Masashi Kudō
Masashi Kudo is a Japanese animator. He is best known for his work on Bleach, the anime series based on the manga of the same name. Kudo was responsible for the design of some minor characters that do not appear in the manga and from the selection of colours for characters which have not been illustrated; this last task is also made in collaboration with the series' creator.
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Masashi Kudō
- Name
- Masashi Kudo
- Occupation
- Animator, Director, Character Designer
- Known for
- Bleach
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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He has also made collaborations on several OVAs and Original net animations, mostly as a character designer or key animator.
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• Name — Masashi Kudo • Native Name — 工藤昌史 • Occupation — Animator, Director, Character Designer • Known for — Bleach
Animated series
Animated series
• Bleach (2004–2012) – Character Design • Today's Asuka Show (2012–2013) – Director & Character Design • Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (2012) – Director & Character Design • Maoyu (2013) – Character Design • Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties (2013) – Director & Character Design • Survival Game Club! (2014) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director • Re-Kan! (2015) – Director • Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas (2017) – Director & Character Design • Sanrio Boys (2018) – Director • Tower of God (2020) – Character Design • Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (2022) – Character Design • Terminator Zero (2024) – Director • Aquarion: Myth of Emotions (2025) – Character Design
Animated films
• Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director • Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007) – Character Design • Bleach: Fade to Black (2008) – Character Design • Bleach: Hell Verse (2010) – Character Design & Chief Animation Director • Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 1 (2016) – Director & Character Design • Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 2 (2017) – Director & Character Design • Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Part 3 (2017) – Director & Character Design • Santa Company: Midsummer Merry Christmas (2021) – Character Design
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- 1.Loo, Egan. Bleach Designer Kudo to Appear at NYC's Movie Opening. Anime News Network. June 2, 2008.
- 2.Earl, William. Terminator: The Anime Series Headed to Netflix. Variety. Penske Media Corporation. November 11, 2023.
- 3.Aquarion: Myth of Emotions Anime Reveals Staff, Setting, Visual, January 2025 Premiere. Anime News Network. 2024-10-17.
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