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Birthday:
06-09-1960 (64 years)
Birthplace:
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Biography
Kazuhiro Furuhashi is a Japanese anime director and supervisor. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors, having directed and helmed the Rurouni Kenshin series (including the original television series, and its subsequent original video animation iterations), Zipang, GetBackers, Hunter × Hunter, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Dororo, and most recently, Spy × Family
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Film And Live The Final - A Mon Seul Desir
Director
event 2014 star_border 8.3
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The final chapter of the event "Mobile Suit Gundam UC Film & Live" held at Pacifico Yokohama in July 2014 comes out on Blu-ray. Features performance of music used in "Mobile Suit Gundam UC" by Hiroyuki Sawano, reading of the scenario (written by Harutoshi Fukui) read by orginal voice cast, and more.
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
Director
event 1993 star_border 6.3
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Terry is fighting abroad when a boy named Tony, who wants to be Terry's student, follows him despite his mother and Terry's wishes. When Terry Bogard is defeated by a foe more powerful than he's ever seen before, Terry falls into depression and turns to the bottle. While his friends go after this new foe, Tony must restore Terry's faith... and once he realizes that only he can defeat this ruthless fiend.
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames
Director
event 2011 star_border 6.3
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Although she's only sixteen and looks even younger, Misao Makimachi is already a skilled and competent member of the Oniwabanshu ninja clan. That's fortunate for Misao, because her onimitsu talents may be all that keeps her alive when a journey in search of the leader of the clan, Aoshi Shinomori, leads her instead into a face-to-face encounter with an even more dangerous man and a plot to overthrow the Meiji government! Quickly enmeshed in the affairs of the legendary assassin Hitokiri Battosai, now known as Kenshin Himura, wielder of the reverse-blade sword, Misao finds herself pulled into the middle of a deadly intrigue against Makoto Shishio, who is orchestrating the conquest of all Japan - beginning with Kyoto!
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: The Chirps of Light
Director
event 2012 star_border 7.3
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Shishio's plan is enacted while Kenshin and Misao help defend the city.
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
Second Unit Director
event 2023 star_border 7.1
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While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace.
Binchō-tan
Screenplay
event 2006
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Bincho-tan, an orphan lives alone in the forest, she always has a piece of coal bonded on her head. Occasionally, she ventures into the town situated near the mountain, in search of work opportunities. In gratitude for her work, the townspeople offer her food as a gesture of appreciation. Bincho-tan leads a challenging life, but her joyful and warm demeanor endears her to those around her, leading her to make new friends. As time goes on, one after another heartwarming stories unfold, Bincho-tan finally illuminates her smile like a happy child.
Grey: Digital Target
Key Animation
event 1986 star_border 3.3
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Grey is a laconic trooper in a rough, futuristic military system which rewards success in battle with high pay and promotions, but only three precent of troopers live long enough for the final goal - citizenship, and the chance for a life above the misery of most of the populace. Grey has managed to keep coming back alive, even earning the nickname Grey Death, but is the society he's fought for worth it
Locke the Superman
Key Animation
event 1984 star_border 6.5
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When the villainous Lady Kahn starts building an army of super-powerful espers, Colonel Ryu Yamaki is dispatched to recruit the most powerful superhuman in the known universe to help oppose her. Unfortunately, the esper known only as Locke has either never heard the "with great powers come great responsibilities" speech or he simply doesn't care, and he refuses to leave his peaceful civilian life herding sheep. However, when Lady Kahn makes a preemptive move to take Locke and Ryu out of the picture, the irritated superbeing quickly changes his mind. Now the bad guys are about to learn that starting a fight with someone with super powers that include teleportation, a nearly indestructible force field and space martial arts was a very big mistake!
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1
Director
event 2017 star_border 5.8
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The story follows Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura, who lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy - contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions instead of the traditional kimono, and is not as interested in housework as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love.
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2
Screenplay
event 2018 star_border 4.4
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After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking for her first love. Wondering why he didn't return and wanting to welcome him back. Hardships will happen and hearts may be broken, as he might have moved on.
GetBackers
Director (49 ep.)
event 2002 star_border 7.2
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They're the Get Backers, and they live by a simple motto: If it was taken, we'll get it back. Their success rate is 100%. They may have no luck with money, but they always come through on a job, no matter how small. Ban and Ginji are no ordinary retrieval service though. With Ginji's ability to generate lightning and Ban's Jagan Eye and 200kg force grip, they'll take on any job, from retrieving stuffed toys to fine art to lost memories. If the GetBackers say they'll get it back, they will!
You're Under Arrest!
Director (49 ep.)
event 1996 star_border 7.4
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Tokyo Highway Patrolwomen Natsumi and Miyuki get off to a bad start when Miyuki busts Natsumi for reckless moped driving on her way to work. Things get worse when they find out they're going to be partners!
Gunslinger Girl
Storyboard Designer (1 ep.)
event 2003 star_border 7.4
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The Social Welfare Agency saves the lives of terminal patients using cybernetic implants. Then it teaches them to kill. After surviving the slaughter of her family, young Henrietta awakens to her new life at the Agency with a rebuilt body and no memory. Teamed with Jose, who is responsible for turning her into the perfect assassin, Henrietta’s been given a second chance—but at what cost?
Rurouni Kenshin
Director (5 ep.)
event 1996 star_border 8.5
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The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
Hunter × Hunter
Director (62 ep.)
event 1999 star_border 8.5
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Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination.
Dororo
Series Director (24 ep.)
event 2019 star_border 8.5
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A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
Series Director (22 ep.)
event 2016 star_border 7.4
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U.C. 0096. Three years after Char's rebellion, Banagher Links, a boy living at the manufacturing colony Industrial 7, meets a mysterious girl who calls herself Audrey Burne. Audrey claims that she is trying to stop the Vist Foundation from handing over Laplace's Box to the Neo Zeon remnants known as the Sleeves, an act which could spark another war, and Banagher decides to help her. But the colony becomes a battlefield as fighting breaks out between the Sleeves and the Earth Federation Forces, who have also come to stop the handover...
The seven-episode OVA series, re-edited into a TV series with new opening and ending sequences.
SPY x FAMILY
Series Director (37 ep.)
event 2022 star_border 8.6
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World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he'll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife's a deadly assassin and neither knows each other's identity. But someone does: his adopted daughter, who's a telepath!
Altair: A Record of Battles
Director (2 ep.)
event 2017 star_border 7.9
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Tughril Mahmut is a young pasha serving on the Divan of the Türkiye Stratocracy. The clouds of war are gathering over his country due to the threat of an aggressive Empire. With the Divan split between warmongers and the pacifists, Mahmut begins his quest to keep the peace at any cost. As he finds himself deeper and deeper in the politics of the ancient world, new enemies and allies surface. Who will prevail? What will Mahmut do if war proves to be inevitable?
Japan Animator Expo
Animation Director (1 ep.)
event 2014 star_border 7.1
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The short film series "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition" presented by Studio Khara and Dwango Original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Various omnibus animations produced with love and energy, regardless of any genres. The digital distribution anime series bring opportunities for project development, R&D, human resources development, and free production under limited period and budget, to explore the possibilities of future film production.
You're Under Arrest
Director (4 ep.)
event 1994 star_border 5.5
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Running late on her first day as a patrol woman for the Bokuto Police Department, spunky moped rider Natsumi Tsujimoto decides to take several shortcuts, only to be chased down and cited by mechanical genius and expert police driver Miyuki Kobayakawa. Upon arrival at the precinct, Natsumi finds out that her new partner is the same woman who ticketed her earlier. At first, she doesn't trust Miyuki, but in a short period of time, they develop an unbreakable friendship that overcomes traffic accidents, reckless drivers and even the strongest typhoons to hit Tokyo.
Reinou Tantei Miko: Phantom Hunter Miko
Director (2 ep.)
event 2000 star_border 8
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Jinguuji Miko and her male assistant Kanda Rokuro hunt phantoms together. The phantoms invade people's bodies and control them. Trained as a skilled Phantom Hunter, Miko must use exorcism to send the phantoms back to where ever they came from.
Source: animenewsnetwork.com
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Series Director (7 ep.)
event 2010 star_border 7.9
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When Banagher Links meets the mysterious Audrey Burne, he inherits the Unicorn Gundam and is swept up into the battle for space colony independence.
Real Drive
Series Director (26 ep.)
event 2008 star_border 6.8
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The story takes place in 2061, 50 years after humanity developed the "Net society" that depended on information networks despite their security issues. To improve security, a new network called Meta Real Network — or "Metal" for short — was developed. People's personal memories are reduced to information and placed within "protected virtual stand-alone organic cyber enclaves" called bubble shells online. The result was a virtual "explosion" of creative freedom as people felt safe enough to explore instincts and desires on Metal that they would not otherwise explore in real life. This "friction" between the Metal's alluring lack of restrictions and rules-bound reality led to trouble and incidents that investigators known as "cyber divers" must handle. Masamichi Haru is one such cyber diver.
Ranma ½
Director (13 ep.)
event 1989 star_border 8.6
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Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.
Mononoke
Storyboard Artist (3 ep.)
event 2007 star_border 7.9
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The Medicine Seller is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called mononoke to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense psychological analysis and careful investigative work—an extremely dangerous step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he even has the means to defeat it.
Noein: To Your Other Self
Storyboard Artist (1 ep.)
event 2005 star_border 7.6
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When summer break begins, Haruka is only thinking of hanging out with her friends—until one fateful night she learns that she’s the keystone in an interdimensional battle for not only the Earth’s future, but the very survival of all existence across the multiverse.
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Series Director (24 ep.)
event 2006 star_border 5.7
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Paris, 1742. While investigating the murder of his beautiful sister—Lia—D’Eon uncovers an evil which casts shadows in both the palaces of kings and the dark alleys of Europe. It is a dark and strange power—one which allows Lia’s soul to return from beyond and possess her brother in order to avenge her own death.
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
Storyboard Artist (2 ep.)
event 2009 star_border 8.4
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Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.
Higurashi: When They Cry
Storyboard Artist (1 ep.)
event 2006 star_border 7.8
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After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.
Dog Signal
Series Director (20 ep.)
event 2023 star_border 5
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A dog trainer is a job that connects dogs and people. An indecisive young man, Miyu Samura, met Shinichiro Niwa, a miracle-working dog trainer, while walking the dog of his ex-girlfriend. The accidental encounter will greatly change Miyu's life! This is a story about the growth of a new dog trainer!
Amatsuki
Series Director (13 ep.)
event 2008 star_border 6.1
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Ordinary high school student, Rikugou Tokidoki, has to take supplementary History classes, to boost his failing grade, at a state-of-the-art museum. This museum allows the visitor to use high-tech virtual reality to reconstruct a realistic Edo of the Bakumatsu period. However, once the simulation begins, Tokidoki is attacked by a strange creature. After something happens to his left eye, he realizes that he is not wearing the VR goggles - it is no longer a simulation; he's trapped in the virtual world and has no way of getting back.
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