Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Kazuhiro Furuhashi at Anime Expo 2013

Kazuhiro Furuhashi (古橋 一浩, Furuhashi Kazuhiro, born June 9, 1960) is a Japanese anime director and supervisor, born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors,^[1] having directed and helmed the Rurouni Kenshin series (including the original television series, and its subsequent much-lauded OVA iterations^[2]), Zipang, the You're Under Arrest series, GetBackers, Hunter × Hunter, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Real Drive and most recently, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.^[1]

Early career and biography[]

He began his career as an animator with the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura and subsequently into episode direction and as a director with Studio Deen's anime adaptation of another Rumiko Takahashi work, Ranma ½. Furuhashi is particularly well known for realistic portrayals and first person views shown in his directorial and storyboard works^[3] and has obtained a good reputation as a director.^[3] Furuhashi has often collaborated and supervised numerous extensive and high-quality anime productions with animators , Atsuko Nakajima and Hirofumi Suzuki. Over the years, he has worked in numerous productions with Studio Deen and began his directorial career with the studio.

Works[]

Anime television[]

• Urusei Yatsura (1981–1986; animation director)
• Maison Ikkoku (1986–1988; key animation)
• F (1988; key animation)
• Ranma ½ (first series and nettō-hen) (1989; storyboards, episode direction)
• (1994; ending animation)
• Battle Fighters: Garō Densetsu (1992; storyboards, episode direction)
• Battle Fighters: Garō Densetsu 2 (1993; director, episode direction)
• (1995–1996; storyboards)
• Rurouni Kenshin (1996–1998; director, storyboards, episode direction)
• You're Under Arrest (1996-1997; director)
• hunter × hunter (1999–2001; director)
• GetBackers (2002–2003; director, storyboards) - direction assistance by Keitarō Motonaga
• Gunslinger Girl (2004; storyboards of episode 12)
• Genshiken (2004; storyboards of episodes 2 and 4)
• Maria-sama ga Miteru (2004; storyboards)
• Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ (2004; storyboards, episode direction)
• Kyō Kara Maō! (2004; key animation of episode 2)
• Zipang (2004–2005; director, screenplay)
• Noein: Mō Hitori no Kimi e (2005–2006; storyboards of episode 12)
• Binchō-tan (2006; director, series composition, screenplay, storbyoards, episode director, direction and storyboards of OP and ED)
• Le Chevalier D'Eon (2006–2007; director, storyboards, episode direction)
• Mononoke (2007; storyboards)
• Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (2007, storyboards of second opening theme)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2007; storyboards of episode 13)
• Real Drive (2008; director, storyboards, episode direction, OP direction)
• Amatsuki (2008; director, series composition, screenplay, storyboards of episode 1, key animation of episode 13)
• Kimi ni Todoke (2009; storyboard of episode 6)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (2016; director)
• Altair: A Record of Battles (2017; director)
• Neo Yokio (2017; director)
• Dororo (2019; director)

OVA[]

• Chōjin Locke: Lord Reon (1989; storyboards)
• Ranma ½: Nettō Utagassen (1990; director)
• Ranma ½: Kessen Tōgenkyō! Hanayome wo Torimodose!! (1992; director)
• Taiho Shichauzo (1994–1995; director, storyboards, episode direction)
• Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999; director)
• (2000; director, storyboards)
• Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001; director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010-2014; director)
• Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (2011-2012; director)

Games[]

• Tales of Rebirth (2004; director, storyboards and direction of game OP movie)
• Tales of the Abyss (2005; director and storyboards of game OP movie)

References[]

External links[]

• Kazuhiro Furuhashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia