Masami Ōbari
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Masami Ōbari | |
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大張 正己 | |
| Born | January 24, 1966 |
| Occupation | Director, mecha designer, and character designer |
Masami Ōbari (大張 正己, Ōbari Masami, born January 24, 1966) is a noted Japanese anime director, animation director and mecha and character designer.
Biography[]
After graduating from high school in 1985, Masami Obari began his career when he joined the animation studio Ashi Production, where he worked on shows such as Special Armored Battalion Dorvack, Transformers, and Star Musketeer Bismarck. Soon after, at the age of 19, he got his first major break when he landed the role of mecha designer on Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God. Not too long after, at the young age of 21, he was given his first directorial role by directing episodes 5 and 6 of the Bubblegum Crisis OVA series. He also made three Fatal Fury OVAs from December 23, 1992, to July 16, 1994.
In 1993, he founded with fellow animators Kazuto Nakazawa, Masahiro Yamane, Takehiro Nakayama, and Atsuko Ishida, to whom Masami Obari was married, but from whom he is now divorced. was later disbanded and was reformed under the name of in the year 2000.
Although not originally interested in animation, he was inspired when he formed a high school friendship with classmate Satoshi Urushihara[1]
In 2016, Obari married the professional model maker Ritsu Togasaki.[2]
He has a younger brother named Takami, who's currently serving as the president and CEO of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[3]
Filmography[]
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Character design[]Direct-to-video animation[]
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Mecha design[]Direct-to-video animation[]
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References[]
- ^ "Interview with Masami Obari – Robot Soul Edition". vanishingtrooper.wordpress.com. June 15, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ "Robot Anime Director Masami Obari Marries Gundam Model Maker". www.animenewsnetwork.com. November 11, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "【新日本】大張新社長が表明 １・４＆５東京ドームにリミット２万人入れる！！（東スポWeb）". Yahoo! News Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ "Prism Ark". Newtype USA. 6 (11) p. 11. November 2007. ISSN 1541-4817.
External links[]
- Masami Ōbari at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Masami Ōbari at IMDb
- Masami Obari anime works at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Sunrise (company) people
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Japanese animated film directors
- Anime directors
- Anime character designers
- Mechanical designers (mecha)
- Japanese animators
- People from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Brave series