Ryuji Masuda

Ryuji Masuda
増田 龍治
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation	Animation director
Notable work	Popee the Performer Mr. Stain Funny Pets
Spouse	Wakako Masuda ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2018)​ [1]
Children	2

Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治, Masuda Ryūji, born 1968) is a Japanese CGI animation director. His works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain and Funny Pets.[2] He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.

Works

List of works in media

Release date	Media	Crew role	Note
January 4th 2000 - January 1st 2003	Popee the Performer (POPEE the ぱフォーマー, POPEE the pa fōmā)	Director, original script/story writer	Debut work
January 6th 2003 - March 25th 2003	Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (ガラクタ通りのステイン, Garakuta-Doori no Sutein)	Director, original script/story writer
2003	Drive Car (ドライブカー)	Director, original script/story writer	music video
May 28th 2004	Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ (温泉タマゴ ~湯けむり奇談~)	Director of "Yoshiko's 6th Sense", Screenplay writer of "Onsen Konoshi Doki"	3-in-1 live action/CG animated drama movie
January 11th 2006 - March 28th 2006	Funny Pets (ファニーペッツ, Fanī Petsu (Alternative name: Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic))	Director, original script/story writer
2007-2009	Petit Eva (Evangelion@School)	CG Supervisor
April 1st 2009 - March 31st 2010	Charady's Daily Joke (キャラディのジョークな毎日, Charady no Joke no Mainichi)	Overall Director
November 22nd 2013	OH! Jesus (オー！ジーザス)	Director, original script/story writer	manga-like anime

Awards

In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.^[citation needed]

Books

In 2002, he helped with the "Popee the Performer" manga (he wrote the Magazine Z manga).

In 2007, he wrote the "Mr. Stain" and "Funny Pets" picture books.

Others

• Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
• Member of Directors Guild of Japan.

Personal life

During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company.[3] He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.[3]

References

1. https://x.com/ryuji_masuda/status/1720433334487298130 ^[bare URL]
2. Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
3. Adobe Japan Education Vanguards インタビュー増田 2009年10月 坂本綾（アリカ） Adobe Japan

External links

• About Ryuji Masuda^[permanent dead link‍] (in Japanese)
• Ryuji Masuda anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)