Below are the credits for the You-Zitsu anime series.
Main Credits[]
- Original Author: Shōgo Kinugasa
- Character Drafts: Tomoseshunsaku
- Director: Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Seiji Kishi
- Assistant Director: Yū Kinome
- Series Composition: Aoi Akashiro
- Character Design: Morita Kazuaki
- Sub Character Design: Mai Maekawa, Kyōko Kon
- Chief Animation Supervisor: Miho Ichikawa, Ayano Fujita
- Prop Design: Tomohito Hirose, Nayumi Ogashiwa
- Art Director: Hirofune Hane
- Art Setting: Katsuo Kokonoe
- Color Design: Hiroaki Kaguchi
- CG Director: Masafumi Uchiyama
- Director of Photography: Ryūji Hirakawa
- Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
- Audio Director: Satoki Iida
- Music: Ryō Takahashi
- Music Production: Lantis
- Music Producer: Sato Junnosuke, Yoshie Terunari
- Producer: Kakeru Tanaka, Masahito Ikemoto, Haruki Ashitate, Aya Iizuka, Itō Hideo, Mieko Tsuruta, Yūta Kashiwabara, Mitsuhiro Ogata
- Animation Producer: Yūji Higa
- Animation Production: Lerche
- Production: Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e Production Committee
Series Director[]
The series director is responsible for the overall look and feel of the series and oversees almost every aspect of the production process. Almost everything must meet their approval before moving forward. They are also responsible for creating storyboards, which are sequential drawings detailing the major scenes of the series, essentially a visual script. These storyboards include information about dialogue, music, camera work, and serve as a basis for the animators to create their layouts and key drawings.
Series Composition[]
The series organiser is the person who determines the overall plot of the series. They will typically acquaint themselves with the story material by reading the original source. Many meetings are held with the director, author, and other relevant personnel of the source material to chart the direction and feel they would like the anime to take. Following this, they will draft an overview plot of the series, broken down into episodes. When the overall series plot is finalised, the series organiser tasks the scenario writers, which often includes themselves as well, with writing scripts for each episode. As the manga progresses, the series organiser oversees the creation of filler stories to ensure that the author has plenty of time to develop more original material, which will later be incorporated into the anime.
Character Design[]
The character designer is responsible for creating detailed character, set, and item designs. The designs must be very specific and detailed, including facial expressions, colours, and clothing, to ensure that the animators know exactly how a certain character or item should be drawn. The chief designer will create or update "design packs" and distribute them to all of the animators. This also helps the animation supervisor, as the animation is more likely to be uniform, making their jobs a little easier.
Episode Credits[]
Season 1[]
# | Screenplay | Storyboard | Episode Director | Animation Supervisor | Chief Animation Supervisor |
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1 | Aoi Karashiro | Yūji Higa | Yūji Higa | Takashi Kobayashi, Misaki Kaneko, Ayano Fujita | Miho Ichikawa |
2 | Hayato Kazano | Noriaki Saitō | Yoshinari Suzuki | Hiromi Higuchi, Nayumi Ogashiwa, Takashi Kobayashi, Yūji Moriyama | Ayano Fujita |
3 | Ohine Ezaki | Yūsuke Kamata | Yūsuke Kamata | Tomohito Hirose, Rina Sugimoto, Hiromi Higuchi | Miho Ichikawa |
4 | Aoi Akashiro | Motō Fukuoka | Fukui Yōhei | Yūji Moriyama, Aya Hinoue, Hiromi Higuchi | Ayano Fujita |
5 | Hayato Kazano | Yoshifumi Sasahara | Yoshifumi Sasahara | Misaki Kaneko, Takashi Kobayashi | Miho Ichikawa |
6 | Ohine Ezaki | Yū Kinome | Fumio Itō | Hiromi Higuchi, Yumi Horie, Masaru Yamada, Takashi Kobayashi, Yūji Moriyama | Ayano Fujita |
7 | Aoi Akashiro | Yoshito Nishōji | Yoshinari Suzuki | Rina Sugimoto, Akiko Nakano, Katsusuke Onuma, Takashi Kobayashi, Masumi Hoshino, Mayumi Watanabe, Naoko Kuwabara | Miho Ichikawa |
8 | Ohine Ezaki | Akiyo Ōhashi | Yūsuke Kamata | Yūji Moriyama, Yumi Horie, Yuka Hōri, Hisao Muramatsu, Hiromi Higuchi, Katsusuke Onuma, Nakajō Etsuo | Ayano Fujita |
9 | Hayato Kazano | Yuuzumi Yoshihide | Yuuzumi Yoshihide | Yūji Moriyama, Hiromi Higuchi, Takashi Narikawa, Misaki Kaneko, Ayano Fujita, Yūji Moriyama, Nayumi Ogashiwa, Rina Sugimoto, Katsusuke Onuma, Miho Ichikawa | Miho Ichikawa |
10 | Ohine Ezaki | Fukui Yōhei | Fukui Yōhei | Yūji Moriyama, Hiromi Higuchi, Takashi Narikawa, Misaki Kaneko, Yūji Moriyama, Rina Sugimoto, Yumi Horie, Katsusuke Onuma, Yuka Hōri, Miho Ichikawa | Ayano Fujita |
11 | Hayato Kazano | Akiyo Ōhashi | Majima Takahiro | Yūji Moriyama, Hiromi Higuchi, Takashi Narikawa, Misaki Kaneko, Yūji Moriyama, Rina Sugimoto, Katsusuke Onuma, Mayumi Watanabe | Miho Ichikawa |
12 | Aoi Akashiro | Yoshihide Yuuzumi | Yoshihide Yuuzumi, Atsuko Tonomizu, Yoshinari Suzuki | Yūji Moriyama, Hiromi Higuchi, Takashi Narikawa, Misaki Kaneko, Yūji Moriyama, Rina Sugimoto, Katsusuke Onuma, Mayumi Watanabe, Nakajō Etsuo, Miho Ichikawa, Kazuaki Morita | Ayano Fujita |
Season 2[]
# | Screenplay | Storyboard | Episode Director | Chief Animation Supervisor | Animation Supervisor |
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1 | Hayato Kazano | Yoshihito Nishouji, Seiji Kishi | Masaru Kanamori, Sou Kendai | Miho Ichikawa | Sansai Onoki, Kouji Kouno, Tomohito Hirose, Ippei Ichi |
2 | Hayato Kazano | Tanaka Takahiro | Iino Kentaro | Ippei Ichii | Sakurai Takurou, Futafusa, Fukue Mitsue, reboot |
3 | Shigenobu Kou | Shinichirou Kimura, Tanaka Takahiro | Tanaka Takahiro | Miho Ichikawa | Tomohito Hirose, Sansai Onoki, Kouji Kouno |
4 | Hayato Kazano | Yuusuke Kamata | Yuusuke Kamata | Ippei Ichii | Min Hui, Guang Ming, Yue Xin |
5 | Shigenobu Kou | Hiroshi Matsuzono | Tarou Kubo, Hideki Takayama | Miho Ichikawa | Min Wang , Xiaochuan Zhao, Lingling Chen, Jiang Hai Hua |
6 | Hayato Kazano | Toshihiko Masuda, Seiji Kishi | Song Hyeon-Dae, Hayato Kazano | Miho Ichikawa | Kouji Kouno, Sansai Onoki, Tomohito Hirose, Ippei Ichii, Katsusuke Onuma, Yukiko Kawamoto |
7 | Shigenobu Kou | Yuusuke Kamata, Tomohiro Matsukawa | Yasunori Gotou | Miho Ichikawa | Yoshio Usuda, Wen Shan Zhong, Yong Sang Kwon, Azusa Kitahara, Teppei Taketani, Revival, Wu JingJing, Arata Hayato, 井倉雲丹 |
8 | Hayato Kazano | Hiroshi Matsuzono | Masaru Kanamori | Miho Ichikawa | Kouji Kouno, Sansai Onogi, Tomohito Hirose, Katsusuke Onuma, Ippei Ichi, Mitsuhiro Iida |
9 | Shigenobu Kou | Masaki Kitamura, Daiki Fukuoka | Youhei Fukui, Tanaka Takahiro | Miho Ichikawa | Kouji Kouno, Sansai Onogi, Tomohito Hirose, Onuma Katsusuke, Yukiko Kawamoto, Ippei Ichii, Hui Min, Ming Guang, Long Guang |
10 | Shigenobu Kou | Masaki Kitamura, Miki Sorakubo, Mai Sakamoto, まみむ山, 多田野緋兎 | Yuusuke Kamata | Miho Ichikawa | Kouji Kouno, Sansai Onogi, Katsusuke Onuma, Yoshihiro Maeda, Tetsuya Ito, Yoo Seung-hee, Kim Kyung-ho, Lee kang-woo |
11 | Hayato Kazano | Kitamura Masaki, 多田野緋兎, まみむ山 (Additional Co-op: Tomovies, Takashima Tomoya, Shimako) |
Tanaka Takahiro, Ichii Ippei, Kanamori Masaru | Miho Ichikawa | Kouno Kouji, Nagata Haruna, Inada Masaki, Onogi Sansai, Yasukata Yoshimi, Aya Higami, Onuma Katsusuke, Hirose Tomohito, Aoi Takasaki, Iida Mitsuhiro, Ichii Ippei |
12 | Shigenobu Kou | Masaki Kitamura, Takehiko Matsumoto (Additional Co-op: Tomovies, Tomoya Takashima, Kuma Fukuro, Fujikawa Ami, Shimako) |
Kamata Yuusuke, Kanamori Masaru, Kitamura Masaki, Kanae Komoda, Shinichiro Kitamura | Miho Ichikawa | Kouno Kouji, Onogi Sansai, Hirose Tomohito, Onuma Katsusuke, Inada Masaki, Nagata Haruna, Kawano Nozomi, Yasukata Yoshimi, Itou Tetsuya, 王 宣靜, Kamata Yuusuke, 橋森有加, Yamagata Kouji, Nagisa Yamada, Maeda Yoshihiro, Iida Mitsuhiro, Higuchi Hiromi, Aya Higami, Kimura Takuma |
13 | Hayato Kazano | Daiki Fukuoka, Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Miho Ichikawa | Masako Itou, Tomoshige Inayoshi, Kouji Kouno, Ippei Ichii, Tomohito Hirose, Tetsuya Itou, Sansai Onogi, Katsusuke Onuma |
Animation Supervisor[]
Literally translated as "drawings supervisor". Animation Supervisors are responsible for leading and co-ordinating the animation team. They may also be involved in the recruitment of that team, to ensure that the selected artists have the appropriate animation and drawing skills for the production. They interpret the brief from the director, and from other relevant departments, and communicate information to the animators.
The animation supervisor is the person who oversees, checks, and corrects the key animators' drawings. The changes can be for many reasons but are most often to bring the characters "on model" so that they more accurately reflect the original character designs. They often work closely with the Chief Animator and Chief Designer, but overall, the final look of the episode hinges on the artistic abilities of the animation supervisor. You'll most often see this credit translated as "Animation Director", but since they only oversee the key animation aspects it is more appropriate to give them a title of supervisor which is also an accurate translation of kantoku.
Chief Animation Supervisor: The main job of the Chief Animation Supervisor is to check the character drawings. In the series, this role is always assigned to a skilled artist to oversee a less skilled Animation Supervisor, who generally has off model or bad artwork.
Storyboard[]
Literally translated as "picture continuity". Storyboard artists illustrate the narrative, plan shots, and draw panels to demonstrate action, and to maintain continuity between scenes. They may need to revise and update their work to reflect a changing script or comments from the Director. More often than not, the storyboards are drawn by the series director, but when they are too busy someone else must step in and complete the task. However, the series director still supervises them and has the ultimate say in what is on the storyboard. The staff member credited is simply the person drawing, and more or less makes no real decisions toward the progression of the series.
As with the director, there is no clear qualification for being a storyboard artist or episode director. Everybody starts from different genre. Some start as an animator, some start as assistant production manager. Some come directly from the film industry.
Episode Director[]
Literally translated as "production direction". The director, often referred to as the episode director, is one of the most difficult and most important jobs in the production process of a single episode. They are the go-between for the series director and the rest of the staff. They are responsible for checking and supervising the show throughout the production, from initial story to the final released product, and in many cases, have almost total control over it. They typically check the animation drawings as they are being worked on, set up each scene before it goes to photography and supervises the sound, voice recordings, and all of the editing, amongst many other jobs.
Assistant Director: The assistant director is an extension of the episode director, attending to tasks that the director does not have time for. They will often run errands for the director and do whatever they can to make the director's stressful job easier. Many assistant directors are also episode directors and switch between the two roles as they are needed.
Screenplay[]
Literally translated as "Script" or "Scenario". A scenario writer is responsible for the script of a specific episode or movie, most notably including the character and narration dialogue. These writers are supervised by the series organiser and director to ensure that the episodes scenario fits within the overall scope of the series plot. An episodes script is often revised numerous times before it is finalised and handed over to the episode director to begin work on the animation process.