Masaaki Yuasa

Animation Department | Art Department | Director

Trivia: He cites various animated works as an influence: the works of animators Tex Avery and Irene ...

Born: March 16, 1965

Filmography

Known For

Lu Over the Wall Director (2017)
Mind Game Director (2004)
Ride Your Wave Director (2019)
Known For

Adventure Time Animation Department (2014)
Director

Inu-oh (2021)
Japan Sinks: 2020 Theatrical Edition (2020)
Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
Super Shiro (2019)
Ride Your Wave (2019)
Devilman: Crybaby (2018)
Lu Over the Wall (2017)
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
Space Dandy (2014)
Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
Adventure Time (2014)
Kick-Heart (2013)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Kaiba (2008)
Yumemiru Kikai (2007)
Genius Party (2007)
Kemonozume (2006)
Mind Game (2004)
Slime Adventures: Yay, the sea! (1999)
Director

Anime Rakugo Kan (1992)
Writer

Super Shiro (2019)
Lu Over the Wall (2017)
Space Dandy (2014)
Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
Adventure Time (2014)
Kick-Heart (2013)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Kaiba (2008)
Genius Party (2007)
Kemonozume (2006)
Mind Game (2004)
Cat Soup (2001)
Writer

Anime Rakugo Kan (1992)
Producer

Ride Your Wave (2019)
Lu Over the Wall (2017)
Producer

Adventure Time (2014)
Soundtrack

Lu Over the Wall (2017)
Animation Department

Devilman: Crybaby (2018)
Space Dandy (2014)
Adventure Time (2014)
Eiga Kureyon Shinchan: Bakauma! B-kyu gurume sabaibaru!! (2013)
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012)
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Kemonozume (2006)
Kureyon Shin-chan (2006)
Samurai Champloo (2004)
Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi wo yobu! Yuuhi no kasukabe bôizu (2004)
The Whale Hunt (2001)
Shin Chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)
Cat Soup (2001)
Medabots (1999)
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
Agent Aika (1997-1999)
Kureyon Shinchan: Dengeki! Buta no hizume daisakusen (1998)
Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)
Kureyon Shin-chan ankoku tamatama daitsuiseki (1997)
Kureyon Shinchan: Hendarando no Daiboken (1996)
Ruin Explorers (1995)
Licca-chan to Yamaneko Hoshi no Tabi (1994)
Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs. Demon (1993)
Anime Rakugo Kan (1992)
Little Polar Bear: Shirokuma-kun, fune ni noru (1991)
Chibi Maruko-chan (1990)
Chibi Maruko-chan: Ôno-kun to Sugiyama-kun (1990)
Animation Department

The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (1990)
Oishinbo (1989)
Art Department

Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
Devilman: Crybaby (2018)
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
Space Dandy (2014)
Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
Adventure Time (2014)
The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Kaiba (2008)
Kemonozume (2006)
Kasumin (2001-2003)
Cat Soup (2001)
Art Department

Kureyon Shin-chan ankoku tamatama daitsuiseki (1997)
Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs. Demon (1993)
Additional Crew

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
Additional Crew

Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
Kaiba (2008)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Cat Soup (2001)

Awards

12 wins & 14 nominations.

Did You Know

He cites various animated works as an influence: the works of animators Tex Avery and Irene Starewicz, the Japanese animated features Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971) and The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (1990), the adventure ...

Quotes

Whether it's in work or in life, we often feel like we're riding a wave. The phrase "good conditions" ties into that, but waves don't bend to our desires. We pick our waves and try to ride it. Flow with it. We don't know if that wave is going to ...