Hiroyuki Kakudō

Hiroyuki Kakudō (角銅博之, Kakudō Hiroyuki, born September 28, 1959) is a Japanese anime director from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Toyo University's Faculty of Letters.^[1] In 1978, while in college, he was a founding member of Group Ebisen, an independent animation production and screening group.^[2] He began working for Toei Animation in 1983, where he trained under Yugo Serikawa.^[3] He is best known for directing the first two Digimon series.^[4]

Works

Television

Year	Title	Series Director	Episode Director	Storyboard	Notes
1984	Wing-Man		Yes
1986	Maple Town		Yes	Yes
1986	Okubyo na Venus		Yes	Yes	OVA
1987	New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter		Yes	Yes
1988	Bikkuriman		Yes	Yes
1989	Shin Bikkuriman		Yes	Yes
1990	Be-Bop High School		Yes	Yes	OVA
1990	RPG Densetsu Hepoi			Yes
1990	Magical Taruruto		Yes	Yes
1991	Genji Tsūshin Agedama			Yes
1991	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai		Yes	Yes
1992	Super Bikkuriman		Yes	Yes
1993	NG Knight Ramune & 40 DX	Yes	Yes	Yes	OVA
1993	Slam Dunk		Yes	Yes
1993	Aoki Densetsu Shoot!		Yes	Yes
1993	Orguss 02		Yes	Yes	OVA
1993	Mega Man: Upon a Star			Yes	OVA
1994	Sailor Moon S		Yes	Yes	OP and ED only
1994	The Legend of Snow White			Yes
1994	Blue Seed			Yes
1994	DNA²			Yes
1995	Ninku			Yes
1995	3×3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon			Yes	OVA
1995	The Silent Service			Yes	TV Special
1996	GeGeGe no Kitarō	Yes	Yes	Yes
1996	Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!			Yes
1996	Rurouni Kenshin			Yes
1996	Dragon Ball GT		Yes	Yes
1996	Jigoku Sensei Nūbē		Yes	Yes
1996	Saber Marionette J			Yes
1997	Cutie Honey Flash		Yes	Yes
1997	Pokémon			Yes
1997	Slayers Try			Yes
1997	あずみマンマ・ミーア		Yes	Yes
1997	Master of Mosquiton			Yes
1997	Berserk			Yes
1998	春庭家の3人目		Yes	Yes
1998	Lost Universe			Yes
1998	Yu-Gi-Oh!	Yes	Yes	Yes
1998	Himitsu no Akko-chan		Yes	Yes
1998	Serial Experiments Lain			Yes
1998	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen			Yes
1998	Gakko no Kaidan G				TV Special, credited for animation
1998	Gasaraki			Yes
1998	Saber Marionette J to X			Yes
1999	Digimon Adventure	Yes	Yes	Yes
1999	Turn A Gundam			Yes
1999	Magic User's Club				CG Animation (Avant Title)
1999	One Piece		Yes	Yes
2000	Boogiepop Phantom			Yes
2000	Digimon Adventure 02	Yes	Yes	Yes
2000	Argento Soma			Yes
2000	Invincible King Tri-Zenon			Yes
2001	Angelic Layer			Yes
2001	Digimon Tamers		Yes	Yes
2001	Hellsing			Yes
2002	Kanon		Yes	Yes
2002	Digimon Frontier		Yes	Yes
2002	Wild 7: Another			Yes
2002	Kiddy Grade			Yes
2003	D.N.Angel			Yes
2003	Zatch Bell!		Yes	Yes
2003	Hoop Days		Yes	Yes
2003	Requiem from the Darkness			Yes
2004	Koi Kaze			Yes
2004	Initial D			Yes
2004	Beet the Vandel Buster		Yes	Yes
2004	Rockman EXE Stream			Yes
2004	Black Jack			Yes
2005	Transformers: Cybertron	Yes		Yes
2005	Beet the Vandel Buster: Excellion		Yes	Yes
2006	BakéGyamon			Yes
2006	Higurashi When They Cry			Yes
2006	Kamisama Kazoku		Yes	Yes
2006	Powerpuff Girls Z	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unaired pilot version only
2006	Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars	Yes		Yes
2006	独占取材！私だけが知っている小泉純一郎			Yes	TV Special
2007	GeGeGe no Kitarō		Yes	Yes
2007	Skull Man			Yes
2008	Hakaba Kitarō		Yes	Yes
2008	Negibozu No Asataro		Yes	Yes
2009	Marie & Gali			Yes
2009	Kaidan Restaurant		Yes	Yes
2009	Welcome to Irabu's Office		Yes	Yes
2010	Marie & Gali ver.2.0			Yes
2010	Digimon Xros Wars		Yes	Yes
2011	Toriko		Yes	Yes
2011	Ring ni Kakero (Season 4)		Yes	Yes
2011	C (TV series)			Yes
2012	Saint Seiya Omega		Yes	Yes
2012	Tsuritama			Yes
2012	Tanken Driland			Yes
2013	Saint Seiya Omega (season 2)		Yes	Yes
2013	Gatchaman Crowds			Yes
2013	Kyousougiga		Yes	Yes
2014	Majin Bone		Yes	Yes
2014	Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers		Yes	Yes
2014	The Kindaichi Case Files R		Yes	Yes
2014	World Trigger		Yes	Yes
2015	Dragon Ball Super			Yes
2015	The Kindaichi Case Files R (season 2)		Yes	Yes
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash			Yes
2016	Tiger Mask W		Yes	Yes
2017	Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode		Yes	Yes
2018	Hug! Pretty Cure		Yes	Yes
2018	GeGeGe no Kitarō		Yes	Yes
2018	Kiratto Pri Chan			Yes
2019	Star Twinkle PreCure		Yes	Yes
2020	Healin' Good Pretty Cure		Yes	Yes
2020	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai		Yes	Yes
2021	Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure		Yes	Yes
2021	Digimon Ghost Game		Yes	Yes
2023	Ippon Again!			Yes
2023	Tōsōchū: The Great Mission		Yes	Yes

Films

Year	Title	Director	Storyboard	Notes
1983	Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku			Production Assistant
1988	Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen	Yes	Yes
1991	Magical Taruruto-kun: Moero! Yūjō no Mahō Taisen	Yes	Yes
1993	Rokudenashi Blues 1993	Yes	Yes
1995	Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge!	Yes	Yes
2002	Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light		Yes	Compilation Film
2002	WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3		Yes
2005	Digital Monster X-Evolution	Yes	Yes
2006	Origin: Spirits of the Past		Yes

References

^ "Digimon Adventure Novelization Author Profile". HMV&BOOKS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "ショートフィルム研究会【2/19】のお知らせ". Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences (JASIAS) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Laputa School Lecturer Profile". laputa-jp.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Digimon Adventure Anime Influenced Upcoming Digimon Survive Game, According To New Dev Diary". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

External links

Hiroyuki Kakudō at IMDb
Hiroyuki Kakudō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Digimon Adventure Novelization Author Profile". HMV&BOOKS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "ショートフィルム研究会【2/19】のお知らせ". Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences (JASIAS) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "Laputa School Lecturer Profile". laputa-jp.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Digimon Adventure Anime Influenced Upcoming Digimon Survive Game, According To New Dev Diary". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

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