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Kô Matsuo

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kô Matsuo is known for Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001) and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower (2017).
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    • Known for

    Perfect Blue (1997)
    Perfect Blue
    8.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1997
    Millennium Actress (2001)
    Millennium Actress
    7.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2001
    Max Mittelman in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower (2017)
    Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower
    6.6
    • Director(as Kou Matsuo)
    • 2017
    Yûichi Nakamura in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)
    Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Director

    • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death (2022)
      Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Mobile Suit Gundam G40 (2020)
      Mobile Suit Gundam G40
      6.4
      Short
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2020
    • Max Mittelman in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower (2017)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower
      6.6
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2017
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2017
    • Yûichi Nakamura in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Mark Ishii in Gundam Reconguista in G (2014)
      Gundam Reconguista in G
      5.4
      TV Series
      • opening
      • 2014–2015
    • Kakumeiki Valvrave (2013)
      Kakumeiki Valvrave
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2013
    • A Summer Snow Rendezvous (2012)
      A Summer Snow Rendezvous
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2012
    • Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G (2010)
      Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2010
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-Title
      Video
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Yozakura Quartet (2008)
      Yozakura Quartet
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2008
    • Kurenai (2008)
      Kurenai
      6.7
      TV Series
      • opening and ending sequences
      • episode director (as Kou Matsuo, as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2008
    • Red Garden: Dead Girls (2007)
      Red Garden: Dead Girls
      5.8
      Video
      • Director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2007
    • Red Garden (2006)
      Red Garden
      6.6
      TV Series
      • series director
      • episode director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2006–2007
    • 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
      • Director
      • 2006

    Art Department

    • Pluto (2023)
      Pluto
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2023
    • My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2016–2021
    • Carole & Tuesday (2019)
      Carole & Tuesday
      7.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2019
    • Dororo (2019)
      Dororo
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2019
    • Banana Fish (2018)
      Banana Fish
      8.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2018
    • Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018)
      Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2018
    • Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2017
    • Zegapain ADP (2016)
      Zegapain ADP
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2016
    • Noragami (2014)
      Noragami
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2015
    • Terror in Resonance (2014)
      Terror in Resonance
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2014
    • Kids on the Slope (2012)
      Kids on the Slope
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2012
    • Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Robin Atkin Downes, Will Friedle, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Madeleine Hall in ThunderCats (2011)
      ThunderCats
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2012
    • Gosick (2011)
      Gosick
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2011
    • Durarara!! (2010)
      Durarara!!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2010

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
      6.6
      • unit director
      • 2021
    • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
      Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent
      7.9
      • unit director
      • 2013
    • Red Garden (2006)
      Red Garden
      6.6
      TV Series
      • unit director: ending sequence
      • assistant episode director
      • unit director: musical sequence
      • 2006–2007
    • Mobile Suit Z Gundam II: A New Translation - Lovers (2005)
      Mobile Suit Z Gundam II: A New Translation - Lovers
      6.5
      • studio unit director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 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
      • studio unit director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 2004
    • Millennium Actress (2001)
      Millennium Actress
      7.8
      • unit director
      • 2001
    • Clover (1999)
      Clover
      6.7
      Short
      • unit director
      • 1999
    • Perfect Blue (1997)
      Perfect Blue
      8.0
      • unit director
      • 1997
    • Poster
      X: The Movie
      6.1
      • assistant assistant director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 1996
    • Record of the Lodoss War (1990)
      Record of the Lodoss War
      7.5
      TV Series
      • assistant episode director (as Kou Matsuo)
      • 1991

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • X
    • Alternative names
      • Matsuo Kou

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