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Masahiro Sakurai
Born August 3, 1970 · Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan (age 55)
Masahiro Sakurai is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series. Apart from his work on those series, he also led the design of Meteos in 2005 and directed Kid Icarus: Uprising in 2012. Formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, he founded Sora Ltd. in 2005, a company he still leads. He is also an author of a weekly column for F…
Known For
Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert · 2016Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
2016
MovieMusicDrama
25th Anniversary of Love and Courage: Fire Emblem Festival was an orchestral concert which was part of Intelligent Systems' celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fire Emblem series. The concert was performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in July 2015. This DVD collects the performances and drama sequences from the celebration event with the original voice cast as well as staff members from Nintendo and Intelligent Systems.
Kirby: Fright to the Finish! · 2005Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2005
MovieAnimationFantasy
Kirby battles a fleet of mysterious spaceships that have the effrontery to attack Dream Land. The pint-sized hero embarks on a nerve-shattering journey into deep space, where he must confront his ultimate nightmare: the diabolical eNeMeE. Will Kirby emerge unscathed and victorious?
Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert · 2017Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
2017
MovieMusic
In July 2017 the "Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert" was held in Tokyo. The charming concert contain all the finest music performed during this "kirbyish" event, lovingly mixed and mastered for the most delightful sound experience.
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo · 2009Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
★ 6.02009
MovieAnimationAction
3D animated short based on Kirby: Right Back at Ya! which features the never-before-seen monster named Lobzilla. as King Dedede tries to ruin Kirby's latest media endeavor
Kirby of the Stars Pilot · 2000Kirby of the Stars Pilot
2000
MovieAnimation
Pilot for Kirby: Right Back At Ya! The short begins with a mysterious pink creature, Kirby, crash landing his starship on a foreign planet, Popstar.
Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video · 1993Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
★ 6.01993
MovieAnimation
An educational short starring Mario and Kirby that teaches Japanese Kanji to young children.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! · 2001Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
★ 6.72001
SeriesAnimationComedy
A diminutive pink creature orbiting in space named “Kirby” crash lands into Dream Land. Once getting acquainted with the citizens who live there in Cappy Town, he begins to defend the town from the monsters that King Dedede, the self-proclaimed ruler of Cappy Town, orders from the evil Nightmare Enterprises.
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games · 2022Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
★ 10.02022
Series
Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development.
The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Movies
Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert · 2016Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
2016
MovieMusicDrama
25th Anniversary of Love and Courage: Fire Emblem Festival was an orchestral concert which was part of Intelligent Systems' celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fire Emblem series. The concert was performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in July 2015. This DVD collects the performances and drama sequences from the celebration event with the original voice cast as well as staff members from Nintendo and Intelligent Systems.
Kirby: Fright to the Finish! · 2005Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2005
MovieAnimationFantasy
Kirby battles a fleet of mysterious spaceships that have the effrontery to attack Dream Land. The pint-sized hero embarks on a nerve-shattering journey into deep space, where he must confront his ultimate nightmare: the diabolical eNeMeE. Will Kirby emerge unscathed and victorious?
Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert · 2017Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
2017
MovieMusic
In July 2017 the "Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert" was held in Tokyo. The charming concert contain all the finest music performed during this "kirbyish" event, lovingly mixed and mastered for the most delightful sound experience.
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo · 2009Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
★ 6.02009
MovieAnimationAction
3D animated short based on Kirby: Right Back at Ya! which features the never-before-seen monster named Lobzilla. as King Dedede tries to ruin Kirby's latest media endeavor
Kirby of the Stars Pilot · 2000Kirby of the Stars Pilot
2000
MovieAnimation
Pilot for Kirby: Right Back At Ya! The short begins with a mysterious pink creature, Kirby, crash landing his starship on a foreign planet, Popstar.
Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video · 1993Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
★ 6.01993
MovieAnimation
An educational short starring Mario and Kirby that teaches Japanese Kanji to young children.
TV Shows
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! · 2001Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
★ 6.72001
SeriesAnimationComedy
A diminutive pink creature orbiting in space named “Kirby” crash lands into Dream Land. Once getting acquainted with the citizens who live there in Cappy Town, he begins to defend the town from the monsters that King Dedede, the self-proclaimed ruler of Cappy Town, orders from the evil Nightmare Enterprises.
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games · 2022Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
★ 10.02022
Series
Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development.
The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Kid Icarus · 2012Kid Icarus
2012
SeriesAnimation
An angelic warrior named Pit defends humanity against Medusa’s revived forces, battling monsters across a world ruled by gods and ancient myths.