Toshiyuki Kato
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Toshiyuki Kato (加藤 敏幸, Kato Toshiyuki) is an animator and storyboard artist 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.[1]"
Credits
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
- Storyboard: [[Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 7 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 14 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 20 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 26 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director: [[Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 7 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 14 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 20 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[Episode 26 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
- Chief Episode Director
- Storyboard: [[SC Episode 3 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 10 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 11 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 19 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 20 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 26 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 29 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 43 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 46 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 48 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director: [[SC Episode 3 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 10 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 11 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 19 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 26 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 29 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 46 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 48 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director Cooperation: [[SC Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 23 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 24 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[SC Episode 37 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
- Series Director
- Storyboard: [[DU Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 5 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 9 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 12 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 22 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 35 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 36 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director: [[DU Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 4 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 14 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 35 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 38 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director Cooperation: [[DU Episode 28 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[DU Episode 39 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Storyboard: [[GW Episode 38 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director Cooperation: [[GW Episode 38 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[GW Episode 39 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
- Director
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
- Director
- Script: [[TSKR Episode 5 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 9 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 16 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Episode Director: [[TSKR Episode 5 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
- Storyboard: [[TSKR Episode 5 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 2 Episode {{{2}}}|]][[TSKR Episode 9 Episode {{{2}}}|]]
Gallery
Storyboards
Walk Like Crusaders Brochure
JoJo Great Festival Brochure
SC Episode 43 #1
SC Episode 43 #2
SC Episode 43 #3
SC Episode 43 #4
SC Episode 46 #1
SC Episode 46 #2
SC Episode 46 #3
SC Episode 46 #4
SC Episode 48 #1
SC Episode 48 #2
SC Episode 48 #3
SC Episode 48 #4
Example of Kato's scene distortion
Example 2
Example 3
Videos
Trivia
- Kato's favorite scene from the TV anime was during the Anubis arc in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders when Polnareff is getting a shave at a salon. He notes the details of this scene were particularly nostalgic to him due to his own parents running a barber shop.[2]
