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Ken Ōtsuka
大塚健
Born (1970-05-22) 22 May 1970 (age 55)
Saitama Prefecture
Occupation Animator
Years active 1991-present
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Ken Ōtsuka is a key animator on Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and Dragon Ball Super.

Biography

Dragon Ball Positions

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Ken Ōtsuka's work on Dragon Ball Super Episode 66 (edited).[1][2]

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Ken Ōtsuka's work on Dragon Ball Super Episode 116 (edited).[3][4]

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Ken Ōtsuka's work on Dragon Ball Super Episode 120.[5] "Even on Dragon Ball, I'm drawing robots."[6]

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Ken Ōtsuka's work on Dragon Ball Super Episode 130.[7]

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2018 Toshiba Vegeta commercial solo-animated by Ken Ōtsuka.[8][9]

Ōtsuka's fan art. "I suddenly wanted to paint Gogeta Blue." (2020)[10]

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Non-Dragon Ball Works

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Animated OP for the 1994 PC game Eiyū Shigan Gal Act Heroism (英雄志願).

Ken Ōtsuka served as a key animator on Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball Super: Broly.　Many of his scenes are available on Sakugabooru, a website dedicated to documenting the highlights of the industry's greatest animators.

Notable Anime Positions

  • In-Between Animation (動画)
    • The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird: 19 (1991)
    • Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes: The Prince's Departure OVA 1 (動画チェック dōga checker) (1992)
  • 2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
    • The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird: 19 (1991)
    • Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes: The Prince's Departure OVA 1 (1992)
    • Sailor Moon: 8, 13, 19 (1992)
    • Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto: 8 (2011)
    • Gundam Build Fighters Try: 7, 22 (2014-5)
  • Key Animation (原画)
    • The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird: 19 (1991)
    • Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei: 28, 33, 38, 43, 49 (1992)
    • Karasu Tengu Kabuto: Ōgon no me no Kemono OVA (1992)
    • The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor OVA ACT II: 6 (1992)
    • The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn: 28, 34, 39, 44 (1992)
    • Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger: 43 (1993)
    • Nekketsu Saikyō Go-Saurer: 4 (1993)
    • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam: 16, 21, 22, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 46, 50 (1993)
    • The Brave Express Might Gaine: 25 (1993)
    • Mobile Fighter G Gundam: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 21, 26, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 42, 45, 48 (1994-5)
    • Eiyū Shigan: OP (1994)
    • Brave Police J-Decker: 47 (1995)
    • Wild Knights Gulkeeva: 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 (1995)
    • Sailor Moon SuperS: 10 (1995)
    • Magic Knight Rayearth: 30 (1995)
    • Mobile Suit Gundam (Sega Saturn) (1995)
    • Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend II: 1, 3 (1995-6)
    • Brave Command Dagwon: 2, 17 (1996)
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: 2,6 (1996)[12]
    • Virtual Fighter: 20 (1996)
    • Future GPX Cyber Formula EARLYDAYS RENEWAL: 1, 2 (1996)
    • B't X: 1, 19, 24 (1996)
    • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!: 19, 27, OP2 (1996)
    • The Vision of Escaflowne: 8 (1996)
    • Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA: 1, 2, 3 (1996)
    • Slayers RETURN (1996)
    • Battle Arena Tōshinden 2 (1996)
    • Saber Marionette J: 1, 5, 9, 12 (1996)
    • Martian Successor Nadesico: 13 (1996)
    • Apocalypse Zero: 1, 2 (1996)
    • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP: OP (1997)
    • Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (1997)
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Second Impression (Sega Saturn) (1997)
    • Idol Project: 3 (1997)
    • Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
    • The King of Braves GaoGaiGar: 14, 18, 24, 36, 40, 45, 49 (1997-8)
    • Jaja-uma Quartet (Wild Cardz): 1, 2 (1997)
    • Harimogu Harley (Harley Spiny): 115 (1997)
    • Rurōni Kenshin: 50, 54, 60 (1997)
    • The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Sega Saturn/PS) (1997)
    • Chō-sha Raideen: 38 (1997)
    • Magic Knight Rayearth: OVA 1 (1997)
    • B't X NEO: 1, 4, 14 (1997)
    • MAZE☆Bakunetsu Jikū (Maze the Megaburst Space): 23 (1997)
    • VIRUS -VIRUS BUSTER SERGE-: 2, 9 (1997)
    • Rekka no Honō (Flame of Recca): 14, 23, 29, 42 (1997-8)
    • Ā! Megami-sama! (Oh My Goddess!) (PC-FX) (1997)
    • Backguiner Awakening (PS) (1998)
    • Brain Powerd: 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 21, 26 (1998)
    • Cowboy Bebop: 3, 7, 26 (1998-9)
    • Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
    • Saber Marionette J Again: 5 (1998)
    • Backguiner Flight (PS) (1998)
    • SHADOW SKILL: 25, OP (1998)
    • Gasaraki: 1, 13, 24 (1998-9)
    • Voogie's Angel: 3 (1998)
    • ONE PIECE: OVA, 521, Movies 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13 (1998-2010)
    • Chō Mashin Hero Wataru: 44 (1998)
    • Dokkiri Doctor: 3, 23 (1998-9)
    • EXODUS Guilty (PS) (1998)
    • Getter Robo Armageddon: 4, 9 (1998-9)
    • Generator Gawl: 12 (1998)
    • Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN: OP, 2 (1999)
    • Saber Marionette J to X: 20 (1999)
    • Crest of the Stars: 2, 13 (1999)
    • Betterman: 7, 11 (1999)
    • Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (PS) (1999)
    • Present Play (PC) (1999)
    • Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure: 13 (1999)
    • Hoshin Engi (Soul Hunter): OP (1999)
    • Microman: The Small Giant: 31 (1999)
    • D4 Princess: 18 (1999)
    • Dai-Guard: OP, 1, 12, 21, 22, 26 (1999-2000)
    • Karakuri-kun (2000)
    • HEXAMOON GUARDIANS (PS) (2000)
    • GATE KEEPERS: 2, 14 (2000)
    • Zoids: Chaotic Century: 7 (2000)
    • Medabots: 52 (2000)
    • Digimon Adventure 02: Movie 1 (2000)
    • Digimon Tamers: 18, 39 (2001)
    • Digimon Frontier: 1, 4, 12, 16, 35 (2002)
    • Naruto: 38, 47, OVA 2 (2003)
    • Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 12, 13, 14, 22, 45, Movies 1-2 (2003-4)
    • BLEACH: 5, 33 (2004-5)
    • Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu: 1, 4, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39, OP 2 (2005-6)
    • Futari wa Precure: Splash Star: 1, 48 (2006-7)
    • Happy Lucky Bikkuriman: 25, 33, 34 (2007)
    • Yes! Precure 5: 14, 39, Bank 30 (2007)
    • Blue Dragon: 14, OP 1, ED 2 (2007)
    • Mononoke: 5 (2007)
    • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: 1, 22, Movie 1 (2007-8)
    • Hakaba Kitaro: 5, 10 (2008)
    • Blue Dragon: Tenkai no Shichi Ryū: 1, 43 (2008)
    • Casshern Sins: 1, 4, 15, 24 (2008-9)
    • Negibozu no Asataro: 39 (2009)
    • Summer Wars (2009)
    • Naruto Shippūden: Movie 3 (2009)
    • Kūchū Buranko: 11 (2009)
    • Kidō Senshi Gundam UC: 2 (2010)
    • Heartcatch Precure!: 4, 33 (2010)
    • Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: 58 (2010)
    • Digimon Xros Wars: 19, 22, 26, 27, 30, Bank (2010-1)
    • Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto: 16, 25 (2011)
    • No.6: 2, 11 (2011)
    • Toriko: 34 (2011)
    • Digimon Xros Wars II: 3, 7, 9, 24, Bank (2011)
    • Smile Precure!: 1, 35 (2012)
    • Digimon Xros Wars II: 25 (2012)
    • Eureka Seven AO: 24 (2012)
    • Shin Sekai Yori: 10 (2012)
    • Saint Seiya Omega: 1, 9, 29, 51, 53, 65, 78 (2012-3)
    • Gundam Build Fighters: 5, 7, 12, 21, 24, 25, OP 1, OP 2 (2013-4)
    • Happiness Charge Precure!: OP (2014)
    • Captain Earth: 2, 13, 19, 25, OP 1, OP 2 (2014)
    • Blade & Soul: 8 (2014)
    • Gundam Build Fighters Try: 3, 9, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, OP 1, OP 2 (2014-5)
    • Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" (2015)
    • Dragon Ball Super: 5, OP 1 v.5, 39, 61, 66, 101, 116, 120, 130, Movie 1 (2015-8)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō: 1, 13 (2015)
    • Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: 5, 11, 17, 21, 24 (2015-6)
    • My Hero Academia: OP (2016)
    • Uchū Patrol Luluco: 12, 13 (2016)
    • Sailor Moon Crystal: 1, 12 (2016)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song: 2, 8, 11, OP (2016)
    • Bungō Stray Dogs: 10 (2016)
    • Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters: Bank 1, OP 1, OP 2 (2016-7)
  • JGM Key Animation (JGM原画)
    • Uchū Patrol Luluco: 1, 2 (2016)
  • Layout (レイアウト)
    • Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA: 1 (1996)
  • Storyboard (絵コンテ)
    • Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu: 1, 13, 14, 22, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38 (2005-6)
    • Futari wa Precure: Splash Star: 43 (2006)
    • Happy Lucky Bikkuriman: 12, 26, 34 (2007)
    • ONE PIECE: Movie 8 (2007)
    • Yes! Precure 5: 14, 39, 48 (2007-8)
    • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: 22 (2007)
    • Yes! Precure 5 Go Go!: 9, 17, 37 (2008)
    • Negibozu no Asataro: 8, 25 (2008-9)
    • Smile Precure!: 35 (2012)
    • Saint Seiya Omega: 9, 23, 30, 43, 55, 65 (2012-3)
    • Kill la Kill: 12 (2013)
    • Gundam Build Fighters: 5, 12, 21, 24, (2013-4)
    • Gundam Build Fighters Try: 3, 9 (2014)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō: 1, 5, 8, OP (2015)
    • Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: 5 (2015)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song: 2, 8, 11 (2016)
    • Dragon Ball Super: 61 (2016)
  • Assistant Animation Supervisor (作画監督補)
    • Mobile Suit Gundam (Sega Saturn) (1995)
    • Magic Knight Rayearth: OVA 2 (1997) (作画監督補佐)
  • Animation Supervisor (作画監督)
    • Mobile Fighter G Gundam: 2, 6, 10, 15, 17, 21, 26, 31, 37, 42, 48 (1994-5)
    • Wild Knights Gulkeeva: 24 (1995)
    • Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend II: 2 (1996)
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Second Impression (Sega Saturn) (1997)
    • B't X NEO: 8, 11 (1997)
    • SHADOW SKILL: 18 (1998)
    • Crest of the Stars: 10 (1999)
    • Zoids: Chaotic Century: 7 (2000)
    • Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 45 (2004)
    • Kidō Senshi Gundam UC: 1 (2010)
  • Mechanical Animation Supervisor (メカニック作画監督)
    • Gasaraki: 13, 19, 24 (1998-9)
    • Dai-Guard: 1, 2, 12, 14, 26 (1999-2000)
    • Crest of the Stars: 7 (1999)
    • Banner of the Stars: 7 (2000)
    • Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu: 4, 13, 17, 21, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39 (2005-6)
    • Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto: 2, 8, 16, 25 (2011)
    • Gundam Build Fighters: 5, 12, 21 (2013-4)
    • Captain Earth: 2, 7, 13, 19, 25 (2014)
    • Gundam Build Fighters Try: 3, 9, 14 (2014-5)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō: 1, 8, 13 (2015)
    • Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: 5 (2015)
    • Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song: 2, 8, 11, OP (2016)
  • Robo Design (ロボデザイン)
    • Dai-Guard (1999-2000)
  • Series Animation Director (総作画監督)
  • Character Designer (キャラクターデザイン)

Notes

  • Sakuga Wiki lists a key animation credit for Red Baron (レッドバロン) without specifying any episodes, but we checked the animation credits for all 49 episodes and found no Ōtsuka credits.
  • Sakuga Wiki lists a key animation credit for Kishin Dōji Zenki (鬼神童子ZENKI) without specifying any episodes, but we checked the animation credits for all 51 episodes and found no Ōtsuka credits.

External Links

References

  1. ↑ @ken_oo (12 November 2016). Twitter.
  2. ↑ @ken_oo (18 November 2016). Twitter.
  3. ↑ @ken_oo (18 November 2017). Twitter.
  4. ↑ @ken_oo (18 November 2017). Twitter.
  5. ↑ @ken_oo (16 December 2017). Twitter.
  6. ↑ @ken_oo (16 December 2017). Twitter.
  7. ↑ @ken_oo (17 March 2018). Twitter.
  8. ↑ @ken_oo (28 August 2019). Twitter.
  9. ↑ @ken_oo (28 August 2019). Twitter.
  10. ↑ @ken_oo (27 February 2020). Twitter.
  11. ↑ @ken_oo (30 March 2019). Twitter.
  12. ↑ @ken_oo (09 February 2012). Twitter.


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