Keizo Kusakawa

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Keizo Kusakawa

Keizo Kusakawa (草川 啓造, Kusakawa Keizō) is a Japanese anime director working for Diomedéa. Formerly working for Seven Arcs, during his early years at the studio he worked under Akiyuki Shinbō and has since then been also involved in several shows at Shaft. Kusakawa also took over the duties as director of the Lyrical Nanoha series from Shinbō after the latter left Seven Arcs, starting with its sec…

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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1stMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st · 2010
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st
6.92010
MovieAnimationDrama
Takamachi Nanoha is a normal third-grader who feels a little useless and out-of-place with no purpose. Then one day, she saves a ferret, who turns out to be a mage from another planet who came to this planet to search for the jewel seeds. Nanoha agrees to help, but this task gets complicated when another girl arrives to steal them.
KiteKite · 1998
Kite
6.61998
MovieAnimationAction
Sawa, orphaned as a child by murderous thugs, now targets the scourge of society as a trained killer for a mercenary syndicate. Coquettish and capable of unimaginable violence, she's grown into the perfect weapon — but doubt takes hold in Sawa's mind when her fellow assassin, Oburi, decides he wants out.
Mezzo ForteMezzo Forte · 2000
Mezzo Forte
6.52000
MovieAnimationAction
The target of hitgirl Mikura is a wealthy baseball team owner, but he turns out to be a powerful underworld boss. Mikura and her team are beset by countless heavily armed bodyguards and the boss' vicious daughter.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A'sMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's · 2012
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's
6.72012
MovieDramaAnimation
Six months after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st, Fate has returned to Uminari City with Lindy as her legal guardian and is living the life of a normal elementary schoolgirl along with Nanoha and her friends. The reunion between the two new-found friends is cut short, however, when they are assaulted by four ancient magic users who identify themselves as the Wolkenritter. As the motives behind the actions of the Wolkenritter become clear, Nanoha and Fate find themselves in a race against time to stop the reactivation of a highly dangerous artifact known as the Book of Darkness.
KanColle MovieKanColle Movie · 2016
KanColle Movie
5.02016
MovieAnimationAction
The movie starts off after the events of Episode 3, when Kisaragi had sunk. The Mikawa Fleet (Furutaka, Aoba, Kako, Kinugasa and Tenryuu) are in the middle of Night Battle. Choukai uses Searchlight and gets medium damage, but they win in the end. A New Fleet Girl gets "dropped", emerging from the sea. It is Kisaragi. Kisaragi is brought back to the temporary base in Solomon Islands, but she is suffering from PTSD and has amnesia, unable to remember anyone from back in the anime, excluding Mutsuki...
Inukami! The MovieInukami! The Movie · 2007
Inukami! The Movie
4.72007
MovieAnimation
In 2007, the Punishment of Sexual Perversions Law came into effect. The city is surrounded by a squadron wearing protective suits and they begin to arrest any who look like perversions. No wonder that Inukami Master Keita and Inukami Yoko are wanted for Class A perversions. What will happen to Keita, Yoko, Kaoru's Inukami, and the other lovely perversions? What about Karina? Source: AnimeNfo
Day Break Illusion: Fumikomenai KokoroDay Break Illusion: Fumikomenai Kokoro · 2013
Day Break Illusion: Fumikomenai Kokoro
5.02013
MovieFantasyAnimation
Unaired 14th episode of Day Break Illusion, broadcast on Nico Nico and included in the 4th Blu-ray and DVD volumes. It shows Akari and Fuyuna's lives prior to the main series as well as how Luna got started as a magical girl.
BleachBleach · 2004
Bleach
8.42004
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

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SekireiSekirei · 2008
Sekirei
7.42008
SeriesAnimationComedy
Struggling yet brilliant, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exams for the second time, resulting in him being regarded as worthless by those around him. However, the course of his seemingly bleak future is altered dramatically when a beautiful, supernatural woman falls from the sky and into his life. That woman, Musubi, is a "Sekirei," an extraterrestrial with extraordinary abilities. Recognizing the potential of the Ashikabi gene within Minato, Musubi kisses him, initiating a bond between the two of them. This drags him into the high-stakes world of the Sekirei, where he and his new partner must compete against others in a battle for survival called the "Sekirei Plan." However, unbeknownst to the contestants, there is far more at risk that what the competition initially entailed. Manga series by Sakurako Gokurakuin.

Storyboard Artist

Magical Girl Lyrical NanohaMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha · 2004
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
6.92004
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
Yuuno Scraia is a mage from a distant planet working to fix the problem he started when Jewel Seeds were accidentally spread around the world. In a failed attempt to seal a seed properly, he winds up on Earth in the form of a ferret. However, his battle with the seeds did not end upon reaching the Earth and he needs somebody else's help to seal the seeds for him. Takamachi Nanoha hears his telepathic cries for help and comes to his rescue. When she is given a pearl known as the Raging Heart she is able to transform into Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and wield a staff to fend off the evil that lies within the Seeds. In order to help Yuuno complete his mission, she needs to seal all 21 Jewel Seeds away, but Fate may be playing a hand in the matter to prevent Nanoha's goals.

Director

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young LadyThe Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady · 2023
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
7.42023
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!

Storyboard Artist

Elfen LiedElfen Lied · 2004
Elfen Lied
8.32004
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

Director

Ef: A Tale Of Memories & MelodiesEf: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies · 2007
Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies
7.12007
SeriesAnimationDrama
On Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono meets a girl named Miyako Miyamura as she chases a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This makes Hiro's childhood friend, Kei Shindō, feel left out, so she tries to compete with Miyako for Hiro's affection, creating a love triangle. Meanwhile, Renji Asō meets a girl named Chihiro Shindō at an abandoned train station. He soon learns that Chihiro suffers from a type of amnesia where her memory lasts for only 13 hours. He also discovers Chihiro's dream of writing a novel, but she has never been able to fulfill that dream due to her condition. Renji then decides to help her fulfill that dream.

Storyboard Artist