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| name                = Yorifusa Yamaguchi
 
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| gender              = Male
 
| date-of-birth      = 1960 or 1961
 
| date-of-birth      = 1960 or 1961
| date-of-death      = April 11, 2020
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| date-of-death      = April 11, 2020<ref name="depart"/>
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| place-of-birth      = Japan
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| position           = Storyboard <br> {{Bracket|Episode director|Technical director}}
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| years-active        = 1988-2020
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| aliases            = 山口よりふさ <br> みなみはるか
| footnotes          = Also known as "Haruka Minami".
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{{nihongo|'''Yorifusa Yamaguchi'''|山口 頼房|Yamaguchi Yorifusa}} is a Japanese anime director. He died on April 11, 2020 at the age of 59 from an intracranial hemorrhage caused by a heart attack<ref>https://twitter.com/miminaga/status/1255468827103703041</ref>.
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{{nihongo|'''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''.
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== Biography ==
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Yorifusa Yamaguchi graduated from [[wikipedia:Chuo University|Chuo University]] {{jp|中央大学}} and was affiliated with [[wikipedia:Studio Hibari|Studio Hibari]] {{jp|スタジオ雲雀}}. After his graduation, he debuted in the 5th OVA of ''[[wikipedia:Urusei Yatsura|Urusei Yatsura]]'' {{jp|うる星やつら}}, which was released in 1988<ref name="OVA"/>. After that, Yamaguchi directed an OVA animation work titled ''[[wikipedia:Level C|Level C]]'' {{jp|LEVEL-C}}, responsible for its manga adaptation<ref name="OVA-2"/>; whereby he later gained experiences with respect to directing romantic-comedy animations, also comical children's animations.
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In 2003, Yamaguchi directed an anime series called ''[[wikipedia:Mouse (manga)|Mouse]]'' {{jp|MØUSE}}, and was apparently adapted based on a manga created by [[wikipedia:Satoru Akahori|Satoru Akahori]] {{jp|赤堀 悟}}. Incidentally, when he served as director for a certain animation work, he usually hired [[wikipedia:Shigeru Chiba|Shigeru Chiba]] {{jp|千葉 繁}} as the sound director, which enhances the comedy effect of his works.
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He died on April 11, 2020 at the age of 59 from an intracranial hemorrhage caused by a heart attack<ref name="depart"/>. Four months later since he passed away, the episode where he had done the direction [[The Case On the Opposite Shore|'''Episode 978''': The Case On the Opposite Shore]] was broadcast<ref group="Note">'''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.</ref>.
  
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
Participation in: '''3''' cases ('''3''' episodes)  
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=== Anime ===
* [[The Killer Fist of Talos]] (Episodes 937 only): Episode director
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Participation in: '''3''' cases (3 episodes)
* [[The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department]] (Episode 974 only): Episode director
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* [[The Case On the Opposite Shore]] (Episode 978): Episode director (along with [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]])
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|937||994||[[Episode 937|The Killer Fist of Talos (Part 1)]]||April 20, 2019||Episode director||
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|974||1031||[[Episode 974|The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (4)]]||March 28, 2020||Episode director||
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|978||1035||[[Episode 978|The Case On the Opposite Shore]]||August 15, 2020||Episode director||
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== Works in [[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba]] ==
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== Works in [[Yaiba]] ==
Participation in: '''1''' episodes
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=== [[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba]] ===
* [[Special Attack Whirlwind Sword]] (Episode 5): Storyboard
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Participation in: '''1''' episode
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:5%;"|Eng#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|5||5||[[Special Attack Whirlwind Sword]]||May 7, 1993||Storyboard||
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==Other notable works==
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== Other notable works ==
===Anime===
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=== Anime ===
* ''Ace Attorney Season 2'' (2 episodes) : Episode director
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* ''Ace Attorney Season 2'': Episode director
* ''Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'' : Storyboard (4 episodes), Episode director (16 episodes)
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* ''Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'': Storyboard, Episode director
* ''Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files'' : Storyboard (1 episodes), Episode director (2 episodes)
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* ''Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files'': Storyboard, Episode director
* ''Tantei Shounen Kageman'': Director, Storyboard (2 episodes)
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* ''Tantei Shounen Kageman'': Director, Storyboard
* ''Mouse'' : Director
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* ''Mouse'': Director
* ''Pokémon XY'' : Episode director
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* ''Pokémon XY'': Episode director
* ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' : Storyboard
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* ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'': Storyboard
* Many more
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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# [[wikipedia:ja:山口頼房|山口頼房 - Wikipedia]] (Japanese)
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# [[wikipedia:Yorifusa Yamaguchi|Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Wikipedia]]
 
# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8103 Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Anime News Network]
 
# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8103 Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Anime News Network]
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorifusa_Yamaguchi Yorifusa Yamaguchi - Wikipedia] (English)
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# [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3%E9%A0%BC%E6%88%BF 山口頼房 - Wikipedia] (Japanese)
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<ref name="depart">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/miminaga/status/1255468827103703041|title=【訃報】アニメーション演出家の山口頼房は2020年4月11日に満59歳で逝去いたしました|publisher=Twitter|date=2020-04-29}}</ref>
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<ref name="OVA">{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/89998|title=うる星やつら 渚のフィアンセ|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2024-05-21}}</ref>
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<ref name="OVA-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235916|title=快楽の方程式 LEVEL-C|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2024-05-21}}</ref>
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[[Category:Technical directors]]
  
 
[[zh:山口赖房]]
 
[[zh:山口赖房]]

Latest revision as of 18:33, 21 May 2024

Yorifusa Yamaguchi

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Profile
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.