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Kazuto Nakazawa

Director · Born March 4, 1968 · Niigata, Japan

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Biography

Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story." He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit."

Directed 18

2010s

  1. 2018

    B: The Beginning

    Series Director, Director

    72
  2. 2015

    Comedy Skit 1989

    Director

  3. 2014

    Japan Animator Expo

    Director

  4. 2013

    Vassalord.

    Director

  5. 2012

    Kid Icarus

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    Genius Party Beyond

    Director

  2. Genius Party Beyond

    Director

  3. Ani*Kuri15

    Director

  4. 2007

    Ani*Kuri15

    Director

    63
  5. 2006

    Deep Imagination

    Director

  6. 2005

    FLUXIMATION

    Director

  7. 2004

    Samurai Champloo

    Director

    84
  8. 2003

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    First Assistant Director

    80

  9. Parasite Dolls

    Director

    61

  10. Parasite Dolls

    Director

    64
  11. 2002

    Comedy

    Director

Visual effects 77

1990s

  1. 1999

    Sol Bianca: The Legacy

    Key Animation

  2. Legend of Black Heaven

    Character Designer

  3. 1998

    Blue Submarine No. 6

    Key Animation

    65

  4. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

    Key Animation

    70

  5. His and Her Circumstances

    Key Animation

    78

  6. Virgin Fleet

    Key Animation

  7. 1997

    Detatoko Princess

    Key Animation

  8. Photon: The Idiot Adventures

    Key Animation

    64

  9. Virus Buster Serge

    Key Animation

  10. Tenchi in Tokyo

    Animation Director, Key Animation

  11. 1996

    Spring and Chaos

    Key Animation

  12. Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

    Key Animation

  13. Battle Arena Toshinden

    Key Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director

  14. Landlock

    Character Designer

  15. Shamanic Princess

    Key Animation

  16. Midori no Makibaō

    Key Animation

  17. 1995

    El-Hazard: The Wanderers

    Key Animation

  18. El-Hazard: The Magnificent World

    Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation

    71

  19. The Brave of Gold Goldran

    Key Animation

  20. Ninku

    Key Animation

  21. 1994

    Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom

    Animation Director

    66

  22. Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

    Animation Director

  23. 1993

    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    Key Animation

    75

  24. Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

    Animation Director

    67
  25. 1992

    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku

    Key Animation

  26. Tenchi Muyo!

    Animation Director

  27. 1991

    Nyūin Bokki Monogatari Ojiji ni!

    Key Animation

  28. Roujin Z

    Key Animation

    67

  29. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III

    Animation Director

  30. Akai Hayate

    Key Animation

  31. 1990

    A Wind Named Amnesia

    Key Animation

    63

  32. Violence Jack: Hell's Wind

    Key Animation

  33. Aries: Shinwa no Seizakyuu

    Character Designer, Animation Director

  34. Record of Lodoss War

    Key Animation

    75

  35. Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude

    Key Animation

  36. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

    Animation Director

    76

  37. Guardian of Darkness

    Key Animation

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

    Key Animation

  2. The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

    Key Animation

    75

  3. Hi-Speed Jecy

    Key Animation

  4. Angel Cop

    Key Animation

    65
  5. 1988

    Armor Hunter Merowlink

    Key Animation

  6. Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu

    Key Animation

  7. 1986

    Violence Jack

    Key Animation

Wrote 9

2010s

  1. 2018

    B: The Beginning

    Other

    72
  2. 2015

    Comedy Skit 1989

    Screenplay

  3. 2014

    Japan Animator Expo

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2008

    Genius Party Beyond

    Screenplay

  2. Genius Party Beyond

    Writer

  3. 2004

    Samurai Champloo

    Writer

    84
  4. 2003

    Parasite Dolls

    Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay

    61

  5. Parasite Dolls

    Screenplay

    64

Art department 7

Other crew 1

Sound 1