Kazuo Komatsubara

Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.

Crew

Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past

Animation Director

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

Animation Director

I am Devilman, the Devil!

Character Designer

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Animation Director

Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space

Animation Director, Character Designer

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia

Animation Director, Character Designer

Metropolis

Key Animation

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

Key Animation

Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

Key Animation

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

Key Animation

I Am a Cat

Animation Director

Devilman Memorial

Character Designer

Wee Wendy

Animation Director

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Character Designer, Animation Director

Fair, then Partly Piggy

Character Designer, Animation Director

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Character Designer, Animation Director

Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass

Character Designer

Have a Merry Christmas, Children!

Director

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

Key Animation, Character Designer

Magnos

Character Designer