Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan.
After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Yoshiyuki Tomino and Ryousuke Takahashi before becoming freelancer.
He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.
Movies (5)
TV shows (22)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009 · Director
Dinosaur King
2007 · Series Director
NANA
2006 · Director
Strawberry Panic
2006 · Director
Detective School Q
2003 · Director, Storyboard Artist
Hikaru no Go
2001 · Director, Storyboard Artist
Shin Hakkenden
1999 · Director
ふたり暮らし
1998 · Producer
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
1997 · Series Director
EAT-MAN
1997 · Storyboard Artist
Street Fighter II: V
1995 · Storyboard Artist, Director
Jura Tripper
1995 · Screenplay
Muka Muka Paradise
1993 · Creator
The Brave of Legend Da-Garn
1992 · Director
The Brave of the Sun Fighbird
1991 · Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Creator
Brave Exkaiser
1990 · Series Director, Creator
Bucchigiri
1989 · Director, Writer
Ronin Warriors
1988 · Storyboard, Director
Mashin Hero Wataru
1988 · Director
Dirty Pair OVA
1987 · Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1985 · Director, Storyboard
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
1983 · Storyboard, Director