Kunihiko Yuyama

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese director best known for his work on the Pokémon anime franchise. He also directed Magical Princess Minky Momo, Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, The Three Musketeers Anime, Ushio and Tora, Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning, Plawres Sanshiro, Slayers Return, Slayers Great, and Wedding Peach.

Career

Template:BLP unsourced section Developing an interest in animation while still at high school, Yuyama worked as an animator's assistant on episodes of Space Battleship Yamato and Brave Raideen. He was a sketch artist and storyboard artist on the foreign co-production Barbapapa (1973) and joined Aoi Productions in 1978. The same year, he had his directorial debut while working for Aoi on Galaxy Express 999, and soon struck up a successful working partnership with the screenwriter Takeshi Shudo on GoShogun. In 1982, he promoted to "chief director", an overseeing role on Magical Princess Minky Momo. While remaining in TV during the 1980s, he also played a leading role in anime's exodus into video. His work also showed a mastery of elements for a female audience, most obvious in his Three Musketeers spin-off, Aramis' Adventure. After working on Ushio and Tora, he gained true fame through his involvement with later works on Pokémon.

Filmography

Anime

List of production work in anime

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source
Template:Dts	Ippatsu Kanta-kun	In-between animation
Template:Dts–1981	Galaxy Express 999	Episode director
Template:Dts	Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha	Series director, Episode director, Storyboard
Template:Dts	Space Warrior Baldios	Episode director, Storyboard
Template:Dts	GoShogun	Director, Episode director, Storyboard	Also director, storyboard on 1982 film and 1985 Time Stranger OVA
Template:Dts–83	Magical Princess Minky Momo	Series director, episode director, storyboard	Also OVAs and specials in 1985–1994
Template:Dts	Plawres Sanshiro	Chief director, episode director, storyboard
Template:Dts	Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko	Screenplay, Director	OVA, also released to theater
Template:Dts	Windaria	Director
Template:Dts	Tekkamen o Oue - D'Artagnan Monogatari yori 鉄仮面を追え「ダルタニャン物語」より	Director
Template:Dts	TWD Express: Rolling Takeoff ja:TWD EXPRESS	Director	Also Rolling Takeout
Template:Dts	The Three Musketeers Anime	Director, Episode director, storyboard
Template:Dts	Fujikofujio no kiteretsudaihyakka 藤子不二雄のキテレツ大百科	Storyboard
Template:Dts	The Three Musketeers Anime film	Director
Template:Dts	Fujiko F Fujio no T P bon 藤子・F・不二雄のT・Pぼん	Director, Storyboard
Template:Dts–90	Time Travel Tondekeman	Chief director, Episode director, storyboard
Template:Dts	Slow Step	Director
Template:Dts	Ushio and Tora	Director	Also OVAs in 1993.
Template:Dts	Apfel Land Story ja:アップフェルラント物語	Director	OVA
Template:Dts	Yaiba	General director
Template:Dts	Jura Tripper	Director
Template:Dts–96	Wedding Peach	Director	Also OVA 1996
Template:Dts	Kōryū no Mimi	Director
Template:Dts	Weather Report Girl	Screenplay, Director	OVA
Template:Dts	Slayers Return	General director
Template:Dts	Shin Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning	Director
Template:Dts	Kougyou aika volley boys ja:工業哀歌バレーボーイズ	Director	OVA
Template:Dts–2019	Pokémon	General director	Also OVAs, specials, spinoffs, shorts
Template:Dts	Slayers Great	General director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: The First Movie	Director, Storyboard	Also director on Pikachu's Vacation
Template:Dts	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	Director, Storyboard	Also director on Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
Template:Dts	Pokémon 3: The Movie	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon 4Ever	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon Heroes	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon Chronicles	Director	spin-off show
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened	Director	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Director, Storyboard	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages	General director, storyboard	Also director on short
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel	Director, Storyboard
Template:Dts	Rudolf the Black Cat	Director
Template:Dts	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Director
Template:Dts	Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution	Director
Template:Dts	PuniRunes	Chief director
Template:Dts	Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles	Chief director
Template:Dts	PuniRunes Puni 2	Chief director

Live-action

List of production work in live-action shows

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source
	Keitai Sōsakan 7	Episode director	TV drama

External links

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