Director:
Hiroyuki Takashima;
Sakugabooru;https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=hiroyuki_takashima
Hiroyuki Takashima is a top-notch animator who specializes in action scenes where the scenery moves along with the character. As an episode director, he has proven to be very competent, earning important roles in Mushoku Tensei season 1, directing and storyboarding acclaimed episodes. Furthermore, his peculiarities as an animator include frequently animating from a first-person angle, often animating action scenes involving spear fights, and, in his own words, liking the clothing in his animations to be very detailed. As this is his first work as a director, expectations are high, both because of the qualities he has already demonstrated and because of the animation quality of the Yuusha Kei promotional videos.
Hiroyuki was responsible for the storyboard or direction on three episodes of Mushoku Tensei season 1, in addition to animating these episodes almost entirely "ALONE" (episode 5, the kidnapping of Eris and Rudeos, Hiroyuki was responsible for the storyboard and direction), (episode 17, Rudeos' reconciliation with his father, Hiroyuki was responsible for the direction) and (episode 21, the fight against the Dragon God, in this episode, unlike the first two, Hiroyuki did not animate the episode "alone," he was responsible for the direction). Furthermore, he made isolated animation and key animation contributions to other episodes that I haven't mentioned.
(It's also worth noting that both Hiroyuki (director) and Yoshiki Nakakouji (assistant director) did a large part of the pre-made teaser that came out before season 1 of Mushoku; this is quite significant because that teaser was amazing.)
Assistant Director/Monster designer:
Yoshiki Nakakouji;
Monster design from Yuusha kei exemple; https://yushakei-pj.com/special/production-record/modelsheet-monster.html
Sakugabooru;https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=yoshiki_nakakoji
Yoshiki Nakakouji is an experienced animator who has worked with Hiroyuki Takashima on numerous occasions, animating many action scenes and also working on Mushoku Tensei.
Charapter designer:
Takeru/Takeshi Noda;
Character design from Yuusha kei exemple; https://yushakei-pj.com/special/production-record/modelsheet.html
Sakugabooru; https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=takeru_noda
Takeru Noda is an apprentice of Hiroyuki Takashima. He is an "inexperienced" animator compared to others. He has worked as an animation director on Mushoku season 1, and did key animation on Mushoku season 1. He was also a sub-character designer for dandadan. His mentor describes him as a promising animator, and Yuusha Kei will be his debut in a major role.
Prop design/Main animator:
Kouta Sugawa;
Prop design from Yuusha kei exemple;https://yushakei-pj.com/special/production-record/modelsheet-other.html
Sakugabooru; https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=kouta_sugawa
Kouta Sugawa specializes in character acting animation and emotion design, being particularly good at portraying tears, managing to represent scenes where characters cry well, such as the scene of Rem and Emilia crying in season 1 of Re:Zero in addition to obviously having worked on Mushoku season 1 he was responsible for the scene where Roxy cries.
Special Effects/Main animator:(affiliated with Studio Kai)
Kouta, Fumiaki;
Sakugabooru;https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=fumiaki_kouta
A super animator specializing in action scenes and especially special effects (2D effects, not to be confused with post-production effects) and apparent specialization in bank parts (an animation technique). He has worked on acclaimed projects and is currently affiliated with Studio Kai.
He was part of Episode 10 of Season 1 of Mushoku with Hiroyuki Takashima: https://sakugabooru.com/post/show/173109
Music:
Shunsuke Takizawa;
Shunsuke Takizawa is an exemplary composer, besides composing original soundtracks, Takizawa also works as an arranger, pianist, sound programmer, keyboardist, and even instrumentalist. He has created soundtracks for fighting games and anime with intense scenes; his music manages to convey energy, tension, and emotional impact, which helps amplify dramatic or combat scenes. For example, his work on Guilty Gear Xrd and the few available soundtracks from Yuusha Kei clearly demonstrate this.
World Design:
Nobutaka Ike;
Backgrounds from Yuusha kei exemple;https://yushakei-pj.com/special/production-record/modelsheet-artboard.html
He is a specialist in (narrative architecture); his settings tell the story of the anime in themselves and are beautifully conceived, blending beauty with knowledge of historical architecture. He has also worked as an art director and was responsible for the settings of anime acclaimed for their technical qualities, such as Perfect Blue.
Main Animator"s:
Hayato Kurosaki(freelancer);
Sakugabooru;https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=hayato_kurosaki
is one of the main animators for Mushoku season 1, a superb action animator, and apparently specialized in special effects. Judging by his appearance in episode 10 of Mushoku season 1, he's responsible for the Theoritta fire scenes in PV 2.
Mushoku ep 10 scene: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/173107
He also had a major role in Jujutsu season 2 and apparently appeared in the Chainsaw Man movie.
Example of an effects scene by kurosaki: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/285243
2D Graphic: Marina Tosaka; participated in a fan-made project:
In summary, while animators focus on creating the illusion of movement frame by frame, the 2D graphic artist provides all the other static or graphically designed visual components that make up the anime world.
Main Animator:
Ryōken Toida; previously worked on season 1 of Mushoku. (I couldn't find any of his animations)
Main Animator:
Wataru Hirabayashi; apparent specialization in character movement and mechanical action animation.
Main Animator: (Affiliated with Studio Kai)
Yukiyoshi Shikiji/Shikiyoshi Yukiyoshi;
Second animation in episode 5 of the first season of Mushoku. Animator specializing in action and, mainly, character movement. |
