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Atsuo Tobe

Atsuo Tobe

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Biography

Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫, Tobe Atsuo) is a veteran Japanese animator, character designer, and mechanical designer. His mother is the well-known voice actress Noriko Ohara (小原乃梨子). He graduated from Rikkyo University.

Best known for:

InuYasha

To Your Eternity

In/Spectre

Patlabor: The Movie

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Patlabor 2: The Movie

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

Love Hina

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz

Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum

Kingdom

Dirty Pair: Project Eden

Video Girl Ai

Mr. Osomatsu

Tenchi Muyo! In Love

Aikatsu!

Patlabor: The Mobile Police

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Tenchi Muyo!

Darkside Blues

Kekkaishi

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

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Filmography:

Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1986)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Norakuro-kun (1987)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Zillion (1987)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Dirty Pair OVA (1987)
WORK AS:
Opening/Ending Animation
Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1988)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Zillion: Burning Night (1988)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Purple Eyes in the Dark (1988)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
5.7
WORK AS:
Key Animation

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The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
The Dark Myth (1990)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Eiji (1990)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Matchless Raijin-Oh (1991)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Video Girl Ai (1992)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Tenchi Muyo! (1992)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Ellcia (1992)
WORK AS:
Key Animation

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Seikima II - Humane Society (1992)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
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WORK AS:
Key Animation
Blue Seed (1994)
WORK AS:
Key Animation, Animation Director
New Cutey Honey (1994)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
Darkside Blues (1994)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
El-Hazard: The Wanderers (1995)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
Baby and Me (1996)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Tenchi Muyo! In Love (1996)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Blue Seed Beyond (1996)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz (1998)
6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (1998)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Love Hina (2000)
5.6
WORK AS:
Animation Director
InuYasha (2000)
7.6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Crush Gear Turbo (2001)
WORK AS:
Character Designer
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light (2002)
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly (2002)
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation
Crush Gear Turbo The Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge (2002)
WORK AS:
Character Designer
Hitsuji no Uta (2003)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Kekkaishi (2006)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels (2011)
6
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Kingdom (2012)
6.6
WORK AS:
Character Designer, Animation Director
Aikatsu! (2012)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
4.9
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Rin-ne (2015)
WORK AS:
Animation Director
Mr. Osomatsu (2015)
WORK AS:
Storyboard Artist
Aikatsu Stars! (2016)
WORK AS:
Storyboard
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
5.3
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)
WORK AS:
Key Animation
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes (2019)
5
WORK AS:
Key Animation
In/Spectre (2020)
6.6
WORK AS:
Animation Director
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020)
7.1
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Storyboard, Storyboard Artist, Action Director
To Your Eternity (2021)
7
WORK AS:
Key Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022)
6.5
WORK AS:
Animation Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (2023)
WORK AS:
Key Animation