Toshiyuki Tsuru
Visual Effects · Director · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay
Active 1988–present
Tsuru Toshiyuki (都留稔幸) is a Japanese animator, designer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director. A pioneer of digitally drawn anime, he is known for challenging camera angles and his ultramodern usage of CG backgrounds.
Filmography
The Obsessed (2025) — Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Key Animation · Second Unit Director · LayoutNaruto Shippūden (2007) — Series Director · Opening/Ending Animation · Animation Director · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Writer · Character Designer · 3D ModellerNaruto (2002) — Storyboard Artist · Background Designer · Director · Opening/Ending Animation · CG ArtistCowboy Bebop (1998) — Storyboard ArtistBleach (2004) — Storyboard ArtistBoruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017) — Storyboard Artist · Opening/Ending AnimationThe Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) — Opening/Ending AnimationRurouni Kenshin (1996) — Key AnimationBerserk (1997) — Key AnimationBoruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) — Opening/Ending AnimationCowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) — Key AnimationSerial Experiments Lain (1998) — Opening/Ending AnimationRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) — Storyboard ArtistGreat Teacher Onizuka (1999) — Opening/Ending Animation · Storyboard ArtistNaruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay · Key AnimationThe Vision of Escaflowne (1996) — Key AnimationTekkaman Blade (1992) — Key AnimationKaiji (2007) — Storyboard ArtistBasilisk (2005) — Storyboard ArtistNadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) — Key AnimationEscaflowne: The Movie (2000) — Key AnimationGungrave (2003) — Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Director · Key AnimationNaruto OVA 8: Naruto x UT (2011) — DirectorJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1993) — Key Animation