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Yūji Yamaguchi

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Yūji Yamaguchi (山口祐司, Yamaguchi Yūji, fl. 1988 – 2019, died before 9 January 2020)[a] was a Japanese anime director who directed Fate/stay night TV series and the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works film.

Career

Yamaguchi directed several anime series, including Angel Links (1999), I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001), Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003), AM Driver (2004–2005), and Tōka Gettan (2007).[1] He was the director of the 2006 anime adaptation of the Fate/stay night visual novel,[2] and he subsequently directed the 2010 theatrical installment Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.[1] He later directed The Severing Crime Edge (2013), and Z/X Ignition (2014).[1] He directed episodes of Divergence Eve, GeGeGe no Kitarō, Hajime no Ippo, Outlaw Star, Suite and Smile PreCure!, and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, and its sequel Final[1][3]

Yamaguchi died of undisclosed causes sometime before 9 January 2020, when his death was announced by a subsequently-removed tweet by Fate/stay night company Studio Deen.[1][3] Animators Tomomi Mochizuki and Asako Nishida, who both worked with Yamaguchi, expressed their condolences following Yamaguchi's death.[1]

Works

Series director

Episode director

Notes

  1. ^ He used the pen name Isao Torada (虎田 功, Torada Isao) as director of AM Driver[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Hodgkins, Crystalyn (14 January 2020). "Fate/stay night Anime Director Yuji Yamaguchi Passes Away". Anime News Network.
  2. ^ a b スタジオディーン版『Fate/stay night』の魅力 〜山口祐司監督追悼コラム〜 (in Japanese)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Luster, Joseph (14 January 2020). "Yuji Yamaguchi, Director of Studio DEEN's Fate/stay night Anime, Passes Away". Crunchyroll.
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