Masakazu Obara
Directing · Storyboard Artist · Second Unit Director · Director
Japan
Active 1999–present
Masakazu Obara (小原 正和, Ohara Masakazu) is a Japanese anime director. He is also known as Sakazuki Orihara (織原真盃) and Jin Inai (稲井仁). He joined Sunrise in 1992, where he has directed Mai-HiME, Mai-Otome and Accel World, among others.
Filmography
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (2024) — Storyboard ArtistFate/strange Fake (2024) — DirectorMASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES (2023) — Director · Storyboard ArtistNieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023) — Storyboard ArtistUndead Murder Farce (2023) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorSword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night (2022) — Second Unit Director · Storyboard ArtistKaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- (2022) — Storyboard Artist · Second Unit DirectorSword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021) — Storyboard Artist · Second Unit DirectorWarlords of Sigrdrifa (2020) — Director · Storyboard ArtistHigh School Fleet Movie (2020) — Storyboard ArtistKaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019) — Storyboard Artist · DirectorAccel World: Infinite Burst (2016) — Director · Storyboard ArtistSword Art Online (2012) — Director · Storyboard ArtistAccel World (2012) — Series DirectorThe Spirit Photography: Paranormal Phenomenon (2011) — Narrator (voice)The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009) — Series DirectorMy-Otome Zwei (2006) — Series DirectorMy-Hime (2004) — DirectorThe Twelve Kingdoms (2002) — DirectorGEAR Fighter Dendoh (2000) — DirectorThe Big O (1999) — Director