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Ryuji Masuda

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Ryuji Masuda
増田 龍治
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Kumamoto, Japan
OccupationAnimation director
Notable workPopee the Performer
Mr. Stain
Funny Pets
Spouse
Wakako Masuda
(m. 1998; div. 2018)
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Children2

Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, Masuda Ryūji, born 1968) is a Japanese CGI animation director. His 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

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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
2003 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
2007-2009 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

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In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.[citation needed]

Books

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

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

Others

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Personal life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ https://x.com/ryuji_masuda/status/1720433334487298130 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
  3. ^ a b Adobe Japan Education Vanguards インタビュー増田 2009年10月 坂本綾(アリカ) Adobe Japan
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