Urushihara Satoshi

Satoshi Urushihara (うるし原 智志 (pen name) or 漆原 智志 (real name), Urushihara Satoshi, born February 9, 1966), is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator known for his distinctive style of beautiful characters, which unfortunately doesn't follow the mainstream one. His work is the basis for anime such as Plastic Little and Legend of Lemnear, and appears in the Langrisser and Growlanser series of tactical role-playing video games¹.

He was in the same class as Masami Obari (and his classmates at the school are Sakurami Katsutoshi and Kono Yoshitaka), and he also known his long-time ally Yoshimoto Kinji in high school¹.

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Anime career

After graduating from high school in 1984, he was employed by Toei Animation and after gaining some experience he was promoted to key animator with the animated TV series The Transformers and provided mechanical designs for The Transformers: The Movie¹.

The next year, Urushihara became a freelancer, working mainly in original video animations. It was his work with the OVA Megazone 23 Part II (1986) that made him recognized by producers of AIC. This lead him to be the character designer and animation supervisor of the adult-restricted OVA White Shadow (ホワイトシャドウ) (New Cream Lemon series, episode 2) released in 1987. This work was his debut as character designer, although at the time of the original OVA release, his name was kept secret and afterwards announced on the official website of Earthwork¹.

In 1990, along with illustrators Kinji Yoshimoto and Yoshihiro Kimura, he created the production company Earthwork¹.

Works

• The Transformers: The Movie (U.S. movie)(1986/Movie)

1. Key Animation (uncredited).
2. Original Mechanical Design.

• Bubblegum Crisis(1987/OVA)

1. Chief Animation Direction: #7.

• Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of the Time(2005/OVA)

1. Original Character Design.
2. Supervision.

• Karasu Tengu Kabuto(1990/TV)

1. Character Design.

• Legend of Lemnear: Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Valkisas(1989/OVA)

1. Character Design.

• Plastic Little(1994/OVA)

1. Character Design.
2. Director.
3. Storyboard.
4. Key Animation.

• Megazone 23 Part II: Himitsu Kudasai(1986/OVA)

1. Key Animation .

• Shounan Bakusouzoku(1988/Movie)

1. Key Animation .

• Akira(1986/OVA)

1. Key Animation .

• Top o Nerae! Gunbuster(1988/OVA)

1. Assistant Animation Direction: #2 .

• Project Zeorymer(1989/OVA)

1. Animation Direction .
2. Key Animation .

• Lodoss-tou Senki(1990/OVA)

1. Animation Direction: #5 .
2. Key Animation: #1 .

• Lodoss-tou Senki(1990/OVA)

1. Animation Direction: #5 .
2. Key Animation: #1 .

• Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve(2000/TV Special)

1. Key Animation.

• Zero no Tsukaima(2006/TV)

1. Key Animation: #1 .

• Ghost Hunt(2006/TV)

1. Key Animation: #9 .

• Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny(2007/TV)

1. Key Animation: ED1 .

• Shigofumi(2008/TV)

1. Key Animation: #1 .

• Toaru Majutsu no Index(2008/TV)

1. Key Animation: OP1 .

• Queen`s Blade: Rurou no Senshi(2009/TV)

1. Key Animation: #1, #4, OP1 .
2. Special Skill Effects: #2.
3. Storyboard: #2 .
4. Storyboard Assistant: #3 .

• Queen`s Blade: Gyokuza o Tsugu Mono(2009/TV)

1. Animation Direction: ED1a-ED1c .
2. Key Animation: ED1a-ED1c .

• Queen`s Blade: Utsukushiki Toushi-tachi(2010/OVA)

1. Key Animation: #5 .

• Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II(2011/TV)

1. Preview Illustration: #11 .

• Freezing Vibration(2013/TV)

1. End Card: #1 .

• Momo Kyun Sword(2012/TV)

1. Key Animation : OP1 .