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Kôji Murai

  • Animation Department
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Kôji Murai is known for Darker Than Black (2007), .hack//SIGN (2002) and Soul Eater (2008).
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    Known for

    Darker Than Black (2007)
    Darker Than Black
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Kouji Murai, opening sequence)
    .hack//SIGN (2002)
    .hack//SIGN
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Kouji Murai)
    Soul Eater (2008)
    Soul Eater
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Kouji Murai)
    One Piece Film Z (2012)
    One Piece Film Z
    7.7
    Movie
    • Animation Department(as Kouji Murai)
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2021)
      Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
      6.9
      • character animation director
      • 2021
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • key animator (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2021
    • Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ôtsuka, Miyu Irino, and Setsuo Ito in Mob Psycho 100 (2016)
      Mob Psycho 100
      8.5
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • key animator (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2016
    • Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Ikue Ôtani, Mayumi Tanaka, Kappei Yamaguchi, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kazuki Yao, Gaku Hamada, Hikari Mitsushima, Kendô Kobayashi, and Nanao in One Piece Film: Gold (2016)
      One Piece Film: Gold
      7.1
      • key animator (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2016
    • Shin'ichirô Miki, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Aki Toyosaki, Eriko Nakamura, Sumire Uesaka, and Kaito Ishikawa in Concrete Revolutio (2015)
      Concrete Revolutio
      5.9
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • assistant animation director
      • animation director (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2015–2016
    • 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
      • key animator
      • animation director
      • assistant animation director (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2015
    • Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
      Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
      7.1
      • key animator: Bones
      • 2014
    • Tenkai Knights (2013)
      Tenkai Knights
      6.3
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2013
    • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (2013)
      Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
      7.6
      Video Game
      • assistant key animation director: Bones
      • key animator: Bones (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2013
    • Sutâ doraibâ: The Movie (2013)
      Sutâ doraibâ: The Movie
      6.4
      • key animator
      • 2013
    • One Piece Film Z (2012)
      One Piece Film Z
      7.7
      • key animator (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2012
    • UN-GO: Inga-ron (2011)
      UN-GO: Inga-ron
      6.5
      Short
      • animation director
      • key animator
      • 2011
    • Hayate the Combat Butler Movie: Heaven Is a Place on Earth (2011)
      Hayate the Combat Butler Movie: Heaven Is a Place on Earth
      6.7
      • key animator: opening sequence (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2011
    • Star Driver (2010)
      Star Driver
      6.1
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2010–2011
    • Soul Eater (2008)
      Soul Eater
      7.8
      TV Series
      • animator: opening sequence
      • series key animator
      • animation director (as Kouji Murai)
      • 2008–2009

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