Hidenori Matsubara

Hidenori Matsubara (松原 秀典, Matsubara Hidenori; born in November 15, 1965)^[1] is a Japanese anime character designer and director.

Hidenori Matsubara
松原 秀典
Born	(1965-11-15) November 15, 1965 (age 59) Nanto, Toyama, Japan
Occupation(s)	Character designer, Animator, Illustrator
Notable work	Oh My Goddess, Sakura Wars, The Princess and the Pilot, in This Corner of the World

Biography

In 1988, Matsubara joined Gainax. In 1996, after finishing the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, he left Gainax and worked as a freelancer for various TV series and OVAs. He was the character designer and animation director on the 1995 OVA series Oh My Goddess! which had five episodes, and then its feature film Oh My Goddess! The Movie in 2000. He would then reprise his role as character designer for the 2005 TV series which ran for 2 seasons. He did the character design for the Sakura Wars anime television series in 2000, and for its various OVA location-based sequels including Paris and New York. In 2003, he provided the character design for the anime television series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, where he was noted for his art style ^[2] full of lavish patterns instead of solid colors.^[3][4]

He provided the character designs for the anime film The Princess and the Pilot^[5][6][7] In 2006, Hideaki Anno and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto asked Matsubara to join Khara and he has been working there since then. He visited Anime Expo in 2001 and 2002,^[8][9] Anime Central in 2002 and 2003^[10][11] and Anime USA in 2002.^[12] and would later return to the U.S. for Otakon and Animazement.^[13]

Filmography

List of works in anime

Year	Series	Crew role	Notes	Source[14]
1993	Oh My Goddess!	Character design, Chief Animation Director	OVA series	[8]
1994	Metal Fighter Miku	Key Animation
1995	Elementalors	Character design
1999	Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms	Character design	OVA
2000	Sakura Wars	Character design	TV series	[15][8]
2000	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Character design, Chief animation director	Film	[8][16]
2001	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Character design		[17]
2003	Sakura Taisen: École de Paris	Character design	OVA
2004–05	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Character design		[18]
2004	Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris	Character design	OVA
2005–06	Ah! My Goddess	Character design	2 TV series
2007	Sakura Wars: New York	Character design	OVA
2007	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Animation director		[19]
2007	Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings	Characters design	2-part OVA for 20th anniversary
2009	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Animation director		[20]
2010	King of Thorn	Character design	film	[21]
2011	The Princess and the Pilot	Character design	film	[22]
2012	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Key animation		[23]
2013	Aa Megami-sama Dive! Live! Love!	Character design	3rd OAD	[24]
2014	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Animation director
2016	In This Corner of the World	Character Design, Chief Animation Director		[25][26]

Other media

Books

• 松原秀典アートワークス (Hidenori Matsubara Art works) -2006^[27]
• 松原秀典イラストワークス (Hidenori Matsubara Illustration works) -2010^[28]

Others

• Hidenori Matsubara Sakura Taisen Collection 2003 art exhibit^[29]
• Takaoka City Sightseeing ambassador あみたん娘 (Amitan Musume) - Character Design - 2012 ^[30][31][32]