Masahiko Ootsuka

Given name: 雅彦

Family name: 大塚

Birthday: Apr 14

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Masahiko Ootsuka graduated from the Department of Art of the Osaka University of Arts. He joined Studio Ghibli as photographer and later transferred to Gainax, where he made his debut as director on some episodes of Evangelion.

He left Gainax in 2011 and helped found animation studio Trigger.

Twitter: @tuka_trg

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Director and Assistant Director of 'Gurren Lagann' Quit GAINAX

According to the twitter of Otsuka Masahiko, director Imaishi Hiroyuki has quit Gainax and launched a new anime production studio with Otsuka. A short article of the...read more

Oct 10, 2011 5:13 PM by Naruleach | Discuss (10 comments)

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