Naokatsu Tsuda

Naokatsu Tsuda (津田 尚克) is the Chief Director for the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. Many of the series' episodes are supervised and storyboarded by him.

As an employee of David Production, he was approached by the company's vice president, Koji Kajita, after directing and was subsequently asked to be the director for the JoJo TV series.

Originally from Studio, Tsuda works primarily on series from David Production. Some of the other series he's directed include,  and.

Credits

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
 * Director
 * Storyboard (ED; ep 1)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
 * Director
 * Script (ep 18)
 * Episode Director (eps 1, 20, 24)
 * Storyboard (eps 1-2, 18, 24, 27, 34-35, 39, 47)
 * Episode Director Cooperation (eps 34, 43)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
 * Director
 * Storyboard (eps 1, 14, 20, 27, 36, 39)
 * Episode Director (eps 4, 14, 27, 31-32, 38-39)
 * Episode Director Cooperation (ep 28)
 * Opening Animation Director (OP 1)
 * Opening Animation Storyboard (OP 1)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
 * Executive Director
 * Ending Animation Director (ED 1)
 * Ending Animation Storyboard (ED 1)
 * Action Animation Director (ep 17)
 * Script (eps 20-21)
 * Storyboard (eps 1,5, 17, 21)
 * Episode Director (eps 1, 17, 21)
 * Key Animation (ep 17)

Trivia

 * In his high school days, Tsuda's favorite JoJo was Giorno Giovanna. His favorite Stand is Gold Experience.
 * His influences include many American movie directors, like Ridley Scott, Guillermo del Toro, and Stephen Spielberg.
 * Tsuda's favorite openings are JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ and Great Days.
 * Tsuda wants all parts of JoJo to be animated and is most excited to animate JoJolion.