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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.

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

Elsa Nakamichi

Naoki Yoshibe

Relevant Works

Anime Openings

Title	Use	Media	Year
JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season 1) (Opening 1)	Opening	2012
BLOODY STREAM	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season 1) (Opening 2)	Opening	2012
STAND PROUD	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Opening 1)	Opening	2014
JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Opening 2)	Opening	2014
STONE OCEAN	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (Opening 1)	Opening	2021
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)

Other Works

TV Anime

Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter: Avant CG Imaging Assistance (Ep. 27)
Gatchaman Crowds: Opening Animation
SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation: Ending Animation (Ending 8)
Terra Formars: Ending Animation
Gatchaman Crowds Insight: Opening Animation
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru: Ending Animation
Pop Team Epic
Star Wars: Visions: Episode 1 - "The Duel"

OVA

Amanatsu: Animation Production
Connected: Animation
The Last Piece: Animation Production

Films

Batman Ninja: Animation Production
Sound & Fury: Animation Production

Video Games

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter: Opening/Ending Animation
Mega Man X: Command Mission: Opening/Ending Animation
Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity: Opening Animation
Mega Man X8: Opening/Ending Animation
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin: Opening Animation
Fire Emblem Awakening: Cutscene Supervision/Animation
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Cutscene Animation

Commercials

Axe: Axebusters (Web Spot)
Daiwa: 50th Anniversary TV Spot
Mizuno Football Web Spot
Utopia: TV Commercial
Terra Formars: TV Commercial
Sharp: Aquos Phone Xx 203SH TV Commercial
Kubota: From the Viewpoint of Life (TV Commercial)
Shueisha: Ultra Jump TV Commercial
Shueisha: Shonen Jump+ TV Commercial
Genesis of Aquarion: Collaboration TV Commercial

Music Videos

Hifana: "Wamono"
Namie Amuro: "Defend Love"
Exile: "Aisubeki Mirai e"
Namie Amuro: "Dr."
Base Ball Bear: "Cross You and I"
Exile: "Bow & Arrows"
Sound Horizon "Yodaka no Hoshi"

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

JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~
BLOODY STREAM
STAND PROUD Crusaders Campfire Concept Art
STAND PROUD & JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~
CGWORLD Entry Vol.4
Kamikaze Douga x Ultra Jump - All CM Works
Part 4 CM Storyboard
Part 4 CM Storyboard #2
Part 4 CM Storyboard #3
Part 4 CM Initial Sketch
JOJOraDIO Brochure Art by Junpei Mizusaki
Walk Like Crusaders Brochure Art by Naoki Yoshibe
Last Crusaders Brochure Art by Naoki Yoshibe
STONE OCEAN Concept Art
STONE OCEAN Storyboard
Jolyne by Suzumori Nishiki (STONE OCEAN Modelling Director)
Jolyne by Takafumi Utsunomiya (STONE OCEAN CG Director)
Jolyne by Elsa Nakamichi (Ultra Jump CM Director)
Part 6 Characters by tuzumi2202
Message by Takafumi Utsunomiya (Heaven's falling down Director)

Behind the Scenes

Studio

Takafumi Utsunomiya (宇都宮隆文)

Videos

Trivia

The founder, Junpei Mizusaki, was previously enrolled at STUDIO 4 ℃.^[2]
In the opening BLOODY STREAM, when Wamuu performs his Divine Sandstorm (神砂嵐, Kamizuna Arashi), the kanji used in the credits for Kamikaze Douga (神風動画) briefly change into Kamiarashi Douga (神嵐動画).

References

↑ http://www.cgarts.or.jp/kentei/result/passing4.html 2013年5月1日閲覧。
↑ http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/sp/ee_cgmovie/interview/015.html 2018年3月13日閲覧。

Site Navigation

Other languages:

English

[1] ttp://www.cgarts.or.jp/kentei/result/passing4.html 2013年5月1日閲覧。

[2] ttp://www.toei-anim.co.jp/sp/ee_cgmovie/interview/015.html 2018年3月13日閲覧。

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+|image           =[[Image:kamikazedouga.jpg|{{ImageSize}}]]
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+|foundation      = May 21, 2003
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 }}{{nihongo|'''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 {{W|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 CM|Ultra Jump commercials]].
+Kamikaze Douga is responsible for the openings of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season)|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 CM|Ultra Jump commercials]].
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 *Ultra Jump CM {{S|Part 8}} (2016)
-==Extended Works==
+==Other Works==
 ===TV Anime===
-*Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter (TV) : Avant CG Imaging *Assistance (ep. 27)
+*''{{W|Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter}}'': Avant CG Imaging Assistance {{S|Ep. 27}}
-*Gatchaman Crowds (TV) : Opening Animation (2013)
+*''{{W|Gatchaman Crowds}}'': Opening Animation
-*SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation (TV) : Ending 8 Animation (2014)
+*''{{W|Super Sonico|SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation}}'': Ending Animation {{S|Ending 8}}
-*Terraformars (TV) : Ending Animation (2014)
+*''{{W|Terra Formars}}'': Ending Animation
+*''{{W|Gatchaman Crowds|Gatchaman Crowds Insight}}'': Opening Animation
-*[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)]] : [[JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~|Opening]] [[BLOODY STREAM|Animation]] OP [[JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~|1]]-[[BLOODY STREAM|2]] (2012)
+*''{{W|Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru}}'': Ending Animation
-*[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]] (TV) : [[STAND PROUD|Opening Animation]] (2014)
+*''{{W|Pop Team Epic}}''
-*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Egypt Arc (TV) : [[JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~|Opening Animation]] (2014)
+*''{{W|Star Wars: Visions}}'': Episode 1 - "The Duel"
-*Gatchaman Crowds insight (TV) : Opening Animation (2015)
-*Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (TV) : Ending Animation (2016)
-*Pop Team Epic (2018)
-*{{W|Star Wars: Visions}} : Episode 1 - "The Duel" (2021)
-*[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean]] : [[STONE OCEAN (Opening)|Opening Animation 1]] & [[Heaven's falling down|2]] (2021, 2022) <ref>https://cgworld.jp/interview/kamikaze-amd-radeon.html 2021年12月24日閲覧。</ref>
-===OAV===
+===OVA===
-*Amanatsu (OAV) : Animation Production
+*''Amanatsu'': Animation Production
-*Connected (OAV) : Animation
+*''Connected'': Animation
-*(The) Last Piece (OAV) : Animation Production
+*''The Last Piece'': Animation Production
 ===Films===
-*{{W|Batman Ninja}} (Movie): Animation Production (2018)
+*''{{W|Batman Ninja}}'': Animation Production
-*{{W|Sound_%26_Fury_(Sturgill_Simpson_album)|Sound and Fury}} (Film): Animation Production (2019)
+*''{{W|Sound & Fury (Sturgill Simpson album)|Sound & Fury}}'': Animation Production
 ===Video Games===
-*Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter: Opening/Ending Animation (2004)
+*''{{W|Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter}}'': Opening/Ending Animation
-*Mega Man Command Mission: Opening/Ending Animation (2004)
+*''{{W|Mega Man X: Command Mission}}'': Opening/Ending Animation
-*Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity: Opening Animation (2004)
+*''{{W|Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity}}'': Opening Animation
-*Megaman X8: Opening/Ending Animation (2005)
+*''{{W|Mega Man X8}}'': Opening/Ending Animation
-*{{W|Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin}}: Opening Animation (2006)
+*''{{W|Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin}}'': Opening Animation
-*Fire Emblem Awakening: Cutscene Supervision/Animation (2012)
+*''{{W|Fire Emblem Awakening}}'': Cutscene Supervision/Animation
-*Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Cutscene Animation (2015)
+*''{{W|Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth}}'': Cutscene Animation
 ===Commercials===
+*{{W|Axe (brand)|Axe}}: Axebusters {{S|Web Spot}}
-*No. 5 (IKKI Magazine's CD rom PV, 2003)
+*{{W|Globeride|Daiwa}}: 50th Anniversary TV Spot
-*AXEBUSTERS ( AXE 's web PV, 2007)
+*{{W|Mizuno|Mizuno Football}} Web Spot
-*DAIWA 50th Anniversary TVCM (2008 - 2009)
+*''Utopia'': TV Commercial
-*MIZUNO FOOTBALL (Sports maker Mizuno 's web PV, 2009)
+*''{{W|Terra Formars}}'': TV Commercial
-*Mobile game "UTOPIA ~ Utopia ~" TVCM (2011)
+*{{W|Sharp Corporation|Sharp}}: {{W|SoftBank 203SH|Aquos Phone Xx 203SH}} TV Commercial
-*TerraFormers TVCM (2012)
+*{{W|Kubota}}: From the Viewpoint of Life {{S|TV Commercial}}
-*Sharp AQUOS PHONE Xx 203SH TVCM (2013)
+*[[Shueisha]]: ''[[Ultra Jump]]'' TV Commercial
-*Kubota "From the Viewpoint of Life" TVCM (2014)
-*Shueisha "Shonen Jump +" (2015)
+*[[Shueisha]]: ''Shonen Jump+'' TV Commercial
-*Aquarion × Kamikaze Video Union Collaboration CM (2015)
+*''{{W|Genesis of Aquarion}}'': Collaboration TV Commercial
-===Music===
+===Music Videos===
+*Hifana: "Wamono"
+*{{W|Namie Amuro}}: "Defend Love"
+*{{W|Exile (Japanese band)|Exile}}: "Aisubeki Mirai e"
+*{{W|Namie Amuro}}: "Dr."
+*{{W|Base Ball Bear}}: "Cross You and I"
+*{{W|Exile (Japanese band)|Exile}}: "Bow & Arrows"
+*{{W|Sound Horizon}} "Yodaka no Hoshi"
+==Interviews==
-*Hifana "Wamono" PV (2005)
+{{ListInterviews}}
-*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)
-*{{W|Sound Horizon}} "Yodaka no Hoshi" PV (2014)
 ==Gallery==
 ===Promo & Concept Art===
 <gallery>
-SonoChiNoSadameScreens.png|[[JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~]]
+SonoChiNoSadameScreens.png|[[JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~]]
 BloodyStreamScreens.png|[[BLOODY STREAM]]
 STAND PROUD Kamikaze douga concept art.png|[[STAND PROUD]] Crusaders Campfire Concept Art
-Part3OPScreens.png|STAND PROUD & [[JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~]]
+Part3OPScreens.png|STAND PROUD & [[JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~]]
 CGWorldKamikazeDouga.jpg|CGWORLD Entry Vol.4
 KamikazeDougaCMWorks.jpg|[[Ultra Jump CM|Kamikaze Douga x Ultra Jump - All CM Works]]
@@ Line 143: / Line 142: @@
 KamikazeP4Storyboard1.png|Part 4 CM Storyboard #3
 KamikazeDougaP4Sketch.png|Part 4 CM Initial Sketch
-MizusakiJoJoRadioEvent.png|[[JoJo raDIO]] Brochure Art by Junpei Mizusaki
+MizusakiJoJoRadioEvent.png|[[JOJOraDIO]] Brochure Art by Junpei Mizusaki
 YoshibeWalk.png|Walk Like Crusaders Brochure Art by [[Naoki Yoshibe]]
 YoshibeLastCrusader.png|Last Crusaders Brochure Art by [[Naoki Yoshibe]]
@@ Line 215: / Line 214: @@
 ==Videos==
-{{Vid|mgxDyrEnnoE}}{{Vid|e-EeuAiObu0}}
+{{Vid|e-EeuAiObu0}}{{Vid|mgxDyrEnnoE}}{{Vid|RTacFlYONhY}}
 ==Trivia==
@@ Line 225: / Line 224: @@
 ==References==
 {{References}}
 ==Site Navigation==
 {{Languages}}
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+[[Category:TV Anime]]
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-[[Category:JoJo Anime]]
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v e Companies
Overall	Lucky Land Communications Shueisha VIZ Media
Manga	Star Comics J'ai Lu Tonkam Ivrea
Anime/OVAs	David Production A.P.P.P. Kamikaze Douga DR Movie Kino Production Crunchyroll Toonami Netflix
Merchandise	Bandai Tower Records Heavy Gauge Kotobukiya Banpresto Medicos Entertainment Di Molto Bene Lawson Haruyama VOXPOP Good Smile Company Sentinel MegaHouse Hot Topic PIIT Uniqlo Shimamura Necogusa Monogram International UselessUse laboratory TAKE-UP AMNIBUS F-toys
Miscellaneous	Bandai Namco Bandai Namco Entertainment CyberConnect2 LINE SIX THE★JOJO WORLD

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