Masayuki Kouda

Masayuki Kouda - Key Animation, Animation known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «The Last: Naruto the Movie» (2014), «Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale» (2017), «Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window» (2023), «Boruto: Naruto the Movie» (2015), «Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire» (2009),

Masayuki Kouda (甲田 正行 Kouda Masayuki) is a Japanese animator, anime director, character designer, and storyboard artist. He began his career as an in-between artist for Studio Pierrot before making his debut as a key animator in 2005.

He is primarily known for his work in the Naruto franchise, but was first recognized for his strong drawing ability as a animation director/animator for the show 'Blue Dragon' (2007), which translated into becoming a high priority animation director for Naruto Shippuden from 2010-2013.

In 2014, he made his debut as character designer and chief animation director for the show 'Baby Steps'. Following this, he made his directorial debut for Naruto Shippuden episode 469 (2016) and became a leading member of the franchise's staff moving forward.

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