is a Japanese director and storyboard artist best known for co-directing Hidamari Sketch with Akiyuki Shinbo.
Career Kamitsubo began his career in the anime industry as a production manager for Film Magic in the early 90s. He transitioned to digital photography and visual effects work for Media Vision and, later, Gonzo in the mid and late 90s. In the early 2000s, he started doing episode directing and storyboard work. In 2004, he worked under Akiyuki Shinbo on the original anime series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and the following year was brought into Shaft by Shinbo, where his first project with the company was as an episode director on Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. He would later make his series directorial debut with Shinbo and Shaft in 2007 with Hidamari Sketch. Shinbo considered Kamitsubo, (at the time) setting designer Tatsuya Oishi, and art director Hisaharu Iijima to be the core staff responsible for the foundations of the style and presentation of Hidamari Sketch, even after both Kamitsubo and Oishi had left the series' production in their respective seasons. Kamitsubo continued working with Shaft for a few years before deciding to base his work mostly out of Xebec, including his own series Softenni and Hen Semi. In 2012, however, he announced that he would be leaving the industry, and his final work would be as a storyboard artist and episode director on the tenth episode of To Love Ru: Darkness under the pseudonym . Despite this, Kamitsubo returned to the industry in 2014, acting as a storyboard artist for Xebec's series Argevollen beginning with the 13th episode. Since 2017, Kamitsubo has mainly worked on series produced by Doga Kobo.
Works Television series In "Director(s)" column highlights Kamitsubi's directorial works. Year Title Director(s) StudioSBED Other roles and notes Ref(s)1991Genji Tsūshin AgedamaMasao NamikiStudio GallopProduction assistantHime-chan's RibbonHatsuki TsujiStudio GallopProduction assistant1997GeGeGe no Kitarō 4th SeriesDaisuke NishioToei AnimationDigital photography1998Himitsu no Akko-chanHiroki ShibataToei AnimationDigital photography2000Gate KeepersJunichi Sato Koichi ChigiraGonzoPhotography2001Star Ocean EXHiroshi WatanabeStudio DeenHellsingUmanosuke Iida Yasunori UrataGonzo2003Bomberman JettersKatsuyuki KoderaStudio DeenPeacemaker KuroganeTomohiro HirataGonzoDigital directorThe Mythical Detective Loki RagnarokHiroshi WatanabeStudio DeenOpening directorEnding director2004AM DriverIsao ToradaStudio DeenMagical Girl Lyrical NanohaAkiyuki ShinboSeven ArcsYumeriaKeitarō MotonagaStudio Deen2005Tsukuyomi: Moon PhaseAkiyuki ShinboShaftKey animatorGun x SwordGorō TaniguchiAIC ASTA2006Inukami!Keizō KusakawaSeven ArcsNegima!?Akiyuki ShinboShin Oonuma Shaft2007Ef: A Tale of MemoriesShin OonumaShaftHidamari SketchShaftEnding directorHidamari Sketch SpecialsAkiyuki Shinbo Shaft2008Dinosaur King: Season 2Katsuyoshi YatabeSunriseKyōran Kazoku NikkiYasuhiro KurodaNomadHidamari Sketch x 365Akiyuki ShinboShaftEnding directorHyakkoMichio FukudaNippon AnimationKyō no Go no NiTsuyoshi NagasawaXebec2009Pandora HeartsTakao KatoXebecPolyphonica: Crimson SToshimasa SuzukiDiomedéa2010Ladies versus Butlers!Atsushi ŌtsukiXebecDurarara!!Takahiro OmoriBrain's Base2011SoftenniXebecSeries compositionEnding director2012To Love Ru DarknessAtsushi ŌtsukiXebecCredited as Motona HinoLagrange: The Flower of Rin-neTatsuo Satō Toshimasa SuzukiXebecSaki: Episode of Side AManabu OnoStudio Gokumi2014ArgevollenAtsushi ŌtsukiXebecTrinity SevenHiroshi NishikioriSeven Arcs Pictures2015Kin-iro MosaicTenshoStudio GokumiFafner in the Azure: ExodusTakashi Noto Nobuyoshi HabaraXebec ZweiPlastic MemoriesYoshiyuki FujiwaraDoga KoboTriage XTakao KatoAkio TakamiXebec2016Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another WorldMasaharu WatanabeWhite FoxBig OrderNobuharu KamanakaAsreadNew Game!Yoshiyuki FujiwaraDoga Kobo2017Gabriel DropOutMasahiko OhtaDoga KoboGamers!Manabu OkamotoPine JamEromanga SenseiRyōhei TakeshitaA-1 PicturesHina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~Hiroaki AkagiDoga Kobo2018Hozuki's CoolheadednessKazuhiro YonedaStudio DeenHinomaru SumoKōnosuke Uda Yasutaka YamamotoGonzoUchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!Masahiko OhtaDoga KoboAnima Yell!Masako SatōDoga Kobo}2019Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to MeDaisuke HiramakiDoga KoboThe Helpful Fox Senko-sanTomoaki KoshidaDoga KoboEnding director and storyboard2020A3! Season Spring & SummerMasayuki Sakoi Keisuke ShinoharaP.A. WorksStudio 3HzDiary of Our Days at the BreakwaterTakaharu ŌkumaDoga Kobo2021The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can EnterKenta ŌnishiOkuruto NoboruMy Senpai Is AnnoyingRyōta ItōDoga KoboAmaim Warrior at the BorderlineNobuyoshi HabaraSunrise Beyond2022Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!Nobuaki NakanishiJumondouShikimori's Not Just a CutieRyōta ItōDoga KoboHealer GirlYasuhiro Irie3Hz2023Saint Cecilia and Pastor LawrenceSumie NoroDoga Kobo2025The Shiunji Family ChildrenDoga KoboOpening director
OVAs Year Title Director(s) StudioSBED Other roles and notes Ref(s)1998Blue Submarine No. 6Mahiro MaedaGonzoVisual effects2000Melty LancerTakeshi MoriGonzoCG director2005Maria-sama ga MiteruYukihiro MatsushitaStudio DeenEnding director2010Hen SemiXebecEnding director (uncredited)2015Magical Suite Prism Nana: I Want to Fulfill My Dreams!? Hope Advancing (First Half)Yukihiro MiyamotoShaft2017Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202Nobuyoshi HabaraXebec2019Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to MeDaisuke HiramakiDoga Kobo
Films Year Title Director(s) StudioSBED Other roles and notes Ref(s)2020Kono Sekai no Tanoshimikata: Secret Story FilmFumie MuroiCLAP
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