🎬 animator
Masashi Okumura奥村正志
Animation Director and Character Design on Spirited Away, The Cat Returns and Sword of the Stranger.
- anime credits
- 15
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2002
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
Spirited AwayIn-Between Animation · 2001
The Cat ReturnsKey Animation · 2002
Sword of the StrangerKey Animation · 2007
PlanetesKey Animation · 2003
Tales from EarthseaKey Animation · 2006
Xam'd: Lost MemoriesChief Animation Director · 2008
Gunbuster 2: DiebusterKey Animation · 2004
A Letter to MomoKey Animation · 2011
Medalist Season 2Storyboard · 2026
My Neighbors the YamadasProduction Assistant · 1999
Gundam: Reconguista in GSub Character Design · 2014
OVERMAN King GainerAnimation Director · 2002
Credits per year
Anime Masashi Okumura worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2002
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 99 | 1 in 1999 |
| 00 | 0 in 2000 |
| 01 | 1 in 2001 |
| 02 | 2 in 2002 |
| 03 | 1 in 2003 |
| 04 | 1 in 2004 |
| 05 | 1 in 2005 |
| 06 | 1 in 2006 |
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 1 in 2008 |
| 09 | 0 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 0 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 0 in 2025 |
| 26 | 2 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Medalist Season 2Storyboard - 2026
Paris ni Saku ÉtoileAnimation - 2021
EUREKA: Eureka Seven Hi-EvolutionCharacter Design, Animation Director, Key Animation - 2014
Gundam: Reconguista in GSub Character Design - 2011
A Letter to MomoKey Animation - 2008
Xam'd: Lost MemoriesChief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation - 2007
Sword of the StrangerKey Animation - 2006
Tales from EarthseaKey Animation - 2005
Project `City Flying in the Sky`Key Animation - 2004
Gunbuster 2: DiebusterKey Animation - 2003
PlanetesKey Animation - 2002
The Cat ReturnsKey Animation - 2002
OVERMAN King GainerAnimation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation - 2001
Spirited AwayIn-Between Animation - 1999
My Neighbors the YamadasProduction Assistant
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Masashi Okumura worked on?
Masashi Okumura's best-known work includes Spirited Away (In-Between Animation), The Cat Returns (Key Animation), Sword of the Stranger (Key Animation), Planetes (Key Animation), Tales from Earthsea (Key Animation), Xam'd: Lost Memories (Chief Animation Director).
What does Masashi Okumura do?
Masashi Okumura is credited most often as animation director, character design, key animation on anime.