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Masashi Abe(I)

  • Director
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Masashi Abe is known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), My Hero Academia (2016) and Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011).
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    Known for

    Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
    Grave of the Fireflies
    8.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department(Lucky More)
    • 1988
    Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
    My Hero Academia
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
    Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2011
    The Legend of Black Heaven (1999)
    The Legend of Black Heaven
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021)
      AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2022
    • Super Crooks (2021)
      Super Crooks
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2016–2021
    • Wave, Listen to Me! (2020)
      Wave, Listen to Me!
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Riraideddo Tokigoe no Derida (2018)
      Riraideddo Tokigoe no Derida
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (2018)
      Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • High School Fleet (2016)
      High School Fleet
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Noragami (2014)
      Noragami
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (2014)
      Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
      Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Aquarion EVOL (2012)
      Aquarion EVOL
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Marvel Anime (2010)
      Marvel Anime
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • X-Men (2011)
      X-Men
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011

    Art Department

    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012–2014
    • Kiss x sis (2010)
      Kiss x sis
      6.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010
    • The Book of Bantorra (2009)
      The Book of Bantorra
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009–2010
    • Gekijô Yattâman: Shin Yattâmanmeka daishûgô! Omocha no kuni de daikessen da koron! (2009)
      Gekijô Yattâman: Shin Yattâmanmeka daishûgô! Omocha no kuni de daikessen da koron!
      5.9
      • storyboards
      • 2009
    • Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story (2008)
      Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2008
    • Nagasarete Airantou (2007)
      Nagasarete Airantou
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Buso Renkin (2006)
      Buso Renkin
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007
    • Tokko (2006)
      Tokko
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2006
    • Sugar Sugar Rune (2005)
      Sugar Sugar Rune
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • D.C.S.S: Da Capo Second Season (2005)
      D.C.S.S: Da Capo Second Season
      6.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • Magical Kanan (2005)
      Magical Kanan
      5.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • storyboard artist: ending sequence
      • 2005
    • Hyper Shinobi Animation: Shadow
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2004
    • Rizerumain (2002)
      Rizerumain
      6.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Blue Gender (1999)
      Blue Gender
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1999–2000

    Animation Department

    • Kiss x sis (2010)
      Kiss x sis
      6.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010
    • kiss×sis: Christmas for Two (2009)
      kiss×sis: Christmas for Two
      6.3
      Video
      • storyboard
      • 2009
    • Ai City (1986)
      Ai City
      5.8
      • cel painter
      • 1986

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