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Naoyuki Asano

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  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Naoyuki Asano is known for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show (2026).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    7.6
    • Animation Department
    • 2006
    Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
    Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
    7.5
    • Animation Department
    • 2007
    Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show (2026)
    Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show
    7.5
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 2026
    The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
    The Last: Naruto the Movie
    7.6
    • Animation Department
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Hina Is Beautiful
      • character designer
      • animation director
      • Filming
    • Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show (2026)
      Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show
      7.5
      Short
      • animation director
      • key animator
      • 2026
    • Star Wars: Visions (2021)
      Star Wars: Visions
      7.0
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • animation supervisor
      • animator
      • 2021–2025
    • Oji Suzuka and Anna Yamada in ChaO (2025)
      ChaO
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2025
    • Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières (2025)
      Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières
      Short
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • 2025
    • Witch Watch (2025)
      Witch Watch
      6.8
      TV Series
      • key animator: opening
      • 2025
    • Urusei yatsura (2022)
      Urusei yatsura
      7.0
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2022–2024
    • The Colors Within (2024)
      The Colors Within
      7.0
      • key animator
      • 2024
    • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
      Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia
      6.8
      • key animator: opening sequence
      • 2023
    • Blue Giant (2023)
      Blue Giant
      7.9
      • key animator
      • 2023
    • Inu-Oh (2021)
      Inu-Oh
      7.1
      • second key animator
      • 2021
    • Hiroshi Kamiya, Shion Wakayama, Kôki Uchiyama, Chika Anzai, Ayaka Suwa, Yûichirô Umehara, Yuma Uchida, Jun'ya Enoki, and Daiki Hamano in SSSS.Dynazenon (2021)
      SSSS.Dynazenon
      6.9
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2021
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Yûko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata, and Maaya Sakamoto in Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
      Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
      8.0
      • animation director
      • key animator
      • 2021
    • Misato Matsuoka, Sairi Itô, and Mutsumi Tamura in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
      Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2020
    • Minami Hamabe in Hello World (2019)
      Hello World
      6.7
      • key animator
      • 2019
    • Ride Your Wave (2019)
      Ride Your Wave
      6.9
      • key animator
      • 2019

    Art Department

    • Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show (2026)
      Evangelion 30th Anniversary Special Commemorative Show
      7.5
      Short
      • storyboard artist
      • 2026
    • Minami Hamabe in Hello World (2019)
      Hello World
      6.7
      • design works
      • 2019
    • Kengo Kawanishi in March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)
      March Comes in Like a Lion
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening
      • 2016
    • Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Nobuo Tobita, Miyu Irino, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Yûichi Nakamura, Yôji Ueda, Sachi Kokuryu, and Aya Endô in Osomatsu-san (2015)
      Osomatsu-san
      7.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: opening
      • 2015–2016
    • Shiranpuri (2012)
      Shiranpuri
      6.3
      Short
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Hantsu x Trash (2015)
      Hantsu x Trash
      5.3
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015–2016
    • Kengo Kawanishi in March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)
      March Comes in Like a Lion
      8.2
      TV Series
      • unit director: opening
      • 2016
    • Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Nobuo Tobita, Miyu Irino, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Yûichi Nakamura, Yôji Ueda, Sachi Kokuryu, and Aya Endô in Osomatsu-san (2015)
      Osomatsu-san
      7.4
      TV Series
      • unit director: opening
      • 2015–2016

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Arthur

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