Kazuto Nakazawa
Directing
🎂 1968-03-04
Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story". He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit".
Visual Effects (90)
Key Animation
2011
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2012
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2014
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2013
Opening/Ending Animation
2013
Key Animation
2019
Key Animation
1996
Character Designer
2014
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2014
Character Designer
2014
Animation Director
2014
Supervising Animation Director
2014
Key Animation
2014
Key Animation
1995
Character Designer
2004
Supervising Animation Director
2004
Animation Director
2004
Key Animation
2004
Key Animation
1989
Animation Director
1992
Character Designer
2010
Character Designer
1995
Animation Director
1995
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1995
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1990
Key Animation
2011
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1995
Character Designer
1999
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2013
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1989
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1993
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1997
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2002
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1997
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1997
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2012
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1989
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1998
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1998
Character Designer
2016
Animation Director
2018
Key Animation
2018
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1991
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2007
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1998
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1999
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1996
Animation Director
1990
Character Designer
1996
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1986
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1988
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1992
Character Designer
2021
Animation Director
2021
Supervising Animation Director
2021
Key Animation
2021
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1996
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1997
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2013
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2004
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1995
Key Animation
1988
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2008
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1996
Animation Director
1996
Character Designer
1996
Key Animation
2000
Key Animation
1991
Animation Director
1993
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2003
Key Animation
1991
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1990
Animation Director
1994
Key Animation
2014
Key Animation
1990
Animation Director
2001
Key Animation
1990
Animation Director
1994
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1989
Character Designer
2008
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2008
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2009
Animation Director
2008
Character Designer
2008
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2003
Animation Director
1991
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2003
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2003
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1996
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1990
