Masaru Kitao (北尾 å‹ , Kitao Masaru, born July 15, 1961) is a
Japanese animator known for his work with Madhouse.Primarily a key
animator and animation director for anime television series, Kitao has
also on occasion done character designs. Recently, he has won much
praise for his adapted character designs for the popular Death Note TV
series. Consequently, Death Note has become his best known work. Along
with Death Note director TetsurÅ Araki, he was a Guest of Honor at
Anime Expo 2007.When asked by fans at Anime Expo 2007, he revealed
that L from Death Note is his favorite character, both to empathize
with and to draw. He also stated that he would like to work on an
L-themed spin-off anime, and that fans in America and Japan should
request one if they too are interested.At Anime Expo 2007, Kitao
revealed some of the sequences he had been personally responsible for
on several of his television and theatrical works. On the X Movie from
1996, he animated scenes of the character Hinoto, as well as drawing
special-effects animation of collapsing buildings. In 1999's
Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie, as assistant animation director he
supervised the sequence where Sakura and Tomoyo spend the night at
Syaoran's home in Hong Kong. And as a chief animator on the Cardcaptor
Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card in 2000, he was responsible for the
Mirror House sequence. Most recently, on the 2006 TV series NANA, he
animated shots of the crowd dancing at Nana Osaki's concert during the
opening credits.
Japanese animator known for his work with Madhouse.Primarily a key
animator and animation director for anime television series, Kitao has
also on occasion done character designs. Recently, he has won much
praise for his adapted character designs for the popular Death Note TV
series. Consequently, Death Note has become his best known work. Along
with Death Note director TetsurÅ Araki, he was a Guest of Honor at
Anime Expo 2007.When asked by fans at Anime Expo 2007, he revealed
that L from Death Note is his favorite character, both to empathize
with and to draw. He also stated that he would like to work on an
L-themed spin-off anime, and that fans in America and Japan should
request one if they too are interested.At Anime Expo 2007, Kitao
revealed some of the sequences he had been personally responsible for
on several of his television and theatrical works. On the X Movie from
1996, he animated scenes of the character Hinoto, as well as drawing
special-effects animation of collapsing buildings. In 1999's
Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie, as assistant animation director he
supervised the sequence where Sakura and Tomoyo spend the night at
Syaoran's home in Hong Kong. And as a chief animator on the Cardcaptor
Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card in 2000, he was responsible for the
Mirror House sequence. Most recently, on the 2006 TV series NANA, he
animated shots of the crowd dancing at Nana Osaki's concert during the
opening credits.
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