Kazuya Murata (director)
# Kazuya Murata (director)

Kazuya Murata (村田和也, Murata Kazuya, born in Osaka, 1964) is a director, storyboard artist, and producer.

## Filmography

### Anime television

* Ocean Waves (1993), Assistant Unit Director
* Yaiba (1993), Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director
* Wedding Peach (1995), Storyboard
* The Doraemons (1995), Image Board
* Berserk (1997), Assistant Director, Storyboard
* White Reflection (Two-Mix PV, 1997), Director, Storyboard
* The Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998), Storyboard
* To Heart (1999), Storyboard, Unit Director
* Steel Angel Kurumi (1999), Storyboard, Episode Director
* Figure 17 (2001), Storyboard, Episode Director
* Pokémon Chronicles (2002), Storyboard
* Planetes (2003), Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation
* Mars Daybreak (2004), Storyboard, Episode Director
* Eureka Seven (2005), Storyboard, Episode Director
* Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director
* Dennō Coil (2007), Storyboard
* Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director, Key Animation
* Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009), Script Cooperation, Series Composition Cooperation
* Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director, Original Concept
* BBK/BRNK (2016), Storyboard
* Kado: The Right Answer (2017), General Director
* Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022), Storyboard

### Movies

* Only Yesterday (1991 film) (1991), Assistant director
* Porco Rosso (1992), Production Committee
* Baddo batsu maru no ore no pochi wa sekaiichi (1996), Storyboard, Production
* Pokémon: The First Movie (1998), Scene Planning Assistant
* Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000), Unit Director assistant
* Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2003), Assistant Director, Production
* Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011), Director

### OVA

* Ogre Slayer (1994), Storyboard, Production
* Makeruna! Ma kendō (1995), Director
* Gunsmith Cats (1995), Production
* Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes 2 & 3 (2010, 2011), Storyboard, Production

### Web animation

* Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008), Storyboard
* A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018), Director

### Video games

* Shenmue II (2000), Movie director in the game
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn (2009), Storyboard in the movie
