Masahiko Ootsuka
大塚雅彦
After graduating from the Department of Art at 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 to found Studio Trigger(opens in a new tab) together with Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuya Masumoto. He is currently the CEO of the company.
- Occupation
- Director
- Birthday
- Apr 14
- Gender
- Male
- Language
- Japanese
Works
DARLING in the FRANXX
2018 · TV
Script (eps 3, 10, 19)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995 · TV
Assistant Episode Director (eps 5, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23-26) · Episode Director (eps 14, 20, 21)
Kill la Kill
2013 · TV
Episode Director (OP1, OP2, ED1, eps 13, 24) · Animation Producer
Gurren Lagann
2007 · TV
Storyboard (eps 3, 9, 15, 18, 19, 26) · Episode Director ( 1, 8, 15, 17, 26) · Script (ep 6) · Assistant Episode Director (ep 27) · Assistant Director
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · Movie
Associate Producer · Assistant Unit Director
Delicious in Dungeon
2024 · TV
General Producer · Assistant Episode Director (ep 12)
FLCL
2000 · OVA
Animation Director · Episode Director (eps 1, 4, 6)
Kiznaiver
2016 · TV
Episode Director (ep 11)
Little Witch Academia (TV)
2017 · TV
Script (eps 5, 17, 23-25) · Executive Producer
BNA
2020 · ONA
Storyboard (eps 2, 4, 7, 11) · Chief Episode Director (ep 2) · Episode Director (eps 7, 11)
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · TV
Script (eps 1b, 3a, 4a, 6, 7b, 8b, 9)