Atsushi Wakabayashi
Atsushi Wakabayashi is a Japanese animator, anime director, character designer and storyboard artist. He graduated from Tatsunoko Animation Technology Institute in 1989. After working at Tatsunoko, he served as animation director on such shows as " Yu Yu Hakusho " and " Midori no Makibao " in the 1990s , mainly supporting the animation of Studio Pierrot 's works. He attracted major attention for directing episodes 30, 71, and 133 of " Naruto" . Since then, he has expanded his work to other companies' productions, but most of his involvement is in basic storyboarding only. His nickname on set is "Kaba-san." Since 2013, he has also been a guest lecturer at NUNOANI Juku.
Crew
TV
Naruto Shippūden
Storyboard Artist
2007
TV
Naruto
Key Animation
2002
TV
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Storyboard Artist
2017
TV
Bleach
Storyboard Artist
2004
TV
Ranma ½
Key Animation
1989
TV
Yu Yu Hakusho
Key Animation
1992
TV
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Director
2002
TV
Great Teacher Onizuka
Key Animation
1999
TV
Rage of Bahamut
Director
2014
Movie
Naruto OVA 8: Naruto x UT
Key Animation
2011
TV
Kingdom
Key Animation
2012
TV
The Twelve Kingdoms
Key Animation
2002