Kazuo Komatsubara
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- December 24, 1943
- Died
- March 24, 2000
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.
Filmography
Metropolis 2001
Key Animation
Devilman Memorial 1999
Character Designer
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target 1998
Key Animation
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation 1997
Animation Director
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper 1997
Key Animation
Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past 1992
Animation Director
Fair, then Partly Piggy 1988
Character Designer, Animation Director
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth 1987
Key Animation, Character Designer
Have a Merry Christmas, Children! 1987
Director
Wee Wendy 1985
Animation Director
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space 1985
Animation Director, Character Designer
Warriors of the Wind 1984
Character Designer, Animation Director
Magnos 1983
Character Designer
I Am a Cat 1982
Animation Director
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 1981
Animation Director
Force Five : Grandizer 1981
Key Animation, Animation Director
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass 1980
Character Designer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie 1979
Character Designer, Animation Director
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia 1978
Animation Director, Character Designer
Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter 1975
Animation Director
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid 1975
Key Animation
Credits from TMDB.