Ryuji Masuda Explained

Native Name:増田 龍治
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Place:Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation:Animation director
Notable Works:Popee the Performer
Mr. Stain
Funny Pets
Spouse:
    [1]
    Children:2

    is a Japanese CGI animation director.

    Some of his well-known works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain and Funny Pets.[2]

    He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.

    Works

    List of works in media! Release date! Media! Crew role! Note
    January 4th 2000 - January 1st 2003 Popee the Performer (POPEE the ぱフォーマー, POPEE the pa fōmā) Director, original script/story writer Debut work
    January 6th 2003 - March 25th 2003 Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (ガラクタ通りのステイン, Garakuta-Doori no Sutein) Director, original script/story writer
    Drive Car (ドライブカー) Director, original script/story writer music video
    May 28th 2004 Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ (温泉タマゴ ~湯けむり奇談~) Director of "Yoshiko's 6th Sense", Screenplay writer of "Onsen Konoshi Doki" 3-in-1 live action/CG animated drama movie
    January 11th 2006 - March 28th 2006 Funny Pets (ファニーペッツ, Fanī Petsu (Alternative name: Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic)) Director, original script/story writer
    -2009 Petit Eva (Evangelion@School) CG Supervisor
    April 1st 2009 - March 31st 2010 Charady's Daily Joke (キャラディのジョークな毎日, Charady no Joke no Mainichi) Overall Director
    November 22nd 2013 OH! Jesus (オー!ジーザス) Director, original script/story writer manga-like anime

    Awards

    In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair AgenciesMedia Art Festival.

    Books

    In 2002, he helped with the "Popee the Performer" manga (he wrote the Magazine Z mangas).

    In 2007, he wrote the "Mr. Stain" and "Funny Pets" picture books.

    Others

    Personal life

    During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company.[3] He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.[3]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://x.com/ryuji_masuda/status/1720433334487298130
    2. Book: The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Clements . Jonathan . Jonathan Clements. McCarthy . Helen . Helen McCarthy. Stone Bridge Press. 2014. 9781611729092.
    3. http://www.adobe-education.com/jp/interview/interview18.html Adobe Japan Education Vanguards インタビュー増田