Hiroyuki Kitazume

Hiroyuki Kitazume
Native name	北爪 宏幸
Born	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Animator, manga artist, and illustrator

Hiroyuki Kitazume (北爪 宏幸, Kitazume Hiroyuki, born July 24, 1961 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and illustrator. He is often noted for his work with anime studio Sunrise. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies commented that he "shot to fame" in 1985 as a character designer on the Zeta Gundam TV series.

Works

TV anime

• Aura Battler Dunbine - Animation Director (episodes 23, 33, 37, 42, 45, and 47)
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim - Animation Director (episodes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30, and 37)
• Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross - Secondary Character Designer
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Animation Director (episodes 1, 6, 11, 15, 19, 23, 26, and 36)
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Character Designer; Animation Director (episodes 2, 32 and 47)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Megazone 23 - Key Animation (Part 2), Character Designer (Part 3)
• Robot Carnival - Director, Script, Character Design (Starlight Angel)
• Dragon Century - Animation Director and Character Designer
• Genesis Survivor Gaiarth - Director (ep. 1), Screenplay (ep. 1), Character Design, Key Animation (ep. 1)
• Moldiver - Director, Original Concept, Character Design, Animation Director (ep 6), Animation (OP/ED)
• Yamato 2520 - Character Designer

Anime Films

• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Character Design, Animation Director

External links

• Hiroyuki Kitazume anime works in Media Arts Database (Japanese)