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Koichi Hatsumi

Koichi Hatsumi is a Japanese character designer and animation director.

Known For

SteamboySteamboy · 2004
Steamboy
★ 6.92004
MovieAnimationFantasy
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
TekkonkinkreetTekkonkinkreet · 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
★ 7.42006
MovieAnimationAction
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me!Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! · 1995
Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me!
★ 5.91995
MovieAnimationAction
Basara, on one of his frequent trips across the galaxy to spread the message of his music, folds in on an icy planet. The natives are hostile, and take him prisoner until he begins to sing for them and a little boy named Pedro recognizes his voice. They release Basara, and almost as soon as they don, a strange wailing voice comes from the nearby mountains. Basara and Pedro head out in Basara's valkyrie to investigate the noise. Little do they know, an ambush is waiting for them.
eX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger ZoneeX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone · 2002
eX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone
★ 6.02002
MovieActionScience Fiction
The story takes place on a world 100 years in the future, a few years before Lisa and Lorna joined eX-D organization. The world where people drives computer-controlled electrically powered "AI cars" which automatically take you where you want to go. However, one AI car mysteriously start to run amok. Now Nina and Rei, as the main driver for ex-D organization have to solve the mystery behind the AI car with evil plot and trap awaiting for them...
Slayers PremiumSlayers Premium · 2001
Slayers Premium
★ 6.42001
MovieAdventureAnimation
Lina and Gourry visited the town in a certain beach. In that town, a mysterious incident which is that the person who had eaten the octopus was not able to speak the languages other than the octopus language happened frequently. And, Gourry who does not know the incident eats slices of raw octopus, and he cannot speak words other than the octopus language. Ameria and Zelgadiss who came there by chance are involved in the trouble, too and the fight with the clan of the octopus which lives in the beach starts.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VI - Two Worlds, Two TomorrowsMobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VI - Two Worlds, Two Tomorrows · 2013
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VI - Two Worlds, Two Tomorrows
2013
MovieScience Fiction
Full Frontal and Angelo Sauper comes in to rescue the Nahel Argama and the Garencieres as the EFSF flagship General Revil bears down on them.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VII - Over the RainbowMobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VII - Over the Rainbow · 2014
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn VII - Over the Rainbow
2014
MovieScience Fiction
Banagher and Riddhe continue to fight each other as the Nahel Argama crew and the Sleeves join forces with Conroy's ECOAS troops in taking on the Neo-Zeon forces around Industrial 7.
Tokyo RevengersTokyo Revengers · 2021
Tokyo Revengers
★ 8.42021
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.

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Darker than BlackDarker than Black · 2007
Darker than Black
★ 7.62007
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.

Storyboard Artist

Real DriveReal Drive · 2008
Real Drive
★ 7.12008
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
The story takes place in 2061, 50 years after humanity developed the "Net society" that depended on information networks despite their security issues. To improve security, a new network called Meta Real Network — or "Metal" for short — was developed. People's personal memories are reduced to information and placed within "protected virtual stand-alone organic cyber enclaves" called bubble shells online. The result was a virtual "explosion" of creative freedom as people felt safe enough to explore instincts and desires on Metal that they would not otherwise explore in real life. This "friction" between the Metal's alluring lack of restrictions and rules-bound reality led to trouble and incidents that investigators known as "cyber divers" must handle. Masamichi Haru is one such cyber diver.

Storyboard Artist

Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of MagatamaOtogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama · 2004
Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama
★ 7.62004
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.

Animation Director