Kazuya Murata (director) explained

Kazuya Murata
Native Name:	村田和也
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Kazuya Murata
Birth Place:	Osaka
Nationality:	Japanese
Occupation:	Director, storyboard artist, and producer

is a director, storyboard artist, and producer.^[1]

Filmography

Anime television

• Ocean Waves (1993), Assistant Unit Director ^[2]
• Yaiba (1993), Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director ^[3]
• Wedding Peach (1995), Storyboard ^[4]
• The Doraemons (1995), Image Board ^[5]
• Berserk (1997), Assistant Director, Storyboard ^[6]
• White Reflection (Two-Mix PV, 1997), Director, Storyboard ^[7]
• The Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998), Storyboard ^[8]
• To Heart (1999), Storyboard, Unit Director ^[9]
• Steel Angel Kurumi (1999), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[10]
• Figure 17 (2001), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[11]
• Pokémon Chronicles (2002), Storyboard ^[12]
• Planetes (2003), Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation ^[13]
• Mars Daybreak (2004), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[14]
• Eureka Seven (2005), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[15]
• (2006), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director ^{[16] [17]}
• Dennō Coil (2007), Storyboard ^[18]
• (2008), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director, Key Animation ^[19]
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009), Script Cooperation, Series Composition Cooperation ^[20]
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director, Original Concept ^[21]
• BBK/BRNK (2016), Storyboard
• (2017), General Director ^[22]
• (2022), Storyboard ^[23]

Movies

• Only Yesterday (1991 film) (1991), Assistant director ^[24]
• Porco Rosso (1992), Production Committee ^[25]
• Baddo batsu maru no ore no pochi wa sekaiichi (1996), Storyboard, Production ^[26]
• (1998), Scene Planning Assistant ^[27]
• (2000), Unit Director assistant
• (2003), Assistant Director, Production ^[28]
• (2011), Director ^[29]

OVA

• Ogre Slayer (1994), Storyboard, Production
• Makeruna! Ma kendō (1995), Director ^[30]
• Gunsmith Cats (1995), Production ^[31]
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes 2 & 3 (2010, 2011), Storyboard, Production ^{[32] [33]}

Web animation

• (2008), Storyboard ^[34]
• A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018), Director^[35]

Video games

• Shenmue II (2000), Movie director in the game
• (2009), Storyboard in the movie ^[36]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ASCII.jp：村田監督と虚淵玄氏が回した"利他的な歯車" (1/5)｜渡辺由美子の「誰がためにアニメは生まれる」. 2014-11-02. Ascii.jp.
2. Web site: 海がきこえる スタッフ. 2014-11-02. Geocities.co.jp.
3. Web site: 『剣勇伝説 YAIBA』. 2014-11-02. Geocities.co.jp.
4. Web site: 愛天使伝説ウェディングピーチ 第11話「時をかけるひなぎく」 - 山伏日記. 2014-11-02. D.hatena.ne.jp.
5. Web site: ドラえもん_友情伝説ザ・ドラえもんズを解説文に含む用語の検索結果. 2014-11-02. Weblio.jp.
6. Web site: ASCII.jp：村田監督と虚淵玄氏が回した"利他的な歯車" (1/5)｜渡辺由美子の「誰がためにアニメは生まれる」. 2014-11-02. Ascii.jp.
7. Web site: TWO-MIX WHITE REFLECTION プロモムービー - BRIDGE:part . 2014-11-02 . G2labo.orz.hm . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102205126/http://g2labo.orz.hm/bridge/watch/sm1320496 . 2014-11-02 .
8. Web site: 『ああっ女神さまっ 小っちゃいって事は 便利だねっ』. 2014-11-02. Geocities.co.jp.
9. Web site: 来留夢のおうち - To Heart. 2014-11-02. Home.att.ne.jp.
10. Web site: 『鋼鉄 天使 くるみ』. 2014-11-02. Geocities.co.jp.
11. Web site: フィギュア17 つばさ&ヒカル. 2014-11-02. Rinshi.sakura.ne.jp.
12. Web site: 週刊ポケモン放送局サイドストーリー一覧表 S1-5話. 2014-11-02. Pokeani.s47.xrea.jp.
13. Web site: プラネテス. 2014-11-02. Anime.marumegane.com.
14. Web site: 絢爛舞踏祭～ザ・マーズ・デイブレイク～全話解説. 2014-11-02. Higecom.web.fc2.com.
15. Web site: 作品紹介. 2014-11-02. Nanbukogyo.jp.
16. Web site: コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ. 2014-11-02. Vecceed.ne.jp. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424153417/http://www1.vecceed.ne.jp/~m-satomi/CODEGEASS_top.html. 2014-04-24.
17. Web site: Interview: Kazuya Murata, Director of Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet - Anime News Network. 2014-11-02. Animenewsnetwork.com.
18. Web site: 電脳コイル｜磯光雄監督作品. 2014-11-02. Tokuma.jp.
19. Web site: コードギアス反逆のルルーシュR2 (MBS公式) - 毎日放送. 2014-11-02. Mbs.jp.
20. Web site: すずね屋本舗 blog::アニメ (た行)::東京マグニチュード8.0. 2014-11-02. Suzune.skr.jp. https://web.archive.org/web/20141102213410/http://suzune.skr.jp/cgi-bin/blognplus/index.php?c=10-44. 2014-11-02. dead.
21. Web site: 『翠星のガルガンティア』村田和也監督 特別インタビュー（その１）～企画始動秘話と船団というアイデア～ . 2014-11-02.
22. News: Crunchyroll to Simulcast "KADO: The Right Answer" Anime UPDATED. Crunchyroll. 2017-04-11. en.
23. Episode 10 ending credits
24. Web site: おもひでぽろぽろ : スタッフ. 2014-11-02. Ghibli-freak.net.
25. Web site: 紅の豚 : スタッフ. 2014-11-02. Ghibli-freak.net.
26. Web site: バッドばつ丸のオレのポチは世界一 : 作品情報 - 映画.com. 2014-11-02. Eiga.com.
27. Web site: 劇場版ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲. 2014-11-02. Pokeani.s47.xrea.com.
28. Web site: ポケモンスペシャル （スペシャル、OVA、映画スタッフ）. 2014-11-02. Pokeani.s47.xrea.com.
29. Web site: 鋼の錬金術師 嘆きの丘（ミロス）の聖なる星. Hagaren-movie.net. 5 November 2014. 17 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617220751/http://www.hagaren-movie.net/index2.html#/staff. dead.
30. Web site: オリジナルビデオ アニメ 負けるな！魔剣道 - allcinema. 2014-11-02. Allcinema.net.
31. Web site: ガン・スミス・キャッツ1-ザ・ナチュラル・ゾーン . 2014-11-02. Suruga-ya.jp.
32. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダムUC(ユニコーン)｜無料動画アニメポスト. 2014-11-02.
33. Web site: 機動戦士ガンダムＵＣ ３ . 2014-11-02. Bandaivisual.co.jp.
34. Web site: 亡念のザムド 第8話｜無料動画アニメポスト. 2014-11-02. Animepost.blog.fc2.com.
35. Web site: Netflix Announces Original A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- Sci-Fi Anime (Updated) . August 2, 2017 . . January 15, 2018 .
36. Web site: Amazon.co.jp:『鋼の錬金術師完全版』刊行開始＆劇場映画公開記念特集. 2014-11-02. Amazon.co.jp.