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Masashi Kudô

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Masashi Kudo is a Japanese animation artist who has worked on the anime adaptation of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga, creating numerous character designs for the series.

Kudo has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist and episode director for Bleach. He is responsible for creating numerous anime-exclusive character designs for the Bleach anime's filler episodes as well as its four animated movies.
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      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh, Scott Whyte, Valerie Rose Lohman, and Matthew David Rudd in Tower of God (2020)
    Tower of God
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Animation 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
    • Animation Department
    Terminator Zero (2024)
    Terminator Zero
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Tokyo Mew Mew (2002)
    Tokyo Mew Mew
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Animation Department

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    Animation Department



    • Aki Toyosaki, Yumiri Hanamori, Azumi Waki, Makoto Koichi, and Konomi Kohara in AQUARION Myth of Emotions (2024)
      AQUARION Myth of Emotions
      3.6
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2024–2025
    • 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
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2022–2023
    • Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh, Scott Whyte, Valerie Rose Lohman, and Matthew David Rudd in Tower of God (2020)
      Tower of God
      7.5
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2020
    • Saori Hayami, Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Hibiku Yamamura, Ayaka Fukuhara, and Misaki Watada in Sakura Wars: The Animation (2020)
      Sakura Wars: The Animation
      6.4
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2020
    • Sakura Wars (2019)
      Sakura Wars
      7.3
      Video Game
      • character setting
      • 2019
    • Sabagebu! Survival Game Club! (2014)
      Sabagebu! Survival Game Club!
      7.2
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2014
    • Maoyu ~ Archenemy & Hero (2013)
      Maoyu ~ Archenemy & Hero
      6.7
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2013
    • Hayate the Combat Butler Movie: Heaven Is a Place on Earth (2011)
      Hayate the Combat Butler Movie: Heaven Is a Place on Earth
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2011
    • No. 6 (2011)
      No. 6
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2011
    • Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
      Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
      7.1
      • key animator
      • 2011
    • Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)
      Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
      7.3
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • key animator
      • 2010
    • Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name (2008)
      Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name
      7.1
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • 2008
    • Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)
      Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion
      7.0
      • character designer / animation director
      • key animator
      • 2007
    • Naruto Shippûden: The Movie (2007)
      Naruto Shippûden: The Movie
      6.7
      • key animator
      • 2007
    • Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)
      Bleach: Memories of Nobody
      7.1
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2006

    Director



    • Terminator Zero (2024)
      Terminator Zero
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Sanrio Danshi (2018)
      Sanrio Danshi
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Chain Chronicle - The Light of Haecceitas - (2016)
      Chain Chronicle - The Light of Haecceitas -
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Chein kuronikuru: Hekuseitasu no hikari Movie 1
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ikki tousen: Extravaganza Epoch (2014)
      Ikki tousen: Extravaganza Epoch
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties (2013)
      Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (2012)
      Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Kyou no Asuka Show (2012)
      Kyou no Asuka Show
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013

    Writer



    • Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
      Shadow of the Colossus
      9.2
      Video Game
      • Writer
      • 2005

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