🎬 designer
Minoru Maeda前田実
Character Design and Animation Director on Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge.
- anime credits
- 13
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Character Design
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 1990
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
Dragon Ball ZAnimation Director · 1989
Dragon BallCharacter Design · 1986
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's RevengeCharacter Design · 1991
Lady Oscar: The Rose of VersaillesKey Animation · 1979
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of CoolerCharacter Design · 1992
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of MightCharacter Design · 1990
Lupin the 3rdIn-Between Animation · 1971
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!Character Design · 1992
Dragon Ball Z: Dead ZoneCharacter Design · 1989
Dragon Ball Z: Lord SlugAnimation Supervisor · 1991
Dragon Ball Z: The History of TrunksAnimation Director · 1993
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of GokuCharacter Design · 1990
Credits per year
Anime Minoru Maeda worked on, by premiere year
024
3 in 1990
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 71 | 1 in 1971 |
| 72 | 0 in 1972 |
| 73 | 0 in 1973 |
| 74 | 0 in 1974 |
| 75 | 0 in 1975 |
| 76 | 0 in 1976 |
| 77 | 0 in 1977 |
| 78 | 0 in 1978 |
| 79 | 1 in 1979 |
| 80 | 0 in 1980 |
| 81 | 0 in 1981 |
| 82 | 0 in 1982 |
| 83 | 0 in 1983 |
| 84 | 0 in 1984 |
| 85 | 0 in 1985 |
| 86 | 1 in 1986 |
| 87 | 0 in 1987 |
| 88 | 0 in 1988 |
| 89 | 2 in 1989 |
| 90 | 3 in 1990 |
| 91 | 2 in 1991 |
| 92 | 2 in 1992 |
| 93 | 1 in 1993 |
All credits
- 1993
Dragon Ball Z: The History of TrunksAnimation Director, Character Design - 1992
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of CoolerCharacter Design, Animation Director - 1992
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!Character Design, Animation Director - 1991
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's RevengeCharacter Design, Animation Director - 1991
Dragon Ball Z: Lord SlugAnimation Supervisor, Character Design - 1990
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of MightCharacter Design, Animation Director - 1990
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of GokuCharacter Design - 1990
Dragon Ball Z: The World's StrongestCharacter Design, Animation Director - 1989
Dragon Ball ZAnimation Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director - 1989
Dragon Ball Z: Dead ZoneCharacter Design, Animation Director - 1986
Dragon BallCharacter Design, Key Animation, Chief Animation Director - 1979
Lady Oscar: The Rose of VersaillesKey Animation - 1971
Lupin the 3rdIn-Between Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Minoru Maeda worked on?
Minoru Maeda's best-known work includes Dragon Ball Z (Animation Director), Dragon Ball (Character Design), Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (Character Design), Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles (Key Animation), Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (Character Design), Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (Character Design).
What does Minoru Maeda do?
Minoru Maeda is credited most often as character design, animation director, chief animation director on anime.
When was Minoru Maeda born?
Minoru Maeda was born on March 24, 1954 in Hokkaidō.