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Yuji Moriyama

Directing

Born January 6, 1960 · Tokyo, Japan

Also known as Yuuji Moriyama · Yûji Moriyama · Moriyama Yuuji / もりやまゆうじ

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Biography

Yuji Moriyama (森山 雄治, Moriyama Yūji, January 6, 1960) is a Japanese anime director, animator, animation supervisor and character designer from Tokyo. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He won the fourth Japan Anime Awards in the Animation Director category. Some of his many pennames are Yūji Motoyama (もとやまゆうじ), Jōdo Saihō (西宝 壌土), Kotarō Kazama (風間 小太郎), Norihiro Sunakawa (砂川 則博), MONTAN, Wataya Shibakano (芝跨野 渡也) , Tōya Shibamata (柴又 十哉), Alan Smithee (阿藍 隅史), Nachiko Nekobe (猫部 那智子), and Tadao Uota (魚田 尹夫).

Filmography21 titles

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

2012Key Animation

Classroom of the Elite

2017Animation Director, Key Animation

Bleach

2004Animation Director, Key Animation

Naruto

2002Animation Director, Key Animation

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997Key Animation

Tower of God

2020Animation Director

Given

2020Key Animation

Trigun

1998Animation Director, Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

2007Animation Director, Key Animation

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer

1984Animation Director

Gunbuster: The Movie

2006Animation Director

Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name

2008Animation Director

Macross Plus: The Movie

1995Animation Director, Director, Key Animation

Bleach: Memories of Nobody

2006Key Animation

Project A-Ko

1986Animation Director, Key Animation, Writer

Saiyuki

Animation Director, Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director

Urusei Yatsura: Only You

1983Key Animation

Project A-Ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody

1988Character Designer, Director, Original Story

Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love

1985Key Animation

Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group

1987Director, Original Story

Project A-Ko 4: Final

1989Director, Original Story