About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1968-03-04
Place of birth:
Niigata, Japan
Website:
N/A

Kazuto Nakazawa

Overview

Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story". He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit".

Known for

Directing
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Directing Series Director 70
Good
2015 Comedy Skit 1989 Directing Director 58
Average
2013 Vassalord. Directing Director 58
Average
2012 Medusa's Revenge Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Directing Director 69
Fair
2008 Ani*Kuri15 Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Moondrive Directing Director N/A
N/A
2007 Yurururu: Ordinary Chapter Directing Director 59
Average
2006 Deep Imagination Directing Director 58
Average
2005 FLUXIMATION Directing Director N/A
N/A
2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Directing First Assistant Director 79
Good
2003 Parasite Dolls Directing Director 58
Average
2003 Parasite Dolls Directing Director 68
Fair
2002 Comedy Directing Director 59
Average
2002 Comedy Directing Director 61
Fair

Writing
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Writing Original Story 70
Good
2015 Comedy Skit 1989 Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Writing Writer 69
Fair
2008 Moondrive Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
2003 Parasite Dolls Writing Writer 58
Average
2003 Parasite Dolls Writing Screenplay 68
Fair

Sound
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Sound Sound Director 70
Good

Art
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Art Storyboard Artist 70
Good

Visual Effects
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Visual Effects Supervising Animation Director 70
Good
2021 Fena: Pirate Princess Visual Effects Character Designer 70
Good
2016 Days Visual Effects Character Designer 68
Fair
2014 Terror in Resonance Visual Effects Character Designer 76
Good
2014 Giovanni's Island Visual Effects Key Animation 61
Fair
2013 Vassalord. Visual Effects Key Animation 58
Average
2010 House of Five Leaves Visual Effects Character Designer 70
Good
2009 Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average
2008 Hells Visual Effects Character Designer 59
Average
2008 Hells Visual Effects Animation Director 59
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Visual Effects Animation Director 59
Average
2008 Genius Party Beyond Visual Effects Character Designer 59
Average
2004 Steamboy Visual Effects Key Animation 63
Fair
2004 Samurai Champloo Visual Effects Character Designer 81
Very good
2004 Samurai Champloo Visual Effects Supervising Animation Director 81
Very good
2003 Kid's Story Visual Effects Key Animation 61
Fair
2003 A Detective Story Visual Effects Key Animation 61
Fair
2003 The Second Renaissance Part I Visual Effects Key Animation 62
Fair
2001 Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon Visual Effects Animation Director 59
Average
2000 Mezzo Forte Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average
1999 Legend of Black Heaven Visual Effects Character Designer 69
Fair
1996 Spring and Chaos Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average
1996 Landlock Visual Effects Character Designer 69
Fair
1996 Battle Arena Toshinden Visual Effects Character Designer 69
Fair
1994 Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom Visual Effects Animation Director 59
Average
1994 Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Visual Effects Animation Director 61
Fair
1993 Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle Visual Effects Animation Director 59
Average
1991 Roujin Z Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average
1991 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III Visual Effects Animation Director N/A
N/A
1990 A Wind Named Amnesia Visual Effects Key Animation 58
Average
1990 Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average
1990 Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude Visual Effects Key Animation 58
Average
1989 The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor Visual Effects Key Animation 59
Average