Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, Minowa Yutaka) is a character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse, a Japanese animation company. His work is recognised in the Yoshiaki Kawajiri movies he has designed characters for, among them Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. He also did the character design and animation direction for the short "Program" in The Animatrix.[1]
Yutaka Minowa | |
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箕輪 豊 | |
| Occupation | Character designer, animation director |
| Year | Series | Crew role | Notes | Source[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Five Star Stories | Assistant Animation Director | [3] | |
| 1990–91 | Record of Lodoss War | Sub character designer | OVA | [3] |
| 1993 | Ninja Scroll | Character design, animation director | film | |
| 1998 | Outlaw Star | [4] | ||
| 2001 | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | Character design, animation director | film | [5][6][3] |
| 2003 | The Animatrix | Animation director, character design | Ep. "Program" | [4][1] |
| 2007 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Character design, animation director, "Devil" Design | [7] | |
| 2011 | Blade | Prop design | ||
| 2013 | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Concept Character Design | film |