Naokatsu Tsuda

Naokatsu Tsuda
Japanese Name	津田 尚克
Profile
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Director Animation director
Other Information
Affiliation	David Production
Media
Anime Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

Naokatsu Tsuda (津田 尚克, Tsuda Naokatsu) is the Chief Director for the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. Many of the series' episodes are supervised and storyboarded by him.

As an employee of David Production, he was approached by the company's vice president, Koji Kajita, after directing Inu x Boku SS and was subsequently asked to be the director for the JoJo TV series.

Originally from Studio Hal Film Maker, Tsuda works primarily on series from David Production. Some of the other series he's directed include Tatakau Shisho, Planetarian and Squid Girl.

JoJo raDIO Event Brochure

Credits

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Director
  • Storyboard (ED; ep 1)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Director
  • Script (ep 18)
  • Episode Director (eps 1, 20, 24)
  • Storyboard (eps 1-2, 18, 24, 27, 34-35, 39, 47)
  • Episode Director Cooperation (eps 34, 43)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
  • Director
  • Storyboard (eps 1, 14, 20, 27, 36, 39)
  • Episode Director (eps 4, 14, 27, 31-32, 38-39)
  • Episode Director Cooperation (ep 28)
  • Opening Animation Director (OP 1)
  • Opening Animation Storyboard (OP 1)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
  • Executive Director
  • Ending Animation Director (ED 1)
  • Ending Animation Storyboard (ED 1)
  • Action Animation Director (ep 17)
  • Script (eps 20-21)
  • Storyboard (eps 1,5, 17, 21)
  • Episode Director (eps 1, 17, 21)
  • Key Animation (ep 17)

Interviews

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Gallery

Key Animation (原画)

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  Genga

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  Genga

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  Key Animation

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  Great Festival Brochure

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  Walk Like Crusaders Brochure

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  Last Crusaders Brochure

Storyboards (絵コンテ)

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  SC Episode 1 Storyboard (Page 27)

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  SC Episode 1 Storyboard (Page 35)

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  DU Episode 36 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 36 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 36 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 36 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 39 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 39 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 39 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 39 Storyboard

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  DU Episode 39 Storyboard

Other

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  Naokatsu Tsuda

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  Tsuda with Daisuke Ono

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  Interview with Tsuda on Season 1 Bluray

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  Tsuda with Series Director Kenichi Suzuki

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  Tsuda with Yuki Ono / Kaiji

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  Tsuda at Anime Expo with Ben Diskin

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  Tsuda with Hiroyuki Aoi

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  Tsuda with Daisuke Ono on ORAORAdio

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  Tsuda with Kenta Miyake, Masahiko Komino, Daisuke Ono and Yasufumi Soejima

Trivia

• In his high school days, Tsuda's favorite JoJo was Giorno Giovanna. His favorite Stand is Gold Experience.
• His influences include many American movie directors, like Ridley Scott, Guillermo del Toro, and Stephen Spielberg.
• Tsuda's favorite openings are JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ and Great Days.
• Tsuda wants all parts of JoJo to be animated and is most excited to animate JoJolion.<ref name=AnimeBoston2017> />