| Kunihiko Yuyama | |
| Native Name: | 湯山 邦彦 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | Anime director |
| Years Active: | 1977–present |
is a Japanese director best known for his work on the Pokémon anime franchise.[1] He also directed Magical Princess Minky Momo, , The Three Musketeers Anime, Ushio and Tora, Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning, Plawres Sanshiro, Slayers Return, Slayers Great, and Wedding Peach.
Developing an interest in animation while still at high school, Yuyama worked as an animator's assistant on episodes of Space Battleship Yamato and Brave Raideen. He was a sketch artist and storyboard artist on the foreign co-production Barbapapa (1973) and joined Aoi Productions in 1978. The same year, he had his directorial debut while working for Aoi on Galaxy Express 999, and soon struck up a successful working partnership with the screenwriter Takeshi Shudo on GoShogun. In 1982, he promoted to "chief director", an overseeing role on Magical Princess Minky Momo. While remaining in TV during the 1980s, he also played a leading role in anime's exodus into video. His work also showed a mastery of elements for a female audience, most obvious in his Three Musketeers spin-off, Aramis' Adventure. After working on Ushio and Tora, he gained true fame through his involvement with later works on Pokémon.
| Source[2] | ||||
| Ippatsu Kanta-kun | In-between animation | |||
| - 1981 | Galaxy Express 999 | Episode director | ||
| Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha | Series director, Episode director, Storyboard | |||
| Space Warrior Baldios | Episode director, Storyboard | |||
| GoShogun | Director, Episode director, Storyboard | Also director, storyboard on 1982 film and 1985 Time Stranger OVA | [3] | |
| - 83 | Magical Princess Minky Momo | Series director, episode director, storyboard | Also OVAs and specials in 1985 - 1994 | |
| Plawres Sanshiro | Chief director, episode director, storyboard | |||
| Screenplay, Director | OVA, also released to theater | |||
| Windaria | Director | [4] | ||
| Tekkamen o Oue - D'Artagnan Monogatari yori 鉄仮面を追え「ダルタニャン物語」より | Director | |||
| TWD Express: Rolling Takeoff | Director | Also Rolling Takeout | ||
| The Three Musketeers Anime | Director, Episode director, storyboard | |||
| Fujikofujio no kiteretsudaihyakka 藤子不二雄のキテレツ大百科 | Storyboard | |||
| The Three Musketeers Anime film | Director | |||
| Fujiko F Fujio no T P bon 藤子・F・不二雄のT・Pぼん | Director, Storyboard | |||
| - 90 | Time Travel Tondekeman | Chief director, Episode director, storyboard | ||
| Slow Step | Director | |||
| Ushio and Tora | Director | Also OVAs in 1993. | ||
| Apfel Land Story | Director | OVA | ||
| Yaiba | General director | |||
| Jura Tripper | Director | |||
| - 96 | Wedding Peach | Director | Also OVA 1996 | |
| Kōryū no Mimi | Director | |||
| Weather Report Girl | Screenplay, Director | OVA | ||
| Slayers Return | General director | |||
| Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning | Director | |||
| Kougyou aika volley boys | Director | OVA | ||
| - 2019 | Pokémon | General director | Also OVAs, specials, spinoffs, shorts | |
| Slayers Great | General director | |||
| Director, Storyboard | Also director on Pikachu's Vacation | |||
| Director, Storyboard | Also director on Pikachu's Rescue Adventure | |||
| Director | ||||
| Pokémon 4Ever | Director | Also director on short | ||
| Pokémon Heroes | Director | Also director on short | [5] | |
| Pokémon Chronicles | Director | spin-off show | ||
| Director | Also director on short | [6] | ||
| Director | ||||
| Director | ||||
| Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | Director | |||
| Director | [7] | |||
| Director | [8] | |||
| Director | [9] [10] [11] | |||
| Director | [12] | |||
| Director | Also director on short | [13] | ||
| Director | Also director on short | [14] [15] | ||
| Director | Also director on short | [16] | ||
| Director, Storyboard | Also director on short | [17] | ||
| General director, storyboard | Also director on short | |||
| Director, Storyboard | ||||
| Rudolf the Black Cat | Director | |||
| Director | ||||
| Director | ||||
| PuniRunes | Chief director | [18] | ||
| Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles | Chief director | [19] | ||
| PuniRunes Puni 2 | Chief director | [20] | ||
| Source | ||||
| Keitai Sōsakan 7 | Episode director | TV drama | [21] | |