Hiroyuki Kitakubo

Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保 弘之) is a director,,  and animator credited for his work on the OVA adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Studio A.P.P.P.. He primarily wrote, storyboarded and directed several of its episodes.

Biography
Born on November 15, 1963, Hiroyuki Kitakubo first broke into the animation industry after graduating middle school, working as an inbetweener for the first 1979 Animation Series. Despite only being a teenager, Kitakubo worked on various notable shows, including and. In 1985, Kitakubo would gain notoriety after making his directorial debut on the fourth episode of, titled "Pop Chaser", which was part of an ero-OVA series produced by A.P.P.P..

During the early stages of his career, Kitakubo worked at various studios such as Nakamura Pro and Neo Media before establishing his own freelance animator group, "Studio MIN", with four others in 1982. Other well known animators in the group included, and Hideki Tamura. Studio MIN fell through in 1991 around the time Kitakubo worked on and directed, which was written by creator.

Kitakubo is credited as director for numerous animated series such as, , and. He has also been particularly praised for the intro sequence to, which he key animated. With being his most notable work, its success in 2001 would prompt him to win the 'Individual Award' at the. The movie itself won two prizes, one in 2000 which was a grand prize at the and another coming in as a first prize at the 2001 World Animation Celebration.

Kitakubo is also known for his involvement with the likes of, creator of the manga series,. He first worked with Masamune as the director of the 1987 OVA adaptation of, titled BLACK MAGIC M66, and once more in 1997 with writing and co-designing of the  video game.

Credits

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
 * Script:
 * Episode Director:
 * Storyboard:

Trivia

 * Famous artist, who is known for his artwork in American magazine , worked with Kitakubo on his movie . Terada was commissioned by Kitakubo to draw character designs and eventually drew promotional art for the movie.