Hiroko Utsumi

Hiroko Utsumi (内海紘子, Utsumi Hiroko) is a Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist, and mangaka. She is best known for her work with Kyoto Animation, particularly as the original director of Free!, and for her later work at MAPPA, where she directed Banana Fish. She is a graduate of the Osaka Municipal College of Design.^[1]

Works

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (2005), animator
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), animator
Kanon (2006–2007), animator
Lucky Star (2007), animator
Clannad (2007–2008), animator
Clannad After Story (2008–2009), animator
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), assistant director and animator
K-On! (2009), animator
K-On!! (2010), storyboard artist, episode director, animator
Nichijou (My Ordinary Life) (2011), storyboard artist, episode director, animator
Hyouka (2012), storyboard artist, episode director and animator
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012), storyboard artist and episode director
Tamako Market (2013), storyboard artist and animator
Beyond the Boundary (2013–2014), storyboard artist and episode director
Free! (2013), series director, storyboard artist, episode director, unit director
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (2014), storyboard artist
Free! Eternal Summer (2014), series director, storyboard artist, episode director
Days (2016), storyboard artist and unit director for closing animation
My Hero Academia (2017), storyboard artist and unit director for second season closing animation
Altair: A Record of Battles (2017), storyboard artist
Banana Fish (2018), series director, storyboard artist, episode director
Dororo (2019), storyboard artist

Munto (2009), animator
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010), animator and unit director
K-On! (2011), animator and unit director
Tamako Love Story (2014), production committee
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), animation director and animator