Hidenori Matsubara

Hidenori Matsubara (松原 秀典, Matsubara Hidenori^?, born on 15 November 1965) is a male Japanese anime character designer and director.

Works[]

Theatrical Films[]

• Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2000) - Storyboard, Character Design, Chief Animation Director
• Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001) - Character Design
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2006) - Animation Director, Key Animation
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Animation Director, Key Animation, Design
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) - Key Animation
• In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (movie) (2019) - Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time (2021) - Character Design, Key Animation

TV Anime/OVA[]

• Oh My Goddess! (OAV) (1993) - Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 3-5), Animation Director
• Elementalors (OAV) (1995) - Character Design, Animation Director
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime) (1995) - Key Animation (eps 8, 26)
• Sakura Wars (OAV) (1997) - Character Design
• Sakura Wars 2 (OAV) (1999) - Character Design
• Sakura Wars (TV) (2000) - Character Design
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004) - Storyboard (OP), Unit Director (OP), Character Design, Animation Director (OP; eps 1, 17), Animation Supervisor (eps 3-4), Assistant Animation Director (ep 20), Assistant Layout Animation Director (ep 22), Key Animation (OP, ED; 13 episodes), Layout Supervision (ep 24)
• Ah! My Goddess (2005) - Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP, ED2; ep 1), Animation, Design
• Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (2006) - Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP, ED2; eps 1, 7, 23), Key Animation (ED2; ep 1)
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) - Character Animation Director, Design Works

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Published Works[]

• Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.) (2021) - Illustrator

External Links[]

• Hidenori Matsubara at the Anime News Network
• Hidenori Matsubara Twitter Profile

References[]