, Fanī Petsu (Alternative name: Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic)) | Director, original script/story writer | |
| 2007-2009 | Petit Eva (Evangelion@School) | CG Supervisor | |
| April 1st 2009 - March 31st 2010 | Charady's Daily Joke (キャラディのジョークな毎日, Charady no Joke no Mainichi) | Overall Director | |
| November 22nd 2013 | OH! Jesus (オー！ジーザス) | Director, original script/story writer | manga-like anime |
Awards
In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.
Books
In 2002, he helped with the "Popee the Performer" manga (he wrote the Magazine Z mangas).
In 2007, he wrote the "Mr. Stain" and "Funny Pets" picture books.
Others
- Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
- Member of Directors Guild of Japan.
Personal life
During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company.[3] He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.[3]
References
- https://twitter.com/Ryuji_Masuda/status/782758583582662656
- Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
- Adobe Japan Education Vanguards インタビュー増田 2009年10月 坂本綾（アリカ） Adobe Japan
External links
- About Ryuji Masuda (in Japanese)
- Ryuji Masuda anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)