Kazuya Tsurumaki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kazuya Tsurumaki

Japanese anime director

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Profession: animator, film director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Kazuya Tsurumaki

  • Kazuya Tsurumaki (?? ?? Tsurumaki Kazuya) is a Japanese anime director.
  • He was born on February 2, 1966 in the city of Gosen, located in the Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax.
  • Tsurumaki's first project at Gainax was as an animation director for the 1990 TV series Fushigi no Umi no Nadia; Tsurumaki was also director of the humorous "omake" (extra) sequences that went along with the TV series, and producer of "Nadia Cinema Edition".
  • In 1995, Tsurumaki served as an assistant director under Hideaki Anno in Gainax's landmark series Neon Genesis Evangelion, in which role he handled production, art director and setting assistant for some episodes.
  • In 1997, he directed episode 25', the first half of the cinematic conclusion to the Evangelion series, The End of Evangelion.
  • In 2000, Tsurumaki officially made his debut as a full-fledged director with the six-part OVA series, FLCL.
  • In 2004 he directed the hit sequel to Gunbuster called Aim for the Top 2! or Diebuster.
  • He is currently working as a director on the new four feature Evangelion film series, Rebuild of Evangelion.
  • He directed the 2017 anime special The Dragon Dentist.He attended Otakon in 2001 and Anime Expo in 2016.

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