Shukou Murase
Directing·May 31, 1964 — 62 years old·Japan
Shuko Murase (村瀬 修功 Murase Shūkō, born May 31, 1964) is a Japanese anime director and animator. A member of Sunrise, he is noted for contributing the character designs and key animation to New Mobile Report Gundam Wing and Argento Soma. In 2000, he contributed the main character designs to Final Fantasy IX. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with Witch Hunter Robin.
Known For
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001·7.7
Samurai Champloo
2004·8.3
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
2010·7.0
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017·7.1
Ergo Proxy
2006·7.6
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
1994·7.1
Wolf's Rain
2003·7.8
King of Thorn
2010·6.6
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2021·7.2
Escaflowne: The Movie
2000·6.6
Gangsta.
2015·7.3
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
1995·7.9
Filmography · 36
2026MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph CirceDirector · Storyboard Artist · Key Animation2021Mobile Suit Gundam HathawayKey Animation · Director · Storyboard Artist2017Blade Runner: Black Out 2022Key Animation · Animation Director · Character Designer2017Genocidal OrganDirector · Screenplay · Character Designer · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Key Animation2015Gangsta.TVDirector · Storyboard Artist2010King of ThornKey Animation2010Dante's Inferno: An Animated EpicDirector2008Michiko & HatchinTVDirector · Key Animation2008The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of UrukTVStoryboard2006Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the StarsKey Animation2006Ergo ProxyTVStoryboard Artist · Key Animation · Animation Director · Series Director · Director · Original Story · Creator2005Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the StarsAnimation Director · Key Animation2004Samurai ChamplooTVStoryboard Artist · Director2003Mobile Suit Gundam EvolveTVStory2003Wolf's RainTVKey Animation2002Witch Hunter RobinTVDirector · Writer · Storyboard Artist · Original Story · Series Director · Original Concept2001Cowboy Bebop: The MovieKey Animation2001Gundam EvolveDirector · Story2000Argento SomaTVCharacter Designer2000Escaflowne: The MovieKey Animation1998GasarakiTVCharacter Designer1998Gundam Wing: The Endless WaltzCharacter Designer1997Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' RevengeTVAnimation Director1995Mobile Suit Gundam WingTVCharacter Designer1994Street Fighter II: The Animated MovieCharacter Designer1993Kawaguchi Kaiji's 9 Love StoriesAnimation Director1992Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of ZeonKey Animation1992Mama is a 4th GraderTVOpening/Ending Animation1991Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryTVKey Animation1991Mobile Suit Gundam F91Key Animation · Animation Director1990Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterTVKey Animation1989Ronin Warriors: Legend of the Inferno ArmorTVCharacter Designer1989City Hunter: .357 MagnumKey Animation1989Ronin Warriors: GaidenTVCharacter Designer1989Jushin LigerTVKey Animation1988Ronin WarriorsTVKey Animation · Animation Director · Opening/Ending Animation