Tensai Okamura (岡æ ' 天斎, Okamura Tensai), born Yutaka
Okamura(岡æ ' 豊, Okamura Yutaka) on December 13, 1961, in Fukushima
Prefecture, is a Japanese anime director and animator. Okamura grew up
in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a graduate of Waseda
University's department of science and engineering. In 1991, he
changed his first name to Tensai.During his university days at Waseda
University, Okamura was a part of Waseda's manga research society and
together with other budding animators, produced his first independent
anime there. Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the
animation production studio Madhouse as an animator with the
recommendation of a friend. Lensman: Secret of The Lens was the first
he worked on as an animator. In 1989, he made his debut as an episode
director with YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! and soon made his full
directorial debut in 1995 with Memories. He later left Madhouse and
went freelance, working on several projects along the way.
Okamura(岡æ ' 豊, Okamura Yutaka) on December 13, 1961, in Fukushima
Prefecture, is a Japanese anime director and animator. Okamura grew up
in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a graduate of Waseda
University's department of science and engineering. In 1991, he
changed his first name to Tensai.During his university days at Waseda
University, Okamura was a part of Waseda's manga research society and
together with other budding animators, produced his first independent
anime there. Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the
animation production studio Madhouse as an animator with the
recommendation of a friend. Lensman: Secret of The Lens was the first
he worked on as an animator. In 1989, he made his debut as an episode
director with YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! and soon made his full
directorial debut in 1995 with Memories. He later left Madhouse and
went freelance, working on several projects along the way.
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