Kazuto Nakazawa

About

Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story." He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the...

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Hunter x HunterAnime • 2011Haikyu!!Anime • 2014Attack on TitanAnime • 2013AoashiAnime • 2022Kuroko's BasketballAnime • 2012Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterAnime • 1990Love Through a PrismAnime • 2026His and Her CircumstancesAnime • 1998Kill Bill: Vol. 1Movie • 2003DaysAnime • 2016Samurai ChamplooAnime • 2004RahXephonAnime • 2002OreshuraAnime • 2013Japan Animator ExpoAnime • 2014Midori no MakibaōAnime • 1996Tenchi Muyo!Anime • 1992Usagi DropAnime • 2011NinkuAnime • 1995Kids on the SlopeAnime • 2012Case File N° 221: KabukichoAnime • 2019JoJo's Bizarre AdventureAnime • 1993Fena: Pirate PrincessSeries • 2021Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040Anime • 1998Terror in ResonanceAnime • 2014