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Shôichi Masuo(1960-2017)

  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Shôichi Masuo was born on 24 February 1960 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director, known for Akira (1988), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997). He died on 24 July 2017 in Japan.
BornFebruary 24, 1960
DiedJuly 24, 2017(57)
BornFebruary 24, 1960
DiedJuly 24, 2017(57)
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Known for

Akira (1988)
Akira
8.0
  • Animation Department
  • 1988
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
7.5
  • Animation Department
  • 2007
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
8.1
  • Animation Department
  • 1997
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
7.9
  • Animation Department
  • 2009

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (2019)
    Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
    7.4
    Video Game
    • key animator: Event Movie
    • 2019
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)
    Space Battleship Yamato 2199
    8.1
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • key animator: XEBECzwei
    • 2013
  • Akira Ishida and Megumi Ogata in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
    Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
    6.9
    • key animator
    • 2012
  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
    Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
    7.9
    • key animator
    • 2009
  • Tales of Vesperia (2008)
    Tales of Vesperia
    8.1
    Video Game
    • key animator: event movie - animated movies
    • 2008
  • Our Home's Fox Deity (2008)
    Our Home's Fox Deity
    6.4
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2008
  • Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki (2008)
    Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki
    7.0
    Video
    • key animator
    • 2008
  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
    Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
    7.5
    • key animator
    • 2007
  • Rocket Girls (2007)
    Rocket Girls
    6.8
    TV Series
    • key animator: opening sequence
    • 2007
  • Diebuster: The Movie (2006)
    Diebuster: The Movie
    6.2
    • key animator
    • 2006
  • Gunbuster: The Movie (2006)
    Gunbuster: The Movie
    6.4
    • key animator
    • 2006
  • Gunbuster vs. Diebuster: Aim for the Top! - The Gattai!! Movie (2006)
    Gunbuster vs. Diebuster: Aim for the Top! - The Gattai!! Movie
    6.3
    • key animator
    • 2006
  • Demonbane (2006)
    Demonbane
    6.3
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 2006
  • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
    Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
    5.9
    • key animator
    • 2006
  • Brave Story (2006)
    Brave Story
    6.5
    • animation director
    • animator
    • 2006

Art Department

  • Gekijouban Hakuouki: Daiisshou Kyouto ranbu (2013)
    Gekijouban Hakuouki: Daiisshou Kyouto ranbu
    6.4
    • storyboard artist
    • 2013
  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
    Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
    7.9
    • design works
    • 2009
  • Toward the Terra (2007)
    Toward the Terra
    7.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist: opening sequence
    • 2007
  • Demonbane (2006)
    Demonbane
    6.3
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2006
  • Tales of Legendia (2005)
    Tales of Legendia
    7.3
    Video Game
    • illustrator: animated movies (as Shouichi Masuo)
    • 2005
  • 6 Angels (2001)
    6 Angels
    4.4
    TV Mini Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2001–2002
  • Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School (2001)
    Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School
    5.6
    TV Series
    • monster designer
    • 2001
  • Gunbuster Renewal EX (2000)
    Gunbuster Renewal EX
    TV Mini Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2000–2001
  • Yuuwaku Countdown
    TV Mini Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 1995
  • Crimson Wolf (1993)
    Crimson Wolf
    5.0
    Video
    • storyboard artist
    • 1993
  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I (1991)
    Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I
    7.4
    Video
    • storyboard artist
    • 1991
  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II (1991)
    Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II
    7.8
    Video
    • storyboard artist
    • 1991
  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)
    Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
    7.7
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 1990
  • Project A-Ko (1986)
    Project A-Ko
    6.9
    • storyboard artist
    • 1986

Director

  • Gunbuster: The Movie (2006)
    Gunbuster: The Movie
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Gunbuster vs. Diebuster: Aim for the Top! - The Gattai!! Movie (2006)
    Gunbuster vs. Diebuster: Aim for the Top! - The Gattai!! Movie
    6.3
    • Director (segment "Gunbuster")
    • 2006
  • Demonbane (2006)
    Demonbane
    6.3
    TV Series
    • series director
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Demonbane (2004)
    Demonbane
    5.1
    Video
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Submarine 707R (2003)
    Submarine 707R
    5.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2003–2004
  • Gunbuster Renewal EX (2000)
    Gunbuster Renewal EX
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2000–2001
  • Melty Lancer (1999)
    Melty Lancer
    5.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Evangelion: Death (True)² (1998)
    Evangelion: Death (True)²
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Revival of Evangelion (1998)
    Revival of Evangelion
    7.8
    • Director (segment "Death")
    • 1998
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
    Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
    7.2
    • Director (segment "Death")
    • 1997
  • Baby & I (1996)
    Baby & I
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yûko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata, Fumihiko Tachiki, and Yuriko Yamaguchi in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Yuuwaku Countdown
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Yûwaku
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Crimson Wolf (1993)
    Crimson Wolf
    5.0
    Video
    • Director
    • 1993

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Shoichi Masuo
  • Born
    • February 24, 1960
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • July 24, 2017
    • Japan(illness)

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