Yasufumi Soejima

Yasufumi Soejima (ソエジマ ヤスフミ, Soejima Yasufumi) is a Japanese CGI Artist credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. He is notable for being the series' Visual / CGI director. Several of the endings and openings were supervised by him.

After graduating from Musashino Art University, Soejima worked at Sega until 1999 before he would transfer to Studio Gonzo as the chief art director. He is currently affiliated with David Production and has worked as part of the CGI direction for series like Last Exile and Final Fantasy.

Credits

Tiger Balm Garden by Soejima

JoJo Great Festival Brochure

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Ending Animation Director (ED 1, ED 2)
  • Ending Animation Storyboard (ED 2)
  • Visual Director
  • 3D CG (David Production)
  • 3D Modeling (David Production)
  • Key Animation (eps 1, 8-10, 16)

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Ending Animation Director (ED 1, ED 2)
  • Ending Animation Storyboard (ED 1, ED 2, ED 3)
  • Ending Animation Color Coordinator (ED 1)
  • Storyboard (eps 8, 22, 33, 40)
  • Episode Director (eps 8, 18, 33, 40, 47)
  • 3D CG (david production; eps 1-3, 10, 22, 34)
  • Background Scenery Corrections (ep 5)
  • Art Setting
  • Assistant Episode Director (ep 25)

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
  • Storyboard (ED; eps 6, 15, 26, 31-33)
  • Episode Director (eps 4, 6, 14, 24, 30, 31-33, 37)
  • Unit Director (ED)
  • 3D CG (ED)
  • Ending Animation 3D CG (ED 1)
  • Ending Animation Direction (ED 1)
  • Ending Animation Storyboard (ED 1)
  • Opening Animation 3DCGI (OP 2)
  • Opening Animation Director (OP 2, OP 3)
  • Opening Animation Storyboard (OP 2, OP 3)
  • Key Animation (eps 32-33)

• Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
  • Deputy Director (ep 5)
  • Assistant Director (ep 2)
  • Storyboard (eps 5,2)
  • Opening Animation Director
  • Opening Animation Storyboard
  • Opening Animation Photography
  • Opening Animation Editing

Gallery

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  Walk like Crusaders Brochure
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  Last Crusaders Event Brochure
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  JoJo raDIO Event Brochure
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  Last Train Home storyboard
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  DU Episode 6 Storyboard
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  DU Episode 6 Storyboard
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  DU Episode 6 Storyboard
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  DU Episode 6 Storyboard
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  Yasufumi with Mahiro Maeda and Akemi Hayashi (2007)
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  Yasufumi with Daisuke Ono (2015)
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  Yasufumi with Kenta Miyake, Masahiko Komino, Daisuke Ono and Naokatsu Tsuda

Trivia

• Aside from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Soejima is notably one of Hirohiko Araki's oldest fans within the TV anime staff, having read and enjoyed Cool Shock B.T., Baoh the Visitor, and Gorgeous Irene while they were in serialization.
• Soejima's favorite country is Singapore. Having worked there a few times, he's a big fan of the "hot and passionate" atmosphere, as well as Little India's food stalls. The anime's setting in the Devil story arc was modeled after an actual hotel Soejima had stayed in while in Singapore.