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Haruo SOTOZAKI

外崎 春雄
Family name (in kanji): 外崎
Given name (in kanji): 春雄
Non-anime staff credits:
Animation Director for "Dragon Drive: D-Masters Shot " (VG) (Japanese)
Animation Director for "Summon Night Granthese: Horobi no Tsurugi to Yakusoku no Kishi" (VG) (Japanese)
Animation Director, Key Animation for "Summon Night Ex-thèse: Yoake no Tsubasa" (VG) (Japanese)
Character Design, Animation Director, Animation Designer for "Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice" (VG) (Japanese)
Character Design, Animation Director, OP Key Animation for "Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories" (VG) (Japanese)
Director for "Tales of Arise" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Character Design for "Summon Night Ex-thèse: Yoake no Tsubasa" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Key Animation for "Summon Night Granthese: Horobi no Tsurugi to Yakusoku no Kishi" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director for "Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director for "Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director for "Tales of Xillia" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, Animation Director,Key Animation for "Dragon Shadow Spell" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, OP Storyboard/Unit Director for "Tales of Berseria" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, OP Storyboard/Unit Director for "Tales of Zestiria" (VG) (Japanese)
Director, Unit Director, OP Storyboard/Unit Director for "Tales of Xillia 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Gameplay Key Animation for "Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" (VG) (Japanese)
Illustration for "Tales of Legendia" (VG) (Japanese)
Key Animation for "Star Ocean: Second Evolution" (VG) (Japanese)
Key Animation for "TV animation X: Unmei no Sentaku" (VG) (Japanese)
OP Key Animation for "Tales of the Abyss" (VG) (Japanese)
Storyboard, Unit Director for "Summon Night Granthese: Horobi no Tsurugi to Yakusoku no Kishi" (VG) (Japanese)
News: Show:
Demon Slayer Manga's Hashira Geiko Arc Gets TV Anime (Jun 18, 2023)
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc Anime's 70-Minute Finale Airs on June 18 (Jun 11, 2023)
New Demon Slayer Compilation Film Will Be Shown in U.K. Cinemas on March 1 (Feb 10, 2023)
Dr. Stone: New World Anime's New Promo Video Confirms April 2023 Debut (Updated) (Dec 18, 2022)
Demon Slayer Manga's Swordsmith Village Arc Gets TV Anime (Feb 13, 2022)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Gets New TV Anime This Year (Feb 14, 2021)
Violet Evergarden: The Movie, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Anime Win TAAF's Top Awards (Feb 12, 2021)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Stage Play Reveals 7 Cast Visuals (Nov 4, 2019)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Promare Anime Win Top Newtype Anime Awards (Oct 27, 2019)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Stage Play Reveals Visual, Cast, Run Dates (Oct 21, 2019)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Anime Gets Sequel Film (Sep 28, 2019)
Tales of Zestiria the X Anime's Final Episode Premieres April 29 (Mar 25, 2017)
Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2's TV Ad Reveals Theme Songs, January 8 Premiere (Nov 30, 2016)
Tales of Zestiria the X TV Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2017 (Sep 18, 2016)
Tales of Zestiria the X TV Anime Unveils Cast, Staff, Teaser Video, Visual (Mar 25, 2016)
Tales of Symphonia, Hanamaru Kindergarten Videos Posted (Jan 10, 2010)
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Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2025 Nominees (Apr 3, 2025)
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The Spring 2019 Anime Preview Guide - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Apr 6, 2019)
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Staff in:
After War Gundam X (TV) : Key Animation (Studio Dub)
Ah My Buddha (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!! (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 8)
Antique Bakery (TV) : Animation Director (eps 6, 12), Clothing Design (eps 6-12)
Arjuna (TV) : Animation Director (eps 1, 8), Assistant Animation Director (eps 9, 12), Chief Animation, Guest Setting (eps 5-13), Key Animation (eps 9, 13)
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave (TV) : Key Animation (OP; eps 5-6, 12)
Basilisk (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Blast of Tempest (TV) : Key Animation (OP1; ep 24)
Blue Gender (TV) : Animation Director (ep 25)
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (TV) : Animation Director (ep 8)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie : Key Animation
Coyote Ragtime Show (TV) : Animation Director (ep 3)
D.C. ~Da Capo~ (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 26)
D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV) : Director, Storyboard (OP; 11 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 13-14, 16-17, 24, 26
), Episode Director (eps 1-2, 14, 26), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 17, 24, 26), Key Animation (eps 8, 24)  (ep 7)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train : Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, Animation Director
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (TV) : Director, Storyboard (OP; eps 4-5, 9), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 8-9), 2nd Key Animation (ufotable; ep 11), Assistant Animation Director (ep 10), Assistant Chief Animation Director (ep 11), Key Animation (ufotable; OP)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (TV) : Director, Storyboard (ufotable; OP ep 4-5), Episode Director (ufotable; ep 8), Unit Director (ufotable; OP), Trailer Production (ufotable; eps 1-8)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (movies) : Director
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (TV) : Director, Storyboard (OP; eps 6-7), Episode Director (ep 7), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 6-7)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (TV) : Director, Storyboard (ufotable; OP ep 11), Unit Director (ufotable; OP), Animation Director (ufotable; ep 11), Assistant Chief Animation Director (ufotable; eps 4-6, 9, 11), Key Animation (ufotable; OP), Trailer Production (ufotable; eps 1-9, 11)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Bonds of Siblings (movie) : Director
Diamond Daydreams (TV) : Assistant Animation Director (ep 1)
Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown (movie) : Key Animation
Digimon: Diaboromon Strikes Back (movie) : Key Animation
Digimon: The Movie (U.S. movie) : Key Animation
Dokkoida?! (TV) : Episode Director (eps 3, 10), Animation Director (eps 3, 10), In-Between Animation (Jacques E.; ep 10), Key Animation (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 12
)
E's Otherwise (TV) : Guest Character Design (ep 9), Key Animation (eps 9, 14)
Eat-Man '98 (TV) : Animation Director (eps 2, 6, 10), Animation Supervisor, Key Animation (OP/ED; eps 2, 6)
Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (movie) : Key Animation
Eden's Bowy (TV) : Animation Director (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 20, 24
), Key Animation (OP2; ep 24)
Ehrgeiz (TV) : Animation Director (eps 5, 9)
Engage Planet Kiss Dum (TV) : Layout Animation Director (OP)
éX-Driver (OAV) : Assistant Animation Director
éX-Driver the Movie : Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 12)
Fruits Basket (TV 1/2001) : Episode Director (eps 20, 23-24), Animation Director (6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 23-24
), Assistant Animation Director (ep 25), Key Animation (ep 15)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (OAV) : Episode Director (ep 2), Key Animation (ep 2)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) : Episode Director (ED 4), Key Animation (OP1; ED4; ED5; eps 1, 64)
Futakoi Alternative (TV) : Assistant Animation Director (eps 6, 12)
Gate Keepers (TV) : Key Animation (ep 1)
Gate Keepers 21 (OAV) : Key Animation (OP2)
Gensomaden Saiyuki: Kibou no zaika (OAV) : Animation Director
Getbackers (TV) : Animation, Key Animation (OP 1-2; ep 34)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) : Key Animation (ep 5)
Ghost Slayers Ayashi (TV) : Key Animation, Opening Animation
Gintama (TV) : In-Between Animation (外崎美穂; ufotable; ep 98)
Gintama' (TV 2/2011) : Key Animation (eps 36, 43, 49)
Gintama: The Movie : Key Animation
God Eater (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 3), Key Animation (OP)
Hand Maid May (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 11)
Heat Guy J (TV) : Animation Director (eps 1, 3), Key Animation (OP; ep 26)
Hell Girl (TV) : Episode Director (OP)
Hunter X Hunter (TV 1999) : Key Animation (6 episodes
eps 15, 20, 26, 32, 38, 56
)
Inazuma Eleven (TV) : Animation Director (ep 49), Assistant Animation Director (eps 53, 60), Key Animation (ep 127)
Inazuma Eleven GO (TV) : Assistant Animation Director (ep 23)
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone (TV) : Assistant Animation Director (ep 9)
Inazuma Eleven Go vs. Danbōru Senki W (movie) : Key Animation
Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai (movie) : Key Animation
Initial D: Third Stage (movie) : Animation Director, Key Animation
Jyu-Oh-Sei (TV) : Storyboard (ep 9), Key Animation (ep 11)
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (TV) : Animation Director (ep 1)
Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu (TV) : Storyboard (ep 11), Episode Director (ep 7), 2nd Key Animation (eps 7, 9), Key Animation (ep 13)
Kiddy Grade (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Knight Hunters (TV) : Animation Director (ep 5)
Knight Hunters Eternity (TV) : Animation Director (ep 8)
Kyo kara Maoh! (TV) : Animation Director (ep 7)
L/R: Licensed by Royalty (TV) : Animation Director (ep 10), Key Animation (OP)
Legend of Himiko (TV) : Animation Director (eps 7, 12)
Lupin III: Swallowtail Tattoo (special) : Animation Director (character)
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (TV) : Animation Director (ep 12)
Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene (movie) : Animation Director
Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (TV) : In-Between Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor (OAV) : In-Between Animation (eps 1-2), Key Animation (eps 1-4)
Naruto (TV) : Animation Director (ep 128), Key Animation (eps 61, 69)
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (movie 2) : Key Animation
Naruto: Konoha Sports Festival (movie) : Animation Director
New Fist of the North Star (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 3), Key Animation
Nihon-ichi no Otoko no Tamashii (TV) : Animation Director (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 11, 13, 16
)
Ninja Nonsense (TV) : Series Director, Storyboard (OP; ep 5), Episode Director (eps 5-6, 9), Animation Director (eps 5-6, 12), Key Animation (eps 1, 5-6, 12)
NITABOH, the Shamisen Master (movie) : Animation Director
No. 6 (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (ED)
Noein - to your other self (TV) : Animation Director (ep 4)
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (TV) : Key Animation (OP; OP1)
PetoPeto-san (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Platinumhugen Ordian (TV) : Episode Director (ep 17), Animation Director (eps 3, 9, 17), Key Animation (OP; Jec.E; eps 17, 24)
Pokémon (TV) : Key Animation
Princess Princess (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 1)
Read or Die (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 2)
Reideen (TV) : Key Animation (ep 25)
Romeo × Juliet (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Rurouni Kenshin (TV 1996) : Key Animation (9 episodes
eps 47, 52, 56, 60, 62, 77, 83, 90, 93
)
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (OAV) : Key Animation (eps 1-2)
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 3-4)
Sadamitsu the Destroyer (TV) : Animation Director (eps 3, 8)
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (OAV 2) : Storyboard (OP), Unit Director (OP)
Saiyuki (TV) : Animation Director (ep 6)
Samurai 7 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 26)
Scrapped Princess (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4)
(The) SoulTaker (TV) : Animation Director (eps 8, 12), Key Animation (OP+Eps. 5, 13)
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (TV) : Animation Director (ep 13)
Strawberry Eggs (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Tales of Symphonia the Animation (OAV) : Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 4), Unit Director (eps 1-4), Key Animation (eps 1-4), Monster Design
Tales of Symphonia the Animation: Tethe'alla Episode (OAV) : Director, Storyboard (ED2; eps 1-2, 4), Unit Director (OP, ED2; eps 1-4), Key Animation (OP; eps 1-4)
Tales of Symphonia the Animation: The United World Episode (OAV) : Director, Storyboard (OP; eps 2-3), Unit Director (OP; eps 1-3), Key Animation (OP; eps 1-3)
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (movie) : Key Animation
Tales of Zestiria the X (TV) : Director, Storyboard (OP; eps 0-1, 10, 12), Episode Director (eps 0, 2, 6, 12), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 6, 12), Key Animation (ep 12), Second Key Animation (ep 6)
Tales of Zestiria the X (TV 2) : Director, Storyboard (OP; 6 episodes
eps 14, 19-20, 23-25
), Episode Director (ep 25), Unit Director (OP), Animation Director (eps 19, 22-25)
Tales of Zestiria: Dōshi no Yoake (special) : Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, Key Animation
(The) Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 12)
(The) Tower of Druaga: the Sword of Uruk (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Valvrave the Liberator (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
When They Cry - Kai (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Wolf's Rain (TV) : Key Animation (eps 1, 26)
X (TV) : Episode Director (eps 13, 18), Assistant Animation Director (ep 18), Key Animation (ep 13)
YAT Anshin! Uchū Ryokō (TV) : Animation Director (ep 45)
You're Under Arrest Specials : Animation Director (eps 19-20)
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture : Key Animation
Zetman (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 7)

Cast in:
Tales of Symphonia the Animation: The United World Episode (OAV) as Soldier (ep 2)
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