Toshiyuki Kato

Toshiyuki Kato
Japanese Name	加藤 敏幸
Profile
Age	54~
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 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 TV Anime series' main directors and storyboard artists since the first season.

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."

Last Crusaders Brochure

Credits

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Storyboard: Episode 2Episode 7Episode 14Episode 20Episode 26
  • Episode Director: Episode 2Episode 7Episode 14Episode 20Episode 26
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Chief Episode Director
  • Storyboard: Episode 3Episode 10Episode 11Episode 19Episode 20Episode 26Episode 29Episode 43Episode 46Episode 48
  • Episode Director: Episode 3Episode 10Episode 11Episode 19Episode 26Episode 29Episode 46Episode 48
  • Episode Director Cooperation: Episode 2Episode 23Episode 24Episode 37
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
  • Series Director
  • Storyboard: Episode 2Episode 5Episode 9Episode 12Episode 22Episode 35Episode 36
  • Episode Director: Episode 2Episode 4Episode 14Episode 35Episode 38
  • Episode Director Cooperation: Episode 28Episode 39
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
  • Storyboard: Episode 38
  • Episode Director Cooperation: Episode 38Episode 39
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Director
  • Storyboard: Episode 2Episode 5Episode 7Episode 13
  • Episode Director: Episode 1Episode 12
• Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
  • Director
  • Script: Episode 5Episode 2Episode 9Episode 16
  • Episode Director: Episode 5Episode 2
  • Storyboard: Episode 5Episode 2Episode 9

Interviews

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Gallery

Storyboards

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  Walk Like Crusaders Brochure

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  JoJo Great Festival Brochure

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  Episode 14

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  Episode 14

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  Episode 20

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  Episode 26

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  SC Episode 43

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  SC Episode 43

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  SC Episode 43

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  SC Episode 43

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  SC Episode 46

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  SC Episode 46

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  SC Episode 46

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  SC Episode 46

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  SC Episode 48

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  SC Episode 48

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  SC Episode 48

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  SC Episode 48

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  DU Episode 35

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  DU Episode 35

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  DU Episode 35

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  DU Episode 35

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  DU Episode 35

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  GW Episode 38

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  GW Episode 38

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  GW Episode 38

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  GW Episode 38

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  GW Episode 38

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  SO Episode 5

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  SO Episode 5

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  Example of Kato's scene distortion

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  Example 2

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  Example 3

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.