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Kou Yoshinari

吉成鋼

Affiliated with Studio Silver. Older brother of You Yoshinari.

He is known for having reached great expertise in many techniques from realistic animation to digital compositing. This gives him the ability to have full control over his works, often being responsible for the key frames, in-betweens, finishing, photography and backgrounds of the scenes he is in charge of.

His skilled use of coloring and compositing, together with the realistic depiction of movement make his works to be often mistaken for computer generated animation.

Notable works outside anime:

  • Ghost in the Shell (Video Game, 1997) (OP Key Animation)
  • Tales of Phantasia (Video Game, 1998) (Cutscene Director, Animation Director, Key Animation)
  • Valkyrie Profile Series (Video Game, 1999-2008) (Character Design, Art Design)
  • Kafu Kono Shirabe ga Kimi ni Todokimasu You ni (Visual Novel, 2001) (OP Key Animation, In-between Animation, Background Art, Digital Paint, Photography, CG Animation)
  • Sakura Wars 3: Paris is Burning? (Video Game, 2001) (OP Key Animation, In-Between Animation, Background Art, Digital Paint, Photography)
  • Akiiro Renka (Visual Novel, 2005) (OP Director, Animation Character Design, Key Animation, In-between Animation, Background Art, Digital Paint, Photography)
  • Muv-Luv Alternative (Visual Novel, 2006) (Cutscene Mecha Design, Key Animation, In-between Animation, Background Art, Digital Paint, Photography)

Works