Yorifusa Yamaguchi

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Yorifusa Yamaguchi

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Gender: Male
Date of birth: 1960 or 1961
Date of death: April 11, 2020[1]
Place of birth: Japan
Position: Storyboard
Episode director
Years active: 1988-2020
Aliases: 山口よりふさ
みなみはるか

Yorifusa Yamaguchi (山口 頼房 Yamaguchi Yorifusa?, 1960/1961 – April 11, 2020) is a Japanese anime director, he was a technical director in Detective Conan anime, as well as a storyboard artist in Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba.

Biography

Yorifusa Yamaguchi graduated from Chuo University (中央大学) and was affiliated with Studio Hibari (スタジオ雲雀). After his graduation, he debuted in the 5th OVA of Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら), which was released in 1988[2]. After that, Yamaguchi directed an OVA animation work titled Level C (LEVEL-C), responsible for its manga adaptation[3]; whereby he later gained experiences with respect to directing romantic-comedy animations, also comical children's animations.

In 2003, Yamaguchi directed an anime series called Mouse (MØUSE), and was apparently adapted based on a manga created by Satoru Akahori (赤堀 悟). Incidentally, when he served as director for a certain animation work, he usually hired Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁) as the sound director, which enhances the comedy effect of his works.

He died on April 11, 2020 at the age of 59 from an intracranial hemorrhage caused by a heart attack[1]. Four months later since he passed away, the episode where he had done the direction Episode 978: The Case On the Opposite Shore was broadcast[Note 1].

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 3 cases (3 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
937 994 The Killer Fist of Talos (Part 1) April 20, 2019 Episode director
974 1031 The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4) March 28, 2020 Episode director
978 1035 The Case On the Opposite Shore August 15, 2020 Episode director

Works in Yaiba

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba

Participation in: 1 episode

Jpn# Eng# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
5 5 Special Attack Whirlwind Sword May 7, 1993 Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

  • Ace Attorney Season 2: Episode director
  • Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Storyboard, Episode director
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files: Storyboard, Episode director
  • Tantei Shounen Kageman: Director, Storyboard
  • Mouse: Director
  • Pokémon XY: Episode director
  • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam: Storyboard

References

  1. 山口頼房 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Wikipedia
  3. Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Anime News Network
  1. ^ Note: Abnormally, Yasuichiro Yamamoto worked along as episode director for this episode; hence, it is probable that Yamamoto was there to replace Yamaguchi, in order to complete the episode production.