Shūkō Murase

Shukō Murase (村瀬 修功, Murase Shukō, born May 31, 1964) is an anime director and animator.

A member of the renowned studio Sunrise, he is noted for contributing the character designs and key animation to New Mobile Report Gundam Wing and Argento Soma. In 2000, he contributed the main character designs to Final Fantasy IX. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with Witch Hunter ROBIN.

Works

TV anime

• Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (1988) (animation director)
• Mashin Eiyūden Wataru 2 (1990) (animation director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) (animation director)
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993) (animation director)
• New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (1995) (character designs)
• Gasaraki (1998) (character designs)
• Argento Soma (2000) (character designs)
• Witch Hunter ROBIN (2002) (director)
• Samurai Champloo (2004) (key animation, storyboards, episode direction, ED animation)
• Ergo Proxy (2006) (director)
• The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk (2008) (storyboards)

OVA

• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (key animation)
• Mobile Suit SD Gundam Matsuri SD Sengoku den Tenka Taihei hen (Character design, animation director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (key animation)
• New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
• Gundam Evolve 7 (director, storyboards, episode direction and management)
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors(character designs)

Movie works

• New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz -special edition-
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars (animation director, key animation)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam III A New Translation: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (key animation)
• Street Fighter II Animated Movie (character designs)
• Dante's Inferno Animated Epic Movie (one of the directors)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (original character designs)

Video games

• Final Fantasy IX (2000) (main character designs)