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Toshiyuki Tsuru

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Art Department
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Toshiyuki Tsuru is known for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Naruto: Shippuden (2007) and Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006).
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    Known for

    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    • Animation Department
    • 2001
    Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
    Naruto: Shippuden
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
    Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2006
    Atsushi Abe, Daisuke Namikawa, Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kenshô Ono, and Ryûichi Kijima in Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
    Boruto: Naruto the Movie
    7.7
    • Animation Department(as Yasuaki Kurotsu, ending sequence)
    • 2015

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    Animation Department

    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • animation director
      • key animator: ending animation ...
      • 2007–2017
    • Atsushi Abe, Daisuke Namikawa, Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kenshô Ono, and Ryûichi Kijima in Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
      Boruto: Naruto the Movie
      7.7
      • animator: ending sequence (as Yasuaki Kurotsu)
      • 2015
    • EX-Driver the Movie (2002)
      EX-Driver the Movie
      5.6
      • layout artist/animator
      • 2002
    • Kaze No Yojimbo (2001)
      Kaze No Yojimbo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2001
    • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
      Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
      7.8
      • key animator
      • 2001
    • Arjuna (2001)
      Arjuna
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • 2001
    • Tenamonya Voyagers (1999)
      Tenamonya Voyagers
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • 1999
    • Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
      Serial Experiments Lain
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • animator: opening/ending sequences
      • 1998
    • Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)
      Revolutionary Girl Utena
      8.1
      TV Series
      • animator: opening sequence
      • animation director: opening sequence
      • 1997
    • Nobutoshi Canna, Yûko Miyamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, and Kenji Utsumi in Berserk (1997)
      Berserk
      8.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1997
    • The Vision of Escaflowne (1996)
      The Vision of Escaflowne
      7.7
      TV Series
      • animator
      • eye catch animator
      • key animator: opening credits ...
      • 1996
    • Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love (1996)
      Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love
      7.1
      • additional animation director
      • 1996
    • Ninja Cadets! (1996)
      Ninja Cadets!
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 1996
    • Saber Marionette R (1995)
      Saber Marionette R
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • assistant animation director
      • 1995
    • Tomokazu Seki in Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
      Mobile Fighter G Gundam
      7.5
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1995

    Director

    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2008–2016
    • Atsushi Abe, Daisuke Namikawa, Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kenshô Ono, and Ryûichi Kijima in Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
      Boruto: Naruto the Movie
      7.7
      • Director (as Yasuaki Kurotsu, ending sequence)
      • 2015
    • Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
      Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Naruto (2002)
      Naruto
      8.4
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2003–2005
    • Gungrave (2003)
      Gungrave
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003–2004
    • Heat Guy J (2002)
      Heat Guy J
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Kaze No Yojimbo (2001)
      Kaze No Yojimbo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2001–2002
    • K.O. Beast (1992)
      K.O. Beast
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (episode 1)
      • 1992–1993

    Art Department

    • Kentarô Itô, Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Takayuki Sugô, Yuki Matsuoka, Noriaki Sugiyama, Tite Kubo, and Hiroki Yasumoto in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022)
      Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
      9.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Atsushi Abe, Ryôko Shiraishi, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kenshô Ono, and Ryûichi Kijima in Wakare (2023)
      Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
      6.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2007–2016
    • Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)
      Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie
      7.6
      • storyboard artist (as Yasuaki Kurotsu)
      • 2012
    • Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor (2007)
      Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Yasuaki Kurotsu)
      • 2007
    • Naruto (2002)
      Naruto
      8.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard
      • storyboard artist
      • 2003–2005
    • Heat Guy J (2002)
      Heat Guy J
      7.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Kaze No Yojimbo (2001)
      Kaze No Yojimbo
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2001–2002
    • Saiyuki: Requiem - The Motion Picture (2001)
      Saiyuki: Requiem - The Motion Picture
      7.0
      Video
      • storyboard artist
      • 2001
    • Platinumhugen Ordian (2000)
      Platinumhugen Ordian
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2000
    • Colorful (1999)
      Colorful
      5.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1999
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
      Cowboy Bebop
      8.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1998
    • Virus Buster Serge (1997)
      Virus Buster Serge
      5.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997
    • Hareluya II BØY (1997)
      Hareluya II BØY
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997
    • Maze: The Mega-Burst Space (1997)
      Maze: The Mega-Burst Space
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 1997

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      • Yasuaki Kurotsu

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