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Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (中鶴勝祥; born on May 22, 1962, in Oita) is a Japanese animator and character designer. He was the later Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Z film character designer, and was also a key-animator for the 1997 remake of Dr. Slump. Nakatsuru is known for being able to closely match Akira Toriyama's art style.[1]
Biography[]
After graduating from high school in 1980, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru began working for Toei Animation. As he was a fan of Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump, he volunteered to work on the Dragon Ball anime adaptation when Toei Animation announced the project in 1986.[2] He began working as a key-animator for Dragon Ball under Minoru Maeda, debuting with the episode "Oolong the Terrible" in March, 1986. He then became the main animator and character designer for most Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z movies. After Minoru Maeda left the company in November 1992, at the end of the Perfect Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z, Nakatsuru shared the role of main character designer with Tadayoshi Yamamuro from the Majin Buu Saga until end of Dragon Ball GT in November 1997.
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is known for his early design of Bardock and his team for the Bardock - The Father of Goku, until Akira Toriyama's final design made it into the TV special. He also worked on Kid Vegeta's design for the movie. Nakatsuru is also the person who designed the Super Saiyan 4 form for Dragon Ball GT.
Cover of the 11th chapter of Nakatsuru and Koyama's Dr. Slump manga
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru drew cover arts for V-Jump, illustrations for the Dragon Ball GT: Perfect File, cover arts for the first four Dragon Boxes, Dragon Ball Z Son Goku Densetsu and Tenkaichi Densetsu, the Budokai games, the 39 TV Ban Anime Comics Dragon Ball Z volumes, the 2010 art books Dragon Ball Anime Illustration Collection: The Golden Warrior, and Dragon Ball: Extreme Battle Collection. He was also interviewed in The Golden Warrior along with the two other character designers for the Dragon Ball franchise: Minoru Maeda and Tadayoshi Yamamuro.
Super Saiyan 4 Goku by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Outside of Dragon Ball, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru worked on several other anime series and also worked with Akira Toriyama on the Dragon Quest video game series (Dragon Quest V, VI, VII, and Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan Heart). With the novelist and screenwriter Takao Koyama, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru made a Dr. Slump follow-up manga title Dr. Slump Returns, But Only For a Little While. The manga was serialized in V-Jump from 1994 to 1996 and has been collected into four tankōbon volumes. Nakatsuru and Koyama made a second follow-up of one of Akira Toriyama's manga in 1998, titled New Cashman. This second follow-up manga was supervised by Akira Toriyama himself.
Filmography[]
Anime[]
- Beet the Vandel Buster - Character Design
- Beet the Vandel Buster Excellion - Character Design
- Black Clover - Animation Director (eps 38, 46), 2nd Key Animation (ep 46), Action Animation Director (4 episodes), Assistant Animation Director (ep 37), Key Animation (OP4; eps 1, 51 CC)
- Digimon Adventure - Character Design
- Digimon Adventure 02 - Character Design
- Digimon Adventure: - Character Design
- Digimon Frontier - Character Design
- Digimon Tamers - Character Design, Key Animation (eps 8, 35, 37)
- Dr. Slump (1997) - Character Design, Animation (OP, ED)
- Dragon Ball - Key Animation (12 episodes)
- Dragon Ball Daima - Animation Director (OP/ED), Animation Character Design, Key Animation (ED1 solo)
- Dragon Ball GT - Character Design, Key Animation (ep 64)
- Dragon Ball Super - Key Animation (ep 1)
- Dragon Ball Z - Character Design (eps 200-291), Animation Director (OP 2; eps 44, 120), Key Animation (21 episodes)
- From the New World - Key Animation (ep 25)
- Gaiking: Legend of Daikū-maryū (2005) - Key Animation (4 episodes)
- Hakaba Kitarō - Key Animation
- Kingdom - Key Animation (eps 3, 21, 37, 39)
- Naruto Shippūden - Key Animation (ep 411)
- One Piece - Key Animation (eps 525, 537)
- One Punch Man - Key Animation (ep 1)
- Stop! Hibari-kun - In-Between Animation (ep 8)
- Toriko - Key Animation (ep 51)
Animated Films[]
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit - Animation
Anime Films[]
- Arcadia of My Youth - In-Between Animation
- BELLE - Key Animation
- Digimon Adventure - Character Design
- Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning - Character Design
- Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown - Character Design, Key Animation
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna - Character Design
- Digimon Frontier Movie - Character Design
- Digimon Tamers Movie 6: The Runaway Digimon Express - Character Design
- Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle - Character Design
- Digimon: The Movie - Character Design
- Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo!! Tasuketa Same ni Tsurerarete. . . - Original Character Design
- Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Penguin Mura wa Hare no chi Hare - Character Design
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan - Assistant Animation Director
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - Animation Director
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler - Key Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - Assistant Animation Director
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest - Key Animation
- Expelled from Paradise - Effect Animator
- Final Yamato - Animation
- Kennosuke-sama - Character Design, Animation Director
- Legend of the Millennium Dragon - Key Animation
- Manga Aesop Monogatari - In-Between Animation
- Mirai - Key Animation
- Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Key Animation
- Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Key Animation
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island - Key Animation
- Popin Q - Key Animation
- Sangokushi [1]: Eiyū-tachi no Yoake - Key Animation
- Shōnen Keniya - In-Between Animation
- Spriggan - Key Animation
- Summer Wars - Key Animation
- Superflat Monogram - Character Design, Animation Director, Key Animation
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Key Animation
- The Last: Naruto The Movie - Key Animation
- Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan - Key Animation
ONAs[]
- Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! - Key Animation
OVAs[]
- Halo Legends - Character Design (Odd One Out), Animation Director (Odd One Out), Key Animation (Odd One Out)
- Re: Cutie Honey - Key Animation (ep 1)
- World Famous Fairy Tale Series - Animation Director (ep 20)
Specials[]
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - Character Design, Animation Director
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - Key Animation
- One Piece Episode of Merry: Mō Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari - Key Animation
Works[]
- Chokin Senshi Cashman credit 1 - Art
- Chotto Dake Kaettekita Dr. Slump - Art
Trivia[]
- Nakatsuru never met Toriyama until 1997.[3]
Gallery[]
.jpg "Team Bardock's original design by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Son Goku Densetsu).jpg (3.32 MB)") Nakatsuru's original design for Team Bardock (Son Goku Densetsu) .png "Kid Vegeta designed by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Son Goku Densetsu).png (1.81 MB)") Kid Vegeta as designed by Nakatsuru (Son Goku Densetsu)  Illustration from Nakatsuru and Koyama's Dr. Slump manga, chapter 36  Nakatsuru and Koyama's New Cashman manga  Dr. Slump PS1 boxart (1999)  Budokai 1 boxart by Nakatsuru  Budokai 2 boxart by Nakatsuru  Budokai 3 boxart by Nakatsuru  Budokai 1 guidebook  Budokai 2 guidebook  DBZ Anime Comics volume 1  DBZ Anime Comics volume 2  DBZ Anime Comics volume 4  DBZ Anime Comics volume 7  DBZ Anime Comics volume 8  DBZ Anime Comics volume 9  Dragon Ball Z poster  Dragon Ball Z poster  Dragon Ball Z poster  Dragon Ball Z poster  Dragon Ball Z poster  Dragon Quest art by Nakatsuru  Dragon Quest art by Nakatsuru  Dragon Box GT Cover Art by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru  Dragon Box GT Cover Art by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru  V-Jump Wallpaper #1  V-Jump Wallpaper #2  V-Jump Wallpaper #3  V-Jump Wallpaper #4  Dragon Box Z Cover Art by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru  VJump Cover #1  Artwork from New Cashman  Artwork from New Cashman  Artwork from "New Cashman" |
References[]
- ↑ Akira Toriyama, Dragon Box GT, February 28, 2005
- ↑ Animage issue #5, 1988
- ↑ TV Anime Guide: Dragon Ball Z Son Goku Densetsu, 2003