Shuukou Murase

Started his career as an in-betweener for Nakamura Production working on several outsourced episodes of Sunrise shows.

He had his breakthrough as animator on Yoroiden Samurai Troopers where his detailed art and animation attracted attention. He was thus selected to be character designer for the sequel, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Gaiden, and later animation director for the Mobile Suit Gundam F91 movie.

Since then he's been heavily involved in Sunrise productions, both as animator and as character designer. Notable examples of his designs are those for Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Argento Soma.

He had his debut as a director with Witch Hunter Robin, after which he directed the acclaimed Ergo Proxy. More recent works of his include the adaptation of Gangsta, as well as the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway trilogy.

Notable works outside Anime:

• Final Fantasy IX (Video Game, 2000) (Character Design)