Tomoharu Katsumata (å‹ é–"ç"° å…·æ²», Katsumata Tomoharu, born in
February 4, 1938 in Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese film
director best known for his work on various anime works. A leading
director at the Toei Animation studio during the 1960s, 1970s, and
1980s, Katsumata worked as a director on several of Toei's anime
television adaptations of manga by Go Nagai, including Devilman
(1972), Mazinger Z (1972), Cutey Honey (1973), Great Mazinger (1974),
UFO Robo Grendizer (1975) and Gaiking (1976) (both Grendizer and
Gaiking became later part of Jim Terry's Force Five package on U.S.
television). Katsumata also directed a TV adaptation of Ginga:
Nagareboshi Gin in 1986.Katsumata graduated from Nippon University's
film school in 1960 and began working with the Kyoto division of the
Toei Company that same year as an assistant director to Masahiro
Makino, Eiichi Kudo, Tomotaka Tasaka on his samurai dramas. After a
few years, Katsumata moved to Toei Doga (Toei Animation) in Tokyo,
working as a director on some of Toei's early television series,
including Ken the Wolf Boy (1963), the original Cyborg 009 anime
(1968) and Tiger Mask (1970).Among Katsumata's other credits for Toei
as a director include the TV series Captain Future (1978), Fist of the
North Star (1984) and OVA series Saint Seiya: Hades (2005, episodes 14
to 31), and the feature films Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973), The
Little Mermaid (Anderusen Douwa Ningyo Hime, 1975), and Arcadia of My
Youth (1982), New Attacker You
(続・アタッカーYOU　é‡'メダル㠸㠮é " Zoku atakkÄ YOU-
kin medaru e no michi?) in 2008.
February 4, 1938 in Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese film
director best known for his work on various anime works. A leading
director at the Toei Animation studio during the 1960s, 1970s, and
1980s, Katsumata worked as a director on several of Toei's anime
television adaptations of manga by Go Nagai, including Devilman
(1972), Mazinger Z (1972), Cutey Honey (1973), Great Mazinger (1974),
UFO Robo Grendizer (1975) and Gaiking (1976) (both Grendizer and
Gaiking became later part of Jim Terry's Force Five package on U.S.
television). Katsumata also directed a TV adaptation of Ginga:
Nagareboshi Gin in 1986.Katsumata graduated from Nippon University's
film school in 1960 and began working with the Kyoto division of the
Toei Company that same year as an assistant director to Masahiro
Makino, Eiichi Kudo, Tomotaka Tasaka on his samurai dramas. After a
few years, Katsumata moved to Toei Doga (Toei Animation) in Tokyo,
working as a director on some of Toei's early television series,
including Ken the Wolf Boy (1963), the original Cyborg 009 anime
(1968) and Tiger Mask (1970).Among Katsumata's other credits for Toei
as a director include the TV series Captain Future (1978), Fist of the
North Star (1984) and OVA series Saint Seiya: Hades (2005, episodes 14
to 31), and the feature films Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973), The
Little Mermaid (Anderusen Douwa Ningyo Hime, 1975), and Arcadia of My
Youth (1982), New Attacker You
(続・アタッカーYOU　é‡'メダル㠸㠮é " Zoku atakkÄ YOU-
kin medaru e no michi?) in 2008.
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