Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) (born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese screenwriter, anime director and sound director. He is best known for directing the first three entries in Sunrise's Brave series and the first shotacon anime adaptation.

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Born	(1956-07-11) July 11, 1956 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	College of Arts, Nihon University
Occupations	Screenwriter director
Known for	Brave Series (Sunrise)

Filmography

Series he has worked on:

OVA

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder	Storyboard
1987-1988	Dirty Pair	Director, Storyboard	Storyboard (Ep. 6, 9), Director (Ep. 6)
2002	Keraku-no-oh	Director
2002-2003	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray	Director, Storyboard	OVA Promo
2004	Kakyuusei 2: Anthology	Director, Storyboard
2007	Boku no Pico	Director

TV

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1980-1981	Space Runaway Ideon	Episode director
1986-1987	Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ	Storyboard
1988-1992	Oishinbo	Storyboard
1990	Brave Exkaiser	Director, storyboard	Episodes 26, 41
1991	The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird	Director
1992	The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn	Director
1993-1994	Muka Muka Paradise	Director
1997-1998	Anime Ganbare Goemon	Director
1999	Gundress	Director	Movie
	Shin Hakkenden	Series director
2001	Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament	Series director
2001-2003	Hikaru no Go	Episode director, art	Episode Director (21, 29, 37, 53, 63, 73) Art (73)
2002-2003	Mobile Suit Gundam Seed	Unit Director
2003-2004	Tantei Gakuen Q	Storyboard, episode director
2004	Burn Up Scramble	Storyboard, director	Storyboard, episode 3 Director, 3, 7, 11
2004-2005	Gakuen Alice	Storyboard, episode director
	Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny	Storyboard, episode director
2005	Dinosaur King	Director
???	F	Episode director
2006	Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora	Episode director
	Strawberry Panic!	Episode director	Ep. 15
2009	Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables	Director, Storyboard	Eps. 1, 39

External links

• Katsuyoshi Yatabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia