title: Kazuya Murata (director)
text: # Kazuya Murata (director)
  
  Kazuya Murata (村田和也, Murata Kazuya, born in Osaka, 1964) is a director, storyboard artist, and producer.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Anime television
  
  * Ocean Waves (1993), Assistant Unit Director
  * Yaiba (1993), Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director
  * Wedding Peach (1995), Storyboard
  * The Doraemons (1995), Image Board
  * Berserk (1997), Assistant Director, Storyboard
  * White Reflection (Two-Mix PV, 1997), Director, Storyboard
  * The Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998), Storyboard
  * To Heart (1999), Storyboard, Unit Director
  * Steel Angel Kurumi (1999), Storyboard, Episode Director
  * Figure 17 (2001), Storyboard, Episode Director
  * Pokémon Chronicles (2002), Storyboard
  * Planetes (2003), Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation
  * Mars Daybreak (2004), Storyboard, Episode Director
  * Eureka Seven (2005), Storyboard, Episode Director
  * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director
  * Dennō Coil (2007), Storyboard
  * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director, Key Animation
  * Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009), Script Cooperation, Series Composition Cooperation
  * Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director, Original Concept
  * BBK/BRNK (2016), Storyboard
  * Kado: The Right Answer (2017), General Director
  * Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022), Storyboard
  
  ### Movies
  
  * Only Yesterday (1991 film) (1991), Assistant director
  * Porco Rosso (1992), Production Committee
  * Baddo batsu maru no ore no pochi wa sekaiichi (1996), Storyboard, Production
  * Pokémon: The First Movie (1998), Scene Planning Assistant
  * Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000), Unit Director assistant
  * Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2003), Assistant Director, Production
  * Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011), Director
  
  ### OVA
  
  * Ogre Slayer (1994), Storyboard, Production
  * Makeruna! Ma kendō (1995), Director
  * Gunsmith Cats (1995), Production
  * Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes 2 & 3 (2010, 2011), Storyboard, Production
  
  ### Web animation
  
  * Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008), Storyboard
  * A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018), Director
  
  ### Video games
  
  * Shenmue II (2000), Movie director in the game
  * Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn (2009), Storyboard in the movie
  