Kazuya Tsurumaki
Directing · Director · Storyboard Artist · Key Animation
Born Feb 2, 1966 · Gosen, Niigata, Japan
Active 1987–present · Awards: Art Encouragement Prizes
Kazuya Tsurumaki is a Japanese anime director. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and was a longtime animator at Gainax before leaving for Studio Khara.
Filmography
Untitled Evangelion Series — Series DirectorEVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening (2026) — Production Supervisor · ScreenplayMobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) — Series Director · Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) — Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · DirectorShin Godzilla (2016) — StoryboardKill la Kill (2013) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorEvangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Assistant ScriptPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) — Storyboard ArtistEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) — Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · DirectorEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) — Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · DirectorGurren Lagann (2007) — Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistFLCL (2000) — Director · Key Animation · Storyboard ArtistHis and Her Circumstances (1998) — Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Animation DirectorEVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998) — Director · Assistant Director · Animation DirectorNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) — Second Unit Director · DirectorBerserk (1997) — DirectorNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Assistant Director · Animation DirectorRevolutionary Girl Utena (1997) — Key AnimationNeon Genesis Evangelion (1995) — Director · Assistant Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Settings · Second Unit DirectorFatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994) — Key AnimationSailor Moon (1992) — Key AnimationRoujin Z (1991) — Key Animation · LayoutNadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) — Animation Director · Key AnimationGunbuster (1988) — Director · Key Animation · Storyboard Artist