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Director
Tensai Okamura
岡村天斎
AnimatorActive 1984–presentYokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Wiki (jp) | Wiki (en) During his university days at Waseda University, Okamura was a part of Waseda's manga research society and together with other budding animators, produced his first independent anime there. Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the animation production studio Madhouse as an animator through the recommendation of a friend. Lensman was the first series he worked on as an animator. The first anime movies that he worked on were Kamui no Ken and Bobby ni Kubittake. In 1989, he made his debut as an episode director with Yawara! and soon made his full directorial de…
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