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Shûkô Murase

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Writer
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Shûkô Murase is known for Ergo Proxy (2006), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001).
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    • Known for

    Ergo Proxy (2006)
    Ergo Proxy
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
    Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
    6.4
    • Art Department
    • 2001
    Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    • Animation Department
    • 2001
    Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
    Witch Hunter Robin
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Animation Department

    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2026
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
      6.6
      • key animator
      • 2021
    • Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017)
      Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
      7.3
      Video
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • key animator (as Shurou Murase, as Shurou Murase, as Shukou Murase)
      • 2017
    • Genocidal Organ (2017)
      Genocidal Organ
      6.4
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • key animator
      • 2017
    • Street Fighter II the Animated Movie: The Liner Notes - Alternate Takes (2016)
      Street Fighter II the Animated Movie: The Liner Notes - Alternate Takes
      6.9
      Video
      • character designer
      • 2016
    • Halo Legends (2010)
      Halo Legends
      6.5
      Video
      • character designer (segment "The Package")
      • 2010
    • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
      Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
      6.5
      • animation director: Manglobe
      • animator: Manglobe
      • key animation supervisor: Manglobe (as Shukou Murase, as Shukou Murase, as Shukou Murase)
      • 2010
    • Eri Sendai and Kana Hanazawa in King of Thorn (2009)
      King of Thorn
      6.3
      • key animator
      • 2009
    • Michiko & Hatchin (2008)
      Michiko & Hatchin
      7.5
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2009
    • Ergo Proxy (2006)
      Ergo Proxy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2006
    • Mobile Suit Z Gundam III: A New Translation - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars (2006)
      Mobile Suit Z Gundam III: A New Translation - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars
      6.7
      • assistant animation director
      • key animator
      • 2006
    • Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
      Kingdom Hearts II
      9.3
      Video Game
      • character designer: "Vivi Ornitier" (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Ayako Kawasumi, Kazuya Nakai, and Ginpei Sato in Samurai Champloo (2004)
      Samurai Champloo
      8.5
      TV Series
      • animator: ending credits
      • 2004–2005
    • Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars (2004)
      Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars
      6.7
      • key animator
      • 2004
    • Aya Hisakawa, Houko Kuwashima, and Hiro Shimono in RahXephon (2002)
      RahXephon
      7.2
      TV Series
      • animator: ending sequence
      • 2002

    Director

    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Genocidal Organ (2017)
      Genocidal Organ
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Gangsta. (2015)
      Gangsta.
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
      Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
      6.5
      • sequence director (as Shukou Murase)
      • 2010
    • Michiko & Hatchin (2008)
      Michiko & Hatchin
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Gundam Evolve (2001)
      Gundam Evolve
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Ergo Proxy (2006)
      Ergo Proxy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Ayako Kawasumi, Kazuya Nakai, and Ginpei Sato in Samurai Champloo (2004)
      Samurai Champloo
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
      Witch Hunter Robin
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002

    Writer

    • Genocidal Organ (2017)
      Genocidal Organ
      6.4
      • screenwriter
      • 2017
    • Gundam Evolve (2001)
      Gundam Evolve
      5.8
      TV Series
      • story
      • 2006
    • Ergo Proxy (2006)
      Ergo Proxy
      7.8
      TV Series
      • creator: original story (as Manglobe)
      • 2006
    • Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
      Witch Hunter Robin
      7.1
      TV Series
      • creator: concept
      • written by
      • 2002
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Alternative names
      • Manglobe

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