Masami Ōbari

Masami Ōbari (大張正己)
Born	January 24, 1966 (1966-01-24) (age 45) Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Director, character designer, and mecha designer

Masami Ōbari (大張正己, Ōbari Masami^?, born January 24, 1966) is a noted Japanese animation director and character and mecha designer.

Biography

In 2000, he founded the animation studio G-1 Neo with fellow animators, which later disbanded and was reformed under the Studio G1 Neo name.

Filmography

Director

Direct-to-video animation

• 1988 Moonlight Rambler (Part 5 of Bubblegum Crisis)
• 1989 Red Eyes (Part 6 of Bubblegum Crisis)
• 1991 Detonator Orgun
• 1996 Battle Arena Toshinden
• 1996 Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
• 1997 Voogie's Angel (co-directed with Aoi Takenouchi)
• 1999 Dangaizer 3
• 2001 Angel Blade
• 2001 Marine A Go-Go
• 2002 Viper GTS
• 2004 Angel Blade Punish!

Television series

• 1997 Virus Buster Serge
• 2000 Platinumhugen Ordian
• 2002 Gravion
• 2004 Gravion Zwei
• 2007 Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova
• 2007 Prism Ark^[1]
• 2010 Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector

Animated feature film

• 1994 Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

Designer

Character Design

Direct-to-video animation

• 1990 Guardian of Darkness
• 1990 Guy: Double Target (Part 2)
• 1996 Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
• 2001 Angel Blade
• 2004 Angel Blade Punish!

Television series

• 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
• 1992 Macross II: Lovers Again
• 1997 Virus Buster Serge
• 2002 Gravion
• 2004 Gravion Zwei

Animated feature film

• 1992 Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
• 1993 Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
• 1994 Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

Video games

• 1995 Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (also voices Brider in the game and OVA)

Mecha Design

Direct-to-video animation

• 1985 Fight! Iczer-One
• 1987 Dangaioh

Television series

• 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
• 2000 Platinumhugen Ordian
• 2002 Gravion
• 2004 Gravion Zwei
• 2007 Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova

References

1. ^ "Prism Ark". Newtype USA. 6 (11) p. 11. November 2007. ISSN 1541-4817.

External links

• Masami Ōbari at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Masami Ōbari at the Internet Movie Database
• Studio G1 Neo - Official Website

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Name	Obari Masami
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Date of birth	January 24, 1966
Place of birth	Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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