Kōzō Kusuba

Birth : 1947-01-01, Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Death : 2018-03-20

History

Kōzō Kusuba (楠葉宏三, Kusuba Kōzō, 1947-March 20, 2018) was a Japanese anime screenwriter and director. Kusuba was born in Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. He joined Tokyo Movie in 1971, which he left in 1981 and joined Nippon Animation, where he debuted as director on Fūsen no Doratarō. After that, he was in charge of the mid-to-late works of the World Masterpiece Theater series. He became freelance in 2004 and worked on many storyboards and direction on Doraemon. He passed away on March 20, 2018.

Movies

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles - Animal Adventure

Director

Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catches a big bird Moa, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect extinct the animal, Nobita and Doramon go to Beremon Island which is protected by a golden beetle named Herakles. They meet a girl from the Rokkoro tribe and a boy who looks exactly like Nobita on Beremon Island ...

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Stage Director

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

Director

When Nobita feels like diving in his hometown, Doraemon uses a Underwater Pump Simulator to pump all the water out of Tokyo, causing the entire city to go underwater. That night, Doraemon and Nobita use a Diving Mask Simulator to dive underwater. Later on, lots of fish, and a shark attack Doraemon and Nobita. So, Doraemon puts a stop on the Underwater Pump Simulator, but there is a girl named Sophia, lying down on the bushes in his neighborhood.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

Writer

After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.

World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Pollyanna

Director

Pollyanna is an active and cheerful American girl. After her father dies, she moves from a little town in the Midwest to the East, where her aunt lives. She is Pollyanna's only living relative, but is a very cold and self-centered woman. Despite her adverse circumstances, Pollyanna is always positive and brings happiness to everyone around her.

World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Little Women

Director

Meg, faithful and gentle, Jo, independent and energetic, Beth, quiet and shy, Amy, amiable and precocious - the four sisters live vigorously and happily at home with their gentle mother while waiting for their father to return from the Civil War. Helping each other, they challenge their fates and grow up to become wonderful women.

Marco: Carry a Dream

Director

Marco, a young Italian boy, is searching for his mother across Latin America after her letters mysteriously stop arriving. On his travels Marco encounters people who care for him and help him along his way; however, he must also face the evils of the adults who care for nothing but themselves and decide to take advantage of his situation.