Morio Asaka

Nacimiento : 1967-03-11, Hyogo, Japan

Historia

Morio Asaka is an anime director at studio Madhouse. Many of his works take on a female perspective for the telling of the story, with a feminine protagonist as the central focus. This has contributed to him becoming the main director at Madhouse for handling the more serious series featuring female characters or targeting the female market. However, his works are also known for often elaborate action sequences, and even his most serious stories are frequently laced with comedy.

Películas

Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni
Second Unit Director
Once upon a time, there were two neighboring countries that did not get along. They bickered over trivial things day in and day out. Finally, they went to war over the issue of cleaning up dog feces. God intervened in a hurry and said to the chiefs of the two countries. Country A gives its most beautiful girl to Country B as a bride and Country B gives its wisest young man to Country A as a bridegroom. Then, the princess of country A, Saara, happens to meet a young man from country B...!
Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni
Storyboard Artist
Once upon a time, there were two neighboring countries that did not get along. They bickered over trivial things day in and day out. Finally, they went to war over the issue of cleaning up dog feces. God intervened in a hurry and said to the chiefs of the two countries. Country A gives its most beautiful girl to Country B as a bride and Country B gives its wisest young man to Country A as a bridegroom. Then, the princess of country A, Saara, happens to meet a young man from country B...!
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
Director
A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) novel, which have character designs inspired by manga artist and novel illustrator Takeshi Obata. This "director's cut" will include new "navigation" footage which is being created specifically for the film with narrator Masato Sakai.
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Storyboard Artist
El OVA "Last Order" narra los eventos que, ocurren aproximadamente 4 años antes de "Final Fantasy VII", cuando dos Soldados de ShinRa, Zack Fair y Cloud Strife, escapan de los laboratorios investigación de la compañía. Al mismo tiempo, los distintos personajes van recordando cómo se relacionan estos eventos con un desastre ocurrido 3 años antes (7 años antes de Final Fantasy VII) en Nibelheim.
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Director
El OVA "Last Order" narra los eventos que, ocurren aproximadamente 4 años antes de "Final Fantasy VII", cuando dos Soldados de ShinRa, Zack Fair y Cloud Strife, escapan de los laboratorios investigación de la compañía. Al mismo tiempo, los distintos personajes van recordando cómo se relacionan estos eventos con un desastre ocurrido 3 años antes (7 años antes de Final Fantasy VII) en Nibelheim.
La Sección de Kero
Story
Kero y Spinel comparten un plato de takoyaki, cuando se empiezan a pelear por la última bola. Cuando ésta sale despedida por la ventana, ambos se enzarzan en una carrera por ser el primero en hacerse con la bola de takoyaki perdida. Spin-off de la película "Sakura, cazadora de cartas: La carta sellada".
Sakura, cazadora de cartas: La carta sellada
Director
La trama de la historia gira en torno a unos extraños sucesos que ocurren en la ciudad. Según parece, todo esto es obra de una carta clow desconocida que posee un poder negativo. Shaoran y Meiling vuelven a Japón para darle una sorpresa a Sakura que ahora tendrá que capturar a la carta desconocida y declararle su amor a Li.
Sakura, cazadora de cartas: La película
Director
Peripecias alrededor del viaje que Sakura obtiene en una tómbola con destino a Hong-Kong, acompañada por Shaoran, Meiling, Tomoyo, Yukito, Touya y Kero. Ahora Sakura debe enfrentarse con una hechicera que estaba buscando a Clow y que se le aparecía en sus sueños.
Birdy the Mighty
Storyboard
Tsutomu, an average middle school kid busy studying for the final exams to enter high school runs into a man running from someone and gets caught up in the chase. In all the confusion he gets accidentally killed. Luckily Birdy (an interplanetary agent) knows a way to save him, unfortunately that means joining bodies to become one. So now he is stuck with this officer and along for the ride capturing criminals and saving lives.
Yawara! Atlanta Special
Director
Yawara Inokuma competes for Japan in the Atlanta Olympic Games as she meets with several familiar faces throughout the tournament.
Clamp in Wonderland
Storyboard
A short musical tribute anime featuring characters from all-female manga artist collective Clamp.
Clamp in Wonderland
Director
A short musical tribute anime featuring characters from all-female manga artist collective Clamp.
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
Storyboard
A 30-minute OVA composed of five Koji Nanjo music videos, featuring never-seen scenes between Takuto and him, with an original art gallery by Minami Ozaki at the end.
El Mundo de Rumiko 4: La Cicatriz de la Sirena
Director
Según una antigua leyenda japonesa, sirena carne puede conceder la inmortalidad si se comen. Sin embargo, hay una probabilidad mucho mayor que el consumo dará lugar a la muerte o la transformación en una criatura maldita conocida como un alma perdida (o Seres deformes en el doblaje en Inglés). Mermaid Saga cuenta la historia de Yuta, un inmortal que ha estado vivo durante quinientos años, que está vagando a través de Japón en busca de una cura y conocer a otras personas cuyas vidas también han sido arruinada por carne de sirena en el proceso.
Pops
Director
Harada Kusuko is a high school girl with a secret crush on the class playboy, Mishima Takeshi.
Cyber City Oedo 808
Assistant Director
In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission done, the state will agree to reduce their sentences. Lead by Hasegawa, the new recruits: Sengoku, Gogul, and Benton will bring some hard justice to Oedo and possibly taste freedom again.