Yasuhiro Nakura
Works with: Background Art, Animation Director, Key Animation, Setting, Storyboard, Episode Director, Layout, Director, Character Design, 2nd Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director, Chief Animation Director, Original Character Design, In-Between Animation,
Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season
- Background Art
After graduating from high school, the story of Koyomi Araragi came to an end. This time, it truly ended. However, the story of the girls who were saved by Araragi was not over. It is a prequel, or pe...
Yojouhan Time Machine Blues
- Animation Director
The story of Yojouhan Time Machine Blues unfolds on a hot summer day when Ozu, the main character's "terrible friend," accidentally drowns their air conditioning unit's only remote control. As they di...
RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku
- Key Animation
For millennia, the realm of Remnant has faced continuous peril from the Grimm, malevolent beings that seek to annihilate both humans and half-human Faunus. To safeguard themselves, the four realms est...
Inu-ou
- Animation Director
The film "Inu-Ou" is an adaptation of Hideo Furukawas novel "Heike Monogatari: Inu-Ou," which tells the story of Inu-Ou, a renowned Sarugaku Noh performer from the 14th century. This musical fantasy f...
Bishounen Series
- Setting
- Key Animation
Rewritten version of the given text: The Bishounen Series focuses on the Pretty Boy Detective Club, an organization based at Yubiwa Private Academy that aims to assist those in need. However, only tho...
Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden (TV)
- Key Animation
In Magia Record, the main character is Iroha, who is a magical girl looking for her missing sister Ui in Kamihama. At the same time, Madoka is also searching for her missing sister Homura in the same ...
3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season
- Setting
- Storyboard
- Episode Director
- Key Animation
- Layout
In high school's second year, Rei Kiriyama faces challenges in both his professional and personal life. Despite being surrounded by lively individuals at the shogi hall, school club, and local communi...
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
- Key Animation
In 2022, an EMP explosion leads to a worldwide power outage with devastating consequences. This animated short, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloos fame, serves as a ...
Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?
- Key Animation
During the summer season, Norimichi Shimada and his companions were intrigued by whether fireworks appeared round or flat when viewed from the side. In order to resolve this issue, they devised a plan...
3-gatsu no Lion
- Episode Director
- Director
- Storyboard
- Key Animation
- Setting
- Layout
At 17 years old, rei kiriyama is a professional shogi player who has achieved great success in middle school. however, this achievement comes with immense pressure from both the shogi community and hi...
Flip Flappers
- Key Animation
Cocona is an adolescent living with her grandmother who has not yet decided on any goals to pursue. One day, she meets Papika, a mysterious girl who invites her to join the Flip Flap organization. As ...
Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen
- Key Animation
In koyomi araragis second year at naoetsu private high school, he meets tsubasa hanekawa, the top student in his class. during their conversation, hanekawa mentions a rumor about a beautiful blonde va...
Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis
- Key Animation
Many years ago, the ancient dragon Bahamut caused devastation on the land of Mistarcia, a realm where gods, demons, and humans coexist. To prevent the destruction of the world, the two rival deities b...
Hanamonogatari
- Key Animation
After Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara graduated from Naoetsu Private High School, only a few familiar faces remained at the school. One of them was Kanbaru Suruga, who held the Monkeys Paw. Whe...
Space Dandy 2
- Setting
- Character Design
- Key Animation
- Episode Director
- Storyboard
The second season of Space Dandy follows the story of a dapper character named Dandy, who is always on the lookout for new aliens to discover. He travels across the galaxy with his companions QT and M...
Mekakucity Actors
- Storyboard
- Key Animation
On August 14th, during a scorching summer day, Shintarou Kisaragi was compelled to venture beyond his room for the first time in two years. While engaged in an argument with Ene, the cyber girl who dw...
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari
- Key Animation
The young female residents of Mitakihara enjoy their lives with occasional battles against evil, but otherwise maintain a peaceful routine. Despite others' ignorance, Homura Akemi senses an abnormalit...
Monogatari Series: Second Season
- Animation Director
- Storyboard
In monogatari series: second season, koyomi araragi and his close friends continue to encounter supernatural occurrences. tsubasa hanekawa is a genius in the group, while shinobu oshino loves doughnut...
Nekomonogatari: Kuro
- Animation Director
- Key Animation
- 2nd Key Animation
After surviving a vampire attack, Koyomi Araragi notices that his friend and savior, Tsubasa Hanekawa, has been acting strange. When he happens to cross paths with her on his way to a bookstore and se...
Gothicmade: Hana no Utame
- Animation Director
In a small world called Carmine, young women known as Songstresses possess memories from their ancestors, which they use to aid their people who suffer under strict policies of an interplanetary leagu...
Summer Wars
- Key Animation
OZ, also known as a virtual world connected to the internet, has gained immense popularity worldwide for providing various activities such as sports and shopping through customized avatars created by ...
Miyori no Mori
- Key Animation
When her parents abandoned her at 11 years old, Miyori closed off from others and refused any human connections. Her grandmother took care of her near a forest. Although she felt lonely in the seeming...
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
- Assistant Animation Director
- Key Animation
Makoto Konno is in high school and struggling to decide on her future. She spends time under pressure from teachers and hanging out with friends. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers s...
Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror
- Animation Director
- Chief Animation Director
- Original Character Design
Three japanese horror tales are included in this collection: "yotsuya kaidan" tells of a wife who is betrayed by her husband and seeks revenge even after death; "tenshu monogatari" follows the forbidd...
Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Innocence
- Key Animation
After Major Motoko Kusanagi disappeared, Section 9's Batou was tasked to investigate a series of gruesome murders that appeared to be committed by malfunctioning gynoids or sex robots. However, when h...
Metropolis
- Chief Animation Director
- Character Design
In the bustling city of Metropolis, strict community norms and discrimination persist in a world where humans and robots coexist. Tensions and violence escalate with each passing day. The Japanese det...
Shounen Santa no Daibouken!
- Character Design
Based on L. Frank Baum novel: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus....
Muumindani no Suisei
- Character Design
Recently, there have been some strange occurrences in Moominvalley. The Moomins, along with Sniff and Mee, set out to visit the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to verify that a comet was heading t...
Tanoshii Muumin Ikka Bouken Nikki
- Character Design
The Moomins are a family of trolls who reside in the enigmatic and far-off Moomin Valley. They are known for their kind and tranquil nature. Through their experiences, young Moomin and his loved ones ...
Tanoshii Muumin Ikka
- Key Animation
- Character Design
- Layout
- Animation Director
- Storyboard
Spring has arrived in Moomin Valley, signaling the start of a new adventure for Moomintroll and his friends. Snufkin returns from his winter migration, causing the valley's inhabitants to emerge from ...
Donguri to Yamaneko
- Character Design
- Animation Director
The Acorns and the Wildcat is an animated short film by Yasuhiro Nagura, creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. It's unique in that it features a narrator reading Kenji's st...
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku
- Key Animation
On Mount Olympus, two siblings were content until they developed romantic feelings for each other. However, tragedy struck when Venus was captured and imprisoned in the Swamp of Death. In order to sav...
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
- Character Design
The longstanding conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance comes to an end with the emergence of new leaders. Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military genius with idealistic tenden...
Genji Monogatari
- Character Design
- Animation Director
During the peak of the Heian era, Genji, an illegitimate son of the emperor and a government official, enjoys a lavish lifestyle at court. His days are spent engaging in activities such as drinking te...
Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
- Key Animation
In a world where airplanes and airships abound, there is a young girl named Sheeta who has been kidnapped by government agents in pursuit of her enigmatic crystal amulet. Trapped aboard an airship, sh...
Tenshi no Tamago
- Animation Director
- Key Animation
Amidst a barren and gloomy environment enveloped by darkness, there resides an unassuming young girl who appears to devote her existence solely to amassing water in containers and safeguarding a subst...
Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru
- Key Animation
Giovanni is a young boy who resides near a small village with rustic surroundings. His mother is ill, and his father has gone to sea on a fishing boat without returning home. At school, he feels isola...
Tongari Boushi no Memole: Marielle no Housekibako
- Key Animation
- Animation Director
Marielle is a young girl residing in a remote house situated between Switzerland and France to regain her health. The narrative unfolds through the recollections of her escapades with Memoru, an alien...
Tongari Boushi no Memole
- Animation Director
- Original Character Design
One of 245 individuals from Riruru Star arrived on Earth after their ship experienced an emergency landing during a crash-landing. These beings are known as Memoru, and they possess incredibly small b...
Wata no Kuni Hoshi
- Key Animation
Tokio discovers a two-month-old kitten named Chibi-neko who has been abandoned by her previous owners. Despite his mother's allergy and fear of cats, she allows him to keep the kitten because she is c...
Future War 198X-nen
- In-Between Animation
A researcher in America creates a device using lasers and satellites as an attempt to prevent any potential nuclear wars. However, due to mistakes made by both governments of the United States and the...
Dr. Slump: Arale-chan
- Key Animation
Dr. Slump creates an android named Arale, who possesses immense strength, joyfulness, and complete lack of common sense. The two reside in Penguin Village, where bizarre occurrences are frequent, such...
Mechakko Dotakon
- Key Animation
Michiru, a brilliant young woman with a Ph.D. in atomic physics from California University at just 11 years old, still feels like she needs a sibling. To fulfill this desire, she creates her own broth...
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi
- In-Between Animation
A prince comes across a swan wearing a crown while out hunting. Intrigued, he follows it until he realizes the creature is actually a princess named Odette. She's under a spell that transforms her int...
Cyborg 009: Chou Ginga Densetsu
- Key Animation
The cyborgs have finished their duties and now lead regular lives until a spaceship arrives on Earth. The sole survivor from the ship alerts them of an imminent threat called Zoa, who aims to dominate...
Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)
- In-Between Animation
Tetsurou Hoshino is a young man who seeks revenge against Count Mecha for murdering his mother by obtaining an immortal mechanical body. However, due to its high cost, he can only hope to obtain it by...
Ginga Tetsudou 999
- In-Between Animation
In the far reaches of time, humankind has discovered a means of eternal existence through the acquisition of mechanical bodies. However, this pathway to immortality comes with an exorbitant price tag....