sentences:  In 1984, he was invited by Hayao Miyazaki to participate in the production of the anime film "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", for which he did character designs and acted as animation director.Miyazaki acted as an advisor to Komatsubara during this time, and Komatsubara indicated he learned many things from him as a result of this mentoring.Komatsubara also created original characters (not based on manga or other references) for the "J9" series, including "Galactic Whirlwind Braiger", "Galactic Gale Baxinger", and "Galactic Hurricane Sasuraiger".