Toshiyuki Kato

Toshiyuki Kato
Japanese Name	加藤 敏幸
Profile
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animator
Other Information
Affiliation	David Production
Media
Anime Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

Toshiyuki Kato (加藤 敏幸, Kato Toshiyuki) is an animator credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. He works primarily as one of the series' storyboard artists and the series director for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable.

Originally affiliated with Studio Deen and Gallop, he currently works for David Production. He is particularly known to visually distort scenes to "move the atmosphere without moving the picture."

Contributions

Example of Kato's scene distortion

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Storyboard (eps 2, 7, 14, 20, 26)
  • Episode Director (eps 2, 7, 14, 20, 26)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Storyboard (eps 3, 10-11, 19-20, 26, 29, 43, 46, 48)
  • Episode Director (eps 3, 10-11, 19, 26, 29, 46, 48)
  • Chief Episode Director
  • Episode Director Cooperation (eps 2, 23-24, 37)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable
  • Series Director
  • Storyboard (eps 2, 5, 9, 12, 22)
  • Episode Director (eps 2, 4, 14)
  • Episode Director Cooperation (ep 28)