Naokatsu Tsuda

Naokatsu Tsuda (津田 尚克) is the Chief Director for the first 4 seasons of the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. Many of the series' episodes are supervised and storyboarded by him.

Biography
When he was 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 primarily worked on series from David Production. Some of the other series he's directed include,  and.

Tsuda started working in freelance roles starting in April 2022. He left David Production in June 2023.



Credits

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
 * Director
 * Storyboard:
 * Ending Animation Storyboard:
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
 * Director
 * Script:
 * Episode Director:
 * Storyboard:
 * Episode Director Cooperation:
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
 * Director
 * Storyboard:
 * Episode Director:
 * Episode Director Cooperation:
 * Opening Animation Director:
 * Opening Animation Storyboard:
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
 * Executive Director
 * Ending Animation Director:
 * Ending Animation Storyboard:
 * Action Animation Director:
 * Script:
 * Storyboard:
 * Episode Director:
 * Key Animation:
 * Key Animation:

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, , and.
 * 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.