Yutaka Minowa is a character designer in which most of his work is done at Madhouse Production. His work is most notably recognised from Yoshiaki Kawajiri movies that he character designed, Ninja Scroll and Bloodlust.

Biography

At a young age, Yutaka Minowa took an interest in anime when he heard there is anime for children to study and as he reach through his High School years, he had the idea that he would like to do animation.

He considers himself a simple guy who is influenced by everything around him. He is also passionate for art and always liked the possibility of taking characters and bringing them to film and making the characters move. He is a big fan of comic creator Mike Mignola.

Animes that Yutaka Minowa is involved in:

• Ninja Scroll 2 (2007) (in development) (character designer)
• Vengeance (2006) (character designer)
• Program (2003) (animation director) (character designer) (key animator)
• Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (2001) (key animator)
• Bloodlust (2000) (animation director) (character designer)
• Escaflowne: The Movie (2000) (key animator)
• Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000) (key animator)
• X/1999 (1996) (assistant animation director)
• Phantom Quest Corp (1994) (V) (animator)
• Ninja Scroll(1993) (character design/animation director)
• Record of Lodoss War (1990) (V) (sub character designer) (episodes 6-13)
• Angel Links (TV) : Design Consultant

Links

• Yutaka Minowa Interview at dvdvisionjapan.com
• Yutaka Minowa at the Internet Movie Database
• Yutaka Minowa at Anime News Network