Osamu Kobayashi
小林治
Also known as コバヤシオサム
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Osamu Kobayashi was a Japanese director, animator, illustrator and designer, noted for having directed shows such as Beck, Paradise Kiss and Someday's Dreamers II. After graduating from high school, he worked as a mangaka and designer, but following his participation in the video game Grandia as a designer, he was mainly active in the field of animation.
Kobayashi passed away due to kidney cancer on April 17, 2021.
Brother of Makoto Kobayashi.
Note: Not to be confused with the 1945 born director, Osamu Kobayashi.
- Occupation
- Director, Animator, Illustrator
- Birthday
- Jan 10, 1964
- Died
- Apr 17, 2021
- Gender
- Male
- Years active
- 1988 – 2021
- Hometown
- Tokyo, Japan
- Language
- Japanese
Works
Naruto: Shippuden
2007 · TV
Director (eps 480-483) · Storyboard (eps 480-483) · Key Animation (ep 480) · Script (eps 480-483) · Episode Director (ep 480) · Series Composition (eps 480-483)
Gurren Lagann
2007 · TV
Storyboard (ep 4) · Episode Director (ep 4) · Animation Director (ep 4) · Key Animation (ep 4) · Eyecatch (ep 4)
Dororo
2019 · TV
Episode Director (ED1, ep 15) · Storyboard (ED1, ep 15) · In-Between Animation (ED1) · Key Animation (ED1, ep 15) · Finishing (ED1) · Photography (ED1, ep 15)
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · TV
Storyboard (ep 5b) · Key Animation (ep 5b) · Episode Director (ep 5b) · Design (ep 5b)
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
2004 · TV
Character Design · Animation (ED) · Animation Director (OP) · Director