Person
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Directing · Born 1956-07-11 · Tokyo
Biography
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Yoshiyuki Tomino and Ryousuke Takahashi before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.
Known for
NANA
Director
Mashin Hero Wataru
Director
Hikaru no Go
Director
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Storyboard
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Director
Ronin Warriors
Storyboard
Dinosaur King
Series Director
Detective School Q
Storyboard Artist
Street Fighter II: V
Storyboard Artist
Strawberry Panic
Director
Filmography
- 2011STAR☆jewelDirector
- 2009Hello Anne: Before Green GablesDirector
- 2007Dinosaur KingSeries Director
- 2006Boku no PicoDirector
- 2006NANADirector
- 2006Strawberry PanicDirector
- 2003Detective School QStoryboard Artist
- 2001Hikaru no GoDirector
- 1999Shin HakkendenDirector
- 1999GundressDirector
- 1998ふたり暮らしProducer
- 1997Legend of the Mystical NinjaSeries Director
- 1997EAT-MANStoryboard Artist
- 1995Street Fighter II: VStoryboard Artist
- 1995Jura TripperScreenplay
- 1993Muka Muka ParadiseCreator
- 1992The Brave of Legend Da-GarnDirector
- 1991The Brave of the Sun FighbirdSeries Director
- 1990Brave ExkaiserSeries Director
- 1989Bad Boys BoogieDirector
- 1989BucchigiriDirector
- 1988Ronin WarriorsStoryboard
- 1988Mashin Hero WataruDirector
- 1987Dirty Pair OVASeries Director
- 1985Blue Comet SPT LayznerDirector
- 1985Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Vol.1 Stories of the 'A.T. VOTOMS'Director
- 1983Armored Trooper VOTOMSStoryboard
- 1982Space Runaway Ideon: Be InvokedAssistant Director
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