Naoki Matsuura
Active as an animation director, director, and animation writer
Member of the Japan Animation Association
Born in Tokyo in 1982, currently residing in Kanagawa.
Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication in 2006.
After working in production roles at Polyphony Pictures, Production I.G, ROBOT, and others, he became independent.
He has experience in various video and animation productions, including TV, commercials, music videos, exhibitions, and live visuals.
In 2016, he directed the exhibition video for the Japan Pavilion at the Milan Expo, which won a gold award within the expo.
His earliest commercial animation direction was for the "Marukome Miso Anime CM."
Since then, he has also worked on storyboarding and directing for TV series animation.
In 2016, he conducted crowdfunding for his original short film "Fire Making," raising over 1.7 million yen, which was completed in 2021.
He has screened the film at events, distributed it online, and submitted it to film festivals, receiving nominations and awards both domestically and internationally. He is currently directing the TV anime "Liar Liar," which will air in 2023.
He is now serving as the director for a theatrical animation set to be released in 2024.
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TALK LOG
・A grade school student dreaming of becoming a manga artist loved 'Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure'
・'AKIRA' is "violent yet beautiful"
・'Parasyte' has become a bible for me
・My graduation project 'A Drop of Humanity' is about "a boy who accepts the world's agreements"
・The story of the little person inside my stomach: "My original experience regarding tacit understanding"
・Humanity bound by premises, deductively
・Matsuura's works inspired by sound
・A middle school student influenced by Osamu Tezuka's 'Buddha'
・Does the information density of the anime 'AKIRA' connect to today's anime production?
・The power of Geinou Yamashiro-gumi in 'AKIRA'
・Brother Kura who participated in the music for 'Morning of the Moons' and 'A Drop of Humanity'
・"Half of a movie is music" by director Mamoru Oshii
・Things only I notice in space
・The original experience of 'Morning of the Moons' came from my thoughts while working as a telephone operator
・"Nothing from what Japanese anime has cultivated is being utilized" by director Satoshi Kon
・What director Satoshi Kon bluntly told me
・Words from Nobuhiro Aihara
・The meaning of "understanding" in the Japanese anime environment
・I think it's okay to have values beyond just "fun" and "easy to understand"
・What remains is expression, and that is tied to physicality
・An era where it's difficult to portray villains
・'The Congress' was a film that demanded viewers to think
・I got hooked on 'The Five Star Stories'
・An episode I experienced with director Mamoru Oshii right after graduating from university
・I gained courage towards the role of "director"
・I'm glad I worked as a production assistant!
・Reflecting on my four years at Production I.G
・An episode with director Mamoru Oshii and Atsushi Takeuchi
・"You can save what you want to do for next time"
・Director Mamoru Oshii is loved by all the staff
・About 'Fire Making'
・The persuasive power conveyed from the blacksmith scene
・A work created by one producer and one director
・An episode about UQiYO's participation
・Let's base the discussion of works and physicality on 'Fire Making'
・The lost body seen from the contrast structure of the development of mechanical civilization and old civilization
・I want to pick up what is being lost there
・Moved by the sharpness of scissors
・What is born between the body and objects
・Observing what has continued for 150 years
・A little crowdfunding story with Kappi
・It's better to have more hearts that feel beauty than to have more beautiful things
・I'm working hard towards a project set to release in 2024