Itsuro Kawasaki

Itsuro Kawasaki (川崎 逸朗 Kawasaki Itsuro) is a Japanese director of anime.

Works

TV anime

• Popolocrois Monogatari (1998–99) – Assistant Director, Episode Director
• Arc the Lad (1999) – Director
• Wild Arms: Twilight Venom (1999–2000) – Series Director, Storyboard
• Love Hina (2000) – Storyboard
• Noir (2001) – Storyboard, Episode director
• Shaman King (2001–02) – Storyboard
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–03) – Storyboard
• Kiddy Grade (2002–03) – Storyboard
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty (2003) – Director
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–05) – Storyboard
• Kaiketsu Zorori (2004–05) – Storyboard
• Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch (2005–06) – Director^[1]
• Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (2006) – Director
• Nanatsuiro Drops (2007) – Storyboard
• Rental Magica (2007–08) – Director, Storyboard
• White Album (2009) – Storyboard
• Chrome Shelled Regios (2009) – Director^[2]
• Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ (2009) – Episode Director
• Sengoku Basara (2009) – Director, Storyboard
• Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu (2010) – Director
• Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! (2012) – Director
• Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (2012) – Director, Writer
• Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- (2014) – Director, ADR Director, Unit Director, Storyboard
• Lady Jewelpet (2014) – Director
• Bakumatsu Rock (2014) – Director

Original video animation

• Video Girl Ai (1992) – Animation Director
• Please Save My Earth (1993–94) – Assistant Director
• Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989 (1994) – Director
• Dimensional Adventure Numa Monjar (1996) – Director
• Chrono Trigger: Time and Space (1996) – Director
• Canvas ~Motif of Sepia~ (2001–02) – Director^[1]
• I'll/CKBC (2002) – Director^[1]
• Love Hina Again (2002) – Storyboard
• Pokémon Origins (2013) – Director

Film

• Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages (2005) – Director^[3]

Video Games

• Sonic Riders – Opening cinematic director and storyboard artist.

References

1. Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy (2006). The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 85, 298, 365, 867. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.
2. "Funimation Adds Rosario + Vampire, Chaos;HEAd, Regios". Anime News Network.
3. Cavallaro, Dani (2009). Anime and Memory: Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives. McFarland. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7864-4112-9.

External links

• Itsuro Kawasaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Itsuro Kawasaki at the Internet Movie Database
• Itsuro Kawasaki anime at Media Arts Database (Japanese)