Hidenori Matsubara

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese anime character designer and director.

Biography

In 1988, Matsubara joined Gainax. In 1996, after finishing the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, he left Gainax and worked as a freelancer for various TV series and OVAs. He was the character designer and animation director on the 1995 OVA series Oh My Goddess! which had five episodes, and then its feature film Oh My Goddess! The Movie in 2000. He would then reprise his role as character designer for the 2005 TV series which ran for 2 seasons. He did the character design for the Sakura Wars anime television series in 2000, and for its various OVA location-based sequels including Paris and New York. In 2003, he provided the character design for the anime television series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, where he was noted for his art style full of lavish patterns instead of solid colors.

He provided the character designs for the anime film The Princess and the Pilot In 2006, Hideaki Anno and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto asked Matsubara to join Khara and he has been working there since then. He visited Anime Expo in 2001 and 2002, Anime Central in 2002 and 2003 and Anime USA in 2002. and would later return to the U.S. for Otakon and Animazement.

Filmography

List of works in anime

Year	Series	Crew role	Notes	Source
Template:Dts	Oh My Goddess!	Character design, Chief Animation Director	OVA series
Template:Dts	Metal Fighter Miku	Key Animation
Template:Dts	Elementalors	Character design
Template:Dts	Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms	Character design	OVA
Template:Dts	Sakura Wars	Character design	TV series
Template:Dts	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Character design, Chief animation director	Film
Template:Dts	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Character design
Template:Dts	Sakura Taisen: École de Paris	Character design	OVA
Template:Dts–05	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Character design
Template:Dts	Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris	Character design	OVA
Template:Dts–06	Ah! My Goddess	Character design	2 TV series
Template:Dts	Sakura Wars: New York	Character design	OVA
Template:Dts	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Animation director
Template:Dts	Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings	Characters design	2-part OVA for 20th anniversary
Template:Dts	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Animation director
Template:Dts	King of Thorn	Character design	film
Template:Dts	The Princess and the Pilot	Character design	film
Template:Dts	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Key animation
Template:Dts	Aa Megami-sama Dive! Live! Love!	Character design	3rd OAD
Template:Dts	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Animation director
Template:Dts	In This Corner of the World	Character Design, Chief Animation Director

Other media

Books

• Template:Nihongo -2006
• Template:Nihongo -2010

Others

• Hidenori Matsubara Sakura Taisen Collection 2003 art exhibit
• Takaoka City Sightseeing ambassador Template:Nihongo - Character Design - 2012

External links

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