Masayuki (animator)

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Masayuki Yamaguchi(Sơn khẩu chính hạnh,Yamaguchi Masayuki,born January 3, 1961),more commonly knownmononymouslyasMasayuki(Ma sa tuyết),is a Japanese animator and director. He is best known for working on the anime seriesNeon Genesis Evangelionand co-directing the first threeRebuild of Evangelionfilms.

Masayuki
Ma sa tuyết
Born	Masayuki Yamaguchi (1961-01-03)January 3, 1961 Nagano,Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Emishi Wase(Di uy thế) Masakazu(Ma sa nhất) Sanaba Yoshitomo(Sa na ba mỹ trí)
Education	Tokyo Designer Gakuin College
Occupations	Animator director storyboard artist screenwriter cinematographer
Years active	1982–present
Title	Executive advisor ofKhara
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Life and career

Masayuki Yamaguchi was born on January 3, 1961, inNagano Prefecture,Japan.While in high school, he was inspired to enter the animation industry after seeingHayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime seriesFuture Boy Conan.

In 1982, Masayuki worked on "Key Animation" in severalOVAand television anime, including:Acrobunch,Cream Lemon,Fist of the North Star,Cream Lemon Part 4: POP CHASER,Bavi Stock,Gunbuster,Doomed Megalopolis,andNeon Genesis Evangelion.He has also worked under the pseudonymWase Emishi(Di uy thế(えみし わせ),Emishi Wase),on some media, including:Macross Plus,Macross Plus: Movie Edition,andRe: Cutie Honey.

Masayuki is a close friend of the famedNeon Genesis EvangelioncreatorHideaki Anno.Together, they have collaborated on many OVAs, films, and television programs, such asGunbuster,Neon Genesis Evangelion,Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth,The End of Evangelion,GAMERA1999,Cutie Honey,Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone,Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance,Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo,Shin Godzilla,Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time,andShin Ultraman.Masayuki's friendship with Anno has become very close, with the former spending half a year editing Anno's wedding video, which apparently had more than 1000 cuts.

Filmography

Film

• Macross Plus: Movie Edition(1995) - Animation director [as Wase Emishi]
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth(1997) - Director [Evangelion:Deathsegment], animation director, design director, storyboard artist, and key animation [Evangelion:Deathsegment]
• The End of Evangelion(1997) - Storyboard artist, design director, key animation, and visual water artist
• GAMERA1999(1999) - Director [withHideaki Anno]
• Cutie Honey(2004) - Associate director and storyboard artist
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone(2007) - Director [withKazuya Tsurumaki]and key animation
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance(2009) - Director [with Kazuya Tsurumaki],storyboard artist, and key animation
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo(2012) - Director [with Kazuya Tsurumaki andMahiro Maeda] and storyboard artist
• Shin Godzilla(2016) - Storyboard artist, D Unit director [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno], D Unit cinematographer [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno], and D Unit recording [with Ikki Todoroki and Hideaki Anno]
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time(2021) - Draft storyboard artist, key animation, and screen assistant (for animated underwater scenes)
• Shin Ultraman(2022) - Assistant director, storyboard artist [with Akitoshi Yokoyama,Shinji Higuchi,Hideaki Anno, Ikki Todoroki, Kazuyoshi Katayama, and Linto Ueda]and cinematographer

Television

• Acrobunch(1982) - Key animation
• Fist of the North Star(1984-1987) - Key animation [episode 56]
• Neon Genesis Evangelion(1995-1996) - Assistant director, storyboard artist [8 episodes], key animation [5 episodes], episode director [episodes 19, 24 and 26], and design assistant [episode 19]

OVA

• Cream Lemon(1984-1987) - Key animation [episode 4]
• Cream Lemon Part 4: POP CHASER(1985) - Key animation
• Bavi Stock(1985-1986) - Key animation [episode 1]
• Gunbuster(1988-1989) - Opening animation and key animation [episodes 5 and 6]
• BAOH(1989) - Character designer and animation director
• Doomed Megalopolis(1991-1992) - Character designer, animation director [episodes 1, 2, and 4], key animation [episodes 3 and 4], storyboard artist [episodes 3 and 4], and screenwriter [episode 4]
• Macross Plus(1994-1995) - Animation director [episode 1; as Wase Emishi]
• Re: Cutie Honey(2004) - Animation director [episode 3; as Wase Emishi]

External links

• MasayukiatIMDb
• MasayukiatAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• MasayukiatEiga.com(in Japanese)
• MasayukiatFilmarks(in Japanese)