Kamikaze Douga

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Kamikaze Douga Co., Ltd. (神風動画, Kamikaze Dōga) is a Japanese animation company known for its production of animated shorts. Located at Jingumae in Shibuya, Kamikaze Douga prides itself as a "half-breed studio" specializing in blending CG production with traditional 2D Cel animation.

Creators of several commercials, promotional videos, game cinematic, and anime openings, the company boasts the largest number of supervised animated music videos.

Kamikaze Douga is responsible for the openings of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, as well as the JoJo-related Ultra Jump commercials.

Yoshibe with JoJo Opening Staff

Summary

The company was originally founded by Junpei Mizusaki (水崎淳平) in Kyoto as a private business, but was incorporated later on with the motto, "Compromise is death".[1] Kamikaze Douga focuses on animation with 3DCG using cel shading, elaborate design mechanics, and camera work with a sense of realism.

Staff

Former/Current Staff
Junpei Mizusaki
Founder
Junpei Mizusaki

Relevant Works

Anime Openings

Cover Title Use Media Year
Jojo OP1.jpg JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
(Opening 1)
Opening 2012
Jojo OP2.jpg BLOODY STREAM JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
(Opening 2)
Opening 2012
Jojo OP3.png STAND PROUD JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
(Opening 1)
Opening 2014
Jojo OP4.jpg JoJo: Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
(Opening 2)
Opening 2014
STONE OCEAN single digital cover.png STONE OCEAN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
(Opening 1)
Opening 2021
Heaven's falling down Cover.jpg Heaven's falling down JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
(Opening 2)
Opening 2022

Commercials

  • Ultra Jump CM (Part 4) (2012)
  • Ultra Jump CM (Part 5) (2014)
  • Ultra Jump CM (Part 6) (2015)
  • Ultra Jump CM (Part 8) (2016)

Extended Works

TV Anime

OAV

  • Amanatsu (OAV) : Animation Production
  • Connected (OAV) : Animation
  • (The) Last Piece (OAV) : Animation Production

Films

Video Games

  • Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter: Opening/Ending Animation (2004)
  • Mega Man Command Mission: Opening/Ending Animation (2004)
  • Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity: Opening Animation (2004)
  • Megaman X8: Opening/Ending Animation (2005)
  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin: Opening Animation (2006)
  • Fire Emblem Awakening: Cutscene Supervision/Animation (2012)
  • Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Cutscene Animation (2015)

Commercials

  • No. 5 (IKKI Magazine's CD rom PV, 2003)
  • AXEBUSTERS ( AXE 's web PV, 2007)
  • DAIWA 50th Anniversary TVCM (2008 - 2009)
  • MIZUNO FOOTBALL (Sports maker Mizuno 's web PV, 2009)
  • Mobile game "UTOPIA ~ Utopia ~" TVCM (2011)
  • TerraFormers TVCM (2012)
  • Sharp AQUOS PHONE Xx 203SH TVCM (2013)
  • Kubota "From the Viewpoint of Life" TVCM (2014)
  • Shueisha "Shonen Jump +" (2015)
  • Aquarion × Kamikaze Video Union Collaboration CM (2015)

Music

  • Hifana "Wamono" PV (2005)
  • Namie Amuro "Defend Love" PV (2009)
  • EXILE "Aisubeki Mirai e" PV (2009)
  • Namie Amuro "Dr." PV (2009)
  • Base Ball Bear "Cross You and I" (2010)
  • EXILE "BOW & ARROWS" PV (2012)
  • Sound Horizon "Yodaka no Hoshi" PV (2014)

Interviews

# Interview Type Media Published
1 CGWORLD (December 2021)
Commentary
Website/Online
December 24, 2021
2 Animage (March 2022)
Interview
Magazine
March 9, 2022

Gallery

Promo & Concept Art

Behind the Scenes

Studio

Videos

Trivia

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  • The founder, Junpei Mizusaki, was previously enrolled at STUDIO 4 ℃.[3]
  • In the opening BLOODY STREAM, when Wamuu performs his Divine Sandstorm (, Kamizuna Arashi), the kanji used in the credits for Kamikaze Douga (神風動画) briefly change into Kamiarashi Douga (神嵐動画).

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