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Masashi Abe(I)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masashi Abe is known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), My Hero Academia (2016) and Blue Gender (1999).
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    • Known for

    Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
    Grave of the Fireflies
    8.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1988
    My Hero Academia (2016)
    My Hero Academia
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Eric Vale, Houko Kuwashima, Laura Bailey, and Kenji Nojima in Blue Gender (1999)
    Blue Gender
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    X-Men (2011)
    X-Men
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021)
      AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2022
    • Super Crooks (2021)
      Super Crooks
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2016–2021
    • Wave, Listen to Me! (2020)
      Wave, Listen to Me!
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time (2018)
      RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (2018)
      Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • High School Fleet (2016)
      High School Fleet
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Noragami (2014)
      Noragami
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (2014)
      Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
      Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Aquarion EVOL (2012)
      Aquarion EVOL
      6.7
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2012
    • Marvel Anime (2010)
      Marvel Anime
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • X-Men (2011)
      X-Men
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011

    Art Department

    • My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012–2014
    • Kiss x sis (2010)
      Kiss x sis
      5.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010
    • The Book of Bantorra (2009)
      The Book of Bantorra
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009–2010
    • Gekijô Yattâman: Shin Yattâmanmeka daishûgô! Omocha no kuni de daikessen da koron! (2009)
      Gekijô Yattâman: Shin Yattâmanmeka daishûgô! Omocha no kuni de daikessen da koron!
      5.8
      • storyboards
      • 2009
    • Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story (2008)
      Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2008
    • Nagasarete Airantou (2007)
      Nagasarete Airantou
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Buso Renkin (2006)
      Buso Renkin
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Tokko (2006)
      Tokko
      6.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2006
    • Sugar Sugar Rune (2005)
      Sugar Sugar Rune
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • D.C.S.S: Da Capo Second Season (2005)
      D.C.S.S: Da Capo Second Season
      6.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • Magical Kanan (2005)
      Magical Kanan
      5.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: ending sequence
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • Hyper Shinobi Animation: Shadow
      5.7
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2004
    • Rizerumain (2002)
      Rizerumain
      6.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Eric Vale, Houko Kuwashima, Laura Bailey, and Kenji Nojima in Blue Gender (1999)
      Blue Gender
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1999–2000

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Strike Witches the Movie (2012)
      Strike Witches the Movie
      6.7
      • additional unit director
      • 2012
    • Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
      Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
      7.0
      • unit director
      • 2011
    • Divergence Eve (2003)
      Divergence Eve
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • unit director
      • 2003
    • 3x3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon (1995)
      3x3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • assistant director
      • 1996
    • Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
      Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
      6.4
      • assistant director
      • 1994

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