Kazuo Komatsubara

Biography

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.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

1984Winner

Best Director

Warriors of the Wind

1997Nominee

Career Highlight

Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

1998Nominee

Career Highlight

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

Career Highlights

2001Highlight

Career Highlight

Metropolis

1979Highlight

Career Highlight

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Video

TrailerOfficial English Trailer

Warriors of the Wind

TrailerOfficial Trailer: Detective Conan Movie 01 l The Timed Skyscraper l 480p

Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

TrailerDetective Conan Movie 2: The Fourteenth Target[Full Movie English Sub][Link below]

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target