Kōnosuke Uda

Kōnosuke Oda
宇田 鋼之介
Born	(1966-02-01) February 1, 1966 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Alma mater	Tokyo Design Academy (Animation)
Occupation	Anime director

Kōnosuke Uda (宇田 鋼之介, Uda Kōnosuke, born 1966 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese director of anime. He graduated from the Animation Department of Tokyo Design Academy and worked as a freelancer at Toei Animation. His most notable work has been as a series director for One Piece, including two of its feature films. Other works directed include Ginga e Kickoff!!, Rainbow Fireflies, Majin Bone, and Days. He currently works mainly for MAPPA.

Filmography

TV series

• One Piece (1999-2006) - Director
• The File of Young Kindaichi (2007) - Director
• Ginga e Kickoff!! (2012-2013) - Director
• Majin Bone (2014) - Director
• One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia (2015) - Director
• DAYS (2016) - Director, series composition
• One Piece: Episode of Skypiea (2018) - Chief director
• Hinomaru Sumo (2018-2019) - Chief director, series composition

Films

• One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003) - Director
• One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006) - Director
• Rainbow Fireflies (2012) - Director'

External links

• Kōnosuke Uda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kōnosuke Uda on Twitter