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Hiroko Utsumi (内海紘子, Utsumi Hiroko) is a Japanese anime director, animator, storyboard artist, and manga artist. She is best known for her work with Kyoto Animation, particularly as the original director of Free!. After leaving Kyoto Animation's affiliate company Animation Do, she directed the anime adaptation of Banana Fish manga, and created and directed SK8 the Infinity with Bones. She is a graduate of the Osaka Municipal College of Design.




Works






= Television animation

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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (2005), animator
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), animator
Kanon (2006–2007), animator
Lucky Star (2007), animator
Clannad (2007–2008), animator
Clannad After Story (2008–2009), animator
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), assistant director and animator
K-On! (2009), animator
K-On!! (2010), storyboard artist, episode director, animator
Nichijou (My Ordinary Life) (2011), storyboard artist, episode director, animator
Hyouka (2012), storyboard artist, episode director and animator
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012), storyboard artist and episode director
Tamako Market (2013), storyboard artist and animator
Beyond the Boundary (2013–2014), storyboard artist and episode director
Free! (2013), series director, storyboard artist, episode director, unit director
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- (2014), storyboard artist
Free! Eternal Summer (2014), series director, storyboard artist, episode director
Days (2016), storyboard artist and unit director for closing animation
Bungo Stray Dogs (2016), storyboard artist
My Hero Academia (2017), storyboard artist and unit director for second season closing animation
Altair: A Record of Battles (2017), storyboard artist
Banana Fish (2018), series director, storyboard artist, episode director
Dororo (2019), storyboard artist
SK8 the Infinity (2021–present), series director, original creator, storyboard artist, episode director
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Teaser PV (2021), key animator
Bucchigiri?! (2024), series director, original creator




= Original video animation

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Lucky Star OVA (2008), animator
K-On! (2010), unit director and animator
SK8 the Infinity Extra Part (2025), director




= Film animation

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Munto (2009), animator
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010), animator and unit director
K-On!: The Movie (2011), animator and unit director
Tamako Love Story (2014), production committee
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), animation director and animator




= Manga

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Super Carve! (2016–present), serialized in Animedia




= Short animation

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Star (2011), animator
Swimsuit (2013), storyboard artist




External links


Hiroko Utsumi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Free! (seri TV)
• Hyōka
• Kyoto Animation
• Banana Fish
• Anime dalam tahun 2018
• Onyanko Club
• Akiko Ikuina
• Skandal merokok Shūkan Bunshun
• Minna no Uta
• Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
• Hiroko Utsumi
• Bucchigiri?!
• SK8 the Infinity
• Banana Fish
• Free!
• MAPPA
• Bones (studio)
• Kyoto Animation
• 2025 in anime
• 2024 in anime