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Yasuomi Umetsu (梅津 泰臣, Umetsu Yasuomi, born December 19, 1960) is a Japanese animator known for creating the Kite film series.[1][2]

Yasuomi Umetsu
梅津 泰臣
Born	(1960-12-19) December 19, 1960 (age 61) Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	animator, director
Known for	Kite Kite Liberator

Works

Filmography

• Megazone 23 Part II (1986) character designer/animation director
• Robot Carnival (1987) episode director/animation director, 'Presence' segment
• Lily C.A.T. (1987) character designer
• Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993) character designer[3]
• Gatchaman (OVA) (1994) character designer
• Cool Devices Operation 07: Yellow Star (1995) character designer
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996) animator
• New Hurricane Polymar (1997) character designer
• Hen (1997) character designer (as Yasuomi Umezu aka Strange Love)
• Kimera (1997) character designer
• Kite (1998) director/writer/character designer/animation director[4]
• Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999) key animator
• Mezzo Forte (2001) director/writer/character designer/animation director[5]
• Nakoruru ~Ano hito kara no okurimono~ (OVA) (2002) character designer
• Mezzo DSA (2004) (TV series) director/character designer/animation director
• Kite Liberator (2008) director/writer/character designer/animation director[6]
• Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) episode director
• Beelzebub (2011) animation director (ED2)
• Galilei Donna (2013) director
• Wizard Barristers (2014) director/character designer
• Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015) animation director (OP)
• Isuca (2015) animation director (ED)
• Seraph of the End (2015) animation director (OP)
• Gunslinger Stratos: THE ANIMATION (2015) animation director (ED)
• Gangsta. (2015) animation director (ED)
• Dimension W (2016) animation director (OP)
• Bungo Stray Dogs (2016) animation director (ED)
• Twin Star Exorcists (2016) animation director (OP1)
• Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (2016) animation director (OP)
• ēlDLIVE (2017) animation director (ED)
• Kokkoku: Moment by Moment (2018) character designer

Video games

• Contra: The Hard Corps (Mega Drive, 1994) – Packaging and promotional illustrations (Japanese version)
• Castlevania (Nintendo 64, 1999) – Promotional illustrations
• Shin Megami Tensei: Nine (Xbox, 2002) – Character designer
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo Switch, 2017) – Illustrator[7]

Manga

• Vegetables (1998)

References

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Yasuomi Umetsu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yasuomi Umetsu at IMDb
• Yasuomi Umetsu anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

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