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Toshihiko Masuda

Visual Effects

Born April 14, 1960

Also known as Toshihiku Masuda · 増田俊彦 · 増田としひこ

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Biography

Born in 1960, Toshihiko Masuda was one of the major directors at Telecom Animation Film. He joined Telecom in 1980 as a in-between animator and became a director in 1983, taking over Hayao Miyazaki's unit after he left to go work at Topcraft to do Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Masuda is known for his wacky and fluid animation, and is the one who set the style in Telecom's western productions in the '80s and '90s. He now works as a freelance animator and storyboard artist working on a plethora of different anime projects.

Filmography50+ titles

Attack on Titan

2013Key Animation

One Piece

1999Key Animation

My Hero Academia

2016Key Animation

Haikyu!!

2014Key Animation

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

2012Animation Director, Key Animation

Death Note

2006Key Animation

Dan Da Dan

2024Key Animation

Teasing Master Takagi-San: The Movie

2022Key Animation

Vinland Saga

2019Key Animation

Black Clover

2017Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Mob Psycho 100

2016Key Animation

Naruto Shippūden

2007Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Fire Force

2019Key Animation

Classroom of the Elite

2017Storyboard Artist

Twin Star Exorcists

2016Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma

2015Key Animation

Bleach

2004Key Animation

Howl's Moving Castle

2004Key Animation

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

2020Storyboard Artist

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

2020Storyboard Artist

Tokyo Ghoul

2014Key Animation

Medalist

2025Storyboard Artist

Ninja Kamui

2024Key Animation

DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO

2021Key Animation

Tower of God

2020Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie

2006Key Animation

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

2023Key Animation

Cells at Work!

2018Key Animation

Rupan Sansei Zenigata to Futari no Rupan

2025Key Animation

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

2024Key Animation

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

2023Key Animation

Junji Ito Collection

2018Key Animation

Orange

2016Key Animation

Lupin the 3rd

1971Animation Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-

2021Key Animation

Megalo Box

2018Key Animation

Zombie Land SAGA

2018Key Animation

Ace of the Diamond

2013Storyboard Artist

ThunderCats

2011Key Animation

Akira

1988Key Animation

Chōjin Sentai Jetman

Writer

Lupin the IIIrd: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline

2025Key Animation

Fuuto PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull

2024Key Animation

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

2017Storyboard Artist

Summer Days with Coo

2007Key Animation

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006Key Animation

Lazarus

2025Key Animation

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

2025Key Animation

Beast Tamer

2022Storyboard Artist

Rage of Bahamut

2014Key Animation