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Japanese director and animator
Ryūtarō Nakamura (中村 隆太郎 , Nakamura Ryūtarō , April 15, 1955 – June 29, 2013) was a Japanese
director and
animator , best known for directing the landmark anime series
Serial Experiments Lain , and for his collaboration with
Masamune Shirow and
Chiaki J. Konaka on
Ghost Hound .
Death
In 2009, it was announced that he would be working on a new project:
Despera .
[1] Production was put on hold due to Nakamura suffering from an unspecified illness.
[2] Following several months of hospitalization due to
pancreatic cancer , he died on June 29, 2013. His death was announced nearly a month after.
[3]
Filmography
Director
1992: Tomcat's Big Adventure : Director, Script, Storyboard, Composition
1994: The Life of Guskou Budori : Director, Script
1995:
Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture : Director
1996: Legend of Crystania (OVA) : Director
1998:
Serial Experiments Lain : Series director, Director (Eps 1, 2, 12, 13), Storyboard, Continuity (Eps 5, 6, 8, 11–13), Continuity Direction
1999:
Colorful : Director, Storyboard, Episode Director (1-4,12,14,16)
2000:
Sakura Wars : Series director, Continuity
2003:
Kino's Journey : Director, Storyboard, Episode Director (ep 1, 2, 5)
2006:
Rec : Director, Storyboard, Episode Director
2007:
Kino's Journey -Country of Illness- For You- : Director
2007:
Ghost Hound : Director
2013 (Posthumous): Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki Kaizokujima DE! Daibōken : Director
Suspended:
Despera : Director
Other
1978-79:
Takarajima : Key Animation
1979-80: The Rose of Versailles : Key Animation (eps 24, 26–40)
1980-81:
Ashita no Joe 2 : Key Animation
1981:
Unico (movie) : Art
1982:
Space Adventure Cobra - The Movie: Animation
1985:
A Journey Through Fairyland (movie) : In-Between Animation
1986:
They Were Eleven (movie) : Storyboard
1988: Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1) : Storyboard (eps 2, 4)
1990: The Great Adventures of Robin Hood : Storyboard (eps 14, 20, 25, 31, 33, 40, 47)
1991:
Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato : Storyboard (2)
1991:
Lupin III: "Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!" : Storyboard
1991: Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack : Storyboard (ep 30)
1991: Tenku Senki Shurato : Storyboard
1992: Tekkaman Blade : Storyboard (eps 12, 19, 25, 30)
1996:
Popolocrois (game) : Animation Movie Director, Story Board & Game Art
1999:
Magic User's Club : Storyboard (ep 3), Episode Director (ep 3)
2000:
Love Hina : Key Animation Episodes 13, 18
2001:
Final Fantasy: Unlimited : Episode 2 Director/Storyboard
2002:
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex : Storyboard (ep 5), Episode Director (ep 5)
Bibliography
Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture Storyboard (劇場アニメーション レジェンド・オブ・クリスタニア 絵コンテ). Triangle Staff.
visual experiments lain (ビジュアルエクスペリメンツ レイン). Sony Magazines , 1999.
ISBN
978-4789713429
References
External links
Animated series Animated films
International National Academics Other