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Masahiko OTSUKA

大塚 雅彦
Family name (in kanji): 大塚
Given name (in kanji): 雅彦
Also known as:
Masahiko Ohtsuka
Date of birth: 1964-04-14
News: Show:
U.K. Home Editions of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Released on Monday (Updated) (Dec 7, 2025)
Star Wars: Visions Episode 'The Ninth Jedi' Gets Limited Series in 2026 (Apr 19, 2025)
Anime Limited Will Release Cyberpunk Edgerunners on Blu-ray in 2025 (Dec 13, 2024)
Otakon 2024 Hosts Staff, Cast, Author of The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic; Studio Trigger Staff (Jun 17, 2024)
Otakon Hosts Studio Trigger President, Animators (Jun 26, 2023)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime Unveils English Dub Trailer, Cast (Sep 6, 2022)
Netflix Schedules Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime for September 13 (Aug 17, 2022)
Masahiko Otsuka: Star Wars: Visions Short 'Might Become My Last Creative Work' (Jul 5, 2021)
Funimation Streaming When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace and Rock Lee to U.K and Ireland (Sep 11, 2020)
Québec's Nadeshicon to Host Studio Trigger President Masahiko Otsuka (Jan 31, 2020)
Otakon to Host Studio Trigger, Iron-Blooded Orphans Staff (Jun 19, 2018)
New York's Genericon to Host Trigger's Kazuya Masumoto, Masahiko Otsuka, Takafumi Hori (Feb 8, 2018)
Psycho-Pass The Movie and When Supernatural Battles Released Monday (Oct 30, 2016)
Crunchyroll Adds Trigger's When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace Anime (Oct 1, 2014)
Inou Battle Within Everyday Life's 2nd Promo Previews Song, Story (Sep 12, 2014)
Emiri Katō, Kaori Fukuhara Perform Inou Battle Within Everyday Life Anime's Ending Theme (Aug 24, 2014)
Inou Battle Within Everyday Life Anime's 1st Promo Previews Cast (Aug 12, 2014)
Trigger, Gurren Lagann's Shibata, Sushio Make Idolm@ster #17 (Oct 24, 2011)
Animator: Gurren Lagann Helmer Imaishi Establishes Studio (Oct 6, 2011)
Gainax's Newest Is Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (May 6, 2010)
Gainax, Hiroyuki Yamaga Working on 2 Unnamed Projects (May 24, 2008)
Interviews:
Making Things That Others Wouldn't: An Interview with Studio TRIGGER President Masahiko Otsuka (Nov 8, 2023)
Interview: Masahiko Otsuka and Yoh Yoshinari of Studio Trigger (Aug 28, 2013)
Press Release:
Studio Trigger President Masahiko Otsuka to Be Otakon Guest (Jun 18, 2018)
Other articles: Show:
This Week in Anime - When East Meets West: Can We Call This 'Anime'? (Aug 22, 2023)
The Indestructible Studio Gainax: Part IV (Mar 9, 2018)
Dig For Fire: The Roots of Gurren Lagann (Sep 7, 2008)
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Staff in:
BNA: Brand New Animal (TV) : Storyboard (eps 2, 4, 7, 11), Episode Director (eps 7, 11), Sound Director, Executive producer (Trigger), Episode Direction Guidance (ep 2)
C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility (TV) : Storyboard (ep 9)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (ONA) : Script
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (ONA) : Script
Daily Lives of High School Boys (TV) : In-Between Animation (Wish)
DARLING in the FRANXX (TV) : Screenplay (eps 3, 10, 19), Production Supervision (TRIGGER)
Delicious in Dungeon (TV) : Assistant Episode Director (ep 12), General Producer
Den-noh Coil (TV) : Storyboard (ep 6)
FLCL (OAV) : Episode Director (eps 1, 4, 6)
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) : Storyboard (ep 11), Episode Director (ep 11)
Gate Keepers (TV) : Storyboard (ep 3)
Gintama (TV) : In-Between Animation
Gridman Universe (movie) : Planning (Ultra Super Pictures), Production Supervision
Grrl Power (OAV) : Staging Director
Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (OAV) : Episode Director (eps 1, 4), Assistant Episode Director (ep 5)
Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie : Unit Director
Gurren Lagann (TV) : Script (ep 6), Storyboard (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 18-19, 26
), Episode Director (5 episodes
eps 1, 8, 15, 17, 26
), Assistant Director, Assistant Episode Director (ep 27)
Gurren Lagann the Movie – The Lights in the Sky Are Stars : Unit Director, Assistant Director
Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End- : Unit Director, Assistant Director
Harmonie (movie) : 脚本協力
He Is My Master (TV) : Storyboard (ep 2), Episode Director (ep 2)
His and Her Circumstances (TV) : Storyboard (2,3 Chapters; eps 2, 13), Episode Director (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13-14, 18
), Assistant Episode Director (ep 25), Editing (ep 14)
Inferno Cop (ONA) : Producer
Kill la Kill (TV) : Episode Director (eps 13, 24), Unit Director (OP 1-2, ED 2) , Animation producer
Kiznaiver (TV) : Episode Director (ep 11), Chief Producer (Trigger)
KY Kei JC Kuuki-chan (ONA) : Producer
Little Witch Academia (movie) : Script
Little Witch Academia (TV) : Screenplay (5 episodes
eps 5, 17, 23-25
), Executive producer
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade (OAV) : Producer, Story Cooperation
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV) : Episode Director (eps 1, 7)
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden (TV) : Unit Director (OP)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) : Episode Director (eps 14, 20), Assistant Episode Director (12 episodes
eps 5, 7-8, 13, 15-16, 18-19, 23-26
)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie) : Assistant Unit Director
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) : Assistant Unit Director, Cast Coordination
New Cutey Honey (OAV) : Episode Director (ep 8)
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT (TV) : Planning (Ultra Super Pictures)
Now and Then, Here and There (TV) : Episode Director (eps 1, 6)
Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox (OAV) : Scenario (eps 7-8)
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (TV) : Script (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 11 script, 13, 15-17
), Storyboard (ep 27), Episode Director (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 21, 23 asst, 26, 27 asst, 28 asst
), Co-Director
Parappa the Rapper (TV) : Storyboard (ep 23)
Patema Inverted (movie) : Production Cooperation (Trigger)
Petite Princess Yucie (TV) : Director, Episode Director (eps 1, 7, 26)
Pom Poko (movie) : Assistant Director
Promare (movie) : Storyboard, Unit Director
Ryoko's Case File (TV) : Storyboard (ep 5), Episode Director (ep 5)
SSSS.Dynazenon (TV) : Planning (Ultra Super Pictures)
SSSS.Gridman (TV) : Planning (Ultra Super Pictures)
Star Wars: Visions (ONA) : Director (The Elder), Script (The Elder), Storyboard (The Elder)
Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 (ONA) : Director (The Smuggler)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV) : Episode Director (ep 3)
Voogie's Angel (OAV) : Episode Director (ep 3)
Voogie's Angel -Forever and ever- (OAV) : Episode Director
When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (TV) : Chief Director, Series Composition, Script (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-12 even
), Storyboard (ep 12), Episode Director (ep 12)
Whisper of the Heart (movie) : Assistant Director

Staff in:
(under the name of Masahiko Ohtsuka)
Medabots (TV) : Episode Director (ep 6)
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