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Satoru Utsunomiya profile
Director

Satoru Utsunomiya

Visual Effects

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 3All crew credits: 51

TMDB ID: 1154862

IMDb ID: nm0882585

Known for: Visual Effects

Born: April 17, 1959

Age: 66

Place of birth: Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1983 - 2018

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.99

Wikidata: Q11260589

Also known as

うつのみやさとる • うつのみや さとる • うつのみや 理 • 宇都宮智

Frequent jobs

Animation Director (3)3D Director (1)Director (1)Key Animation (40)Storyboard Artist (2)Animation (1)Art Designer (1)Character Designer (1)Screenplay (1)

Biography

Satoru Utsunomiya was born in 1959 in Matsuyama, Ehime. He joined Telecom Animation in 1982 because his idol Yasuo Otsuka worked there, after graduating from the design department in Nishinoda Technical High School in Osaka. Leading member of the realist school. Has had as big an impact on the industry as his contemporaries Mitsuo Iso and Shinya Ohira. Sent shockwaves through the industry with his character design and animation direction for Mamoru Oshii’s Gosenzosama Banbanzai.

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