Toshimasa Suzuki Explained

is a Japanese director, animator, and storyboard artist. He joined Shaft in 1995 as an episode director and storyboard artist, and although he continues to work for Shaft, Suzuki commonly directs series with other studios, most notably with Xebec, where he made his series directorial debut with Heroic Age in 2007.

Career and life

Suzuki joined Shaft around 1988 as a key animator.^[1] He made his debut as an episode director and storyboard artist for the studio's first original television series, Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger, in 1995. His employment with Shaft continued until the early 2000s, when he decided to go freelance (he continued to work with Shaft as a freelancer).^[1] In 2007, he debuted as a series director with Xebec with Heroic Age under the supervision of Takashi Noto. For the next few years, Suzuki focused solely on freelancing work with other studios. He continued to do work with Xebec, directing and Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth, and started directing series outside of either Xebec or Shaft, such as The Pilot's Love Song and The Price of Smiles. However, he remains a prominent figure at Shaft and works on most of the studio's productions.

Suzuki was born in 1966, and he is married to color designer Mitsuko Sekimoto,^[2] who has worked with Suzuki on all of his directorial projects outside of Shaft.

Style

He said that he is a fan of hard sci-fi, as well as a fan of foreign sci-fi productions, which he has used for inspiration on works like Fafner in the Azure and Heroic Age.^[1] Although a fan of watching realistic and 'muddy' depictions of emotions, he himself does not like to make realistic depictions in his works, and is instead more interested in making his works beautiful and exaggerated.^[1] Writer Tow Ubukata commented on Suzuki's ideal of beauty by saying he was good at directing emotional scenes.^[1]

After he worked as Akiyuki Shinbo's assistant on , Suzuki wanted to use some of Shinbo's visual composition techniques himself while working on Fafner: Right of Left succeeding the end of Tsukuyomis production.^[3] Broadly, he stated that his way of creating images changed after working on Tsukuyomi. Director Ryūtarō Nakamura's sense of light and shadows, whom Suzuki worked under as the assistant director for Sakura Wars (2000), also had an effect on Suzuki's style.

Works

Television series

In "Director(s)" column highlights Suzuki's directorial works.

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SB	ED	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
1989	Blue Blink	Osamu Tezuka Seitarou Hara	Tezuka Productions			Animator	[4]
	Idol Densetsu Eriko	Tetsurō Amino	Ashi Productions			In-between animator	[5]
1990	Kyatto Ninden Teyandee	Kunitoshi Okajima	Tatsunoko Production			In-between animator	[6]
1991	Oh! My Konbu	Tetsuo Imazawa	Shaft			Key animator	[7]
1993		Hiromitsu Morita				Key animator	[8]
1995	Weather Report Girl	Kunihiko Yuyama	Pastel			Key animator	[9]
	Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger	Kunitoshi Okajima	Shaft			Key animator	[10] [11] [12]
1997	Hareluya II Boy	Kiyoshi Egami	Triangle Staff				[13]
	Sakura Diaries	Kunitoshi Okajima	Shaft				[14]
	Burn-Up Excess	Shinichiro Kimura	Magic Bus				[15]
	Battle Athletes Victory	Katsuhito Akiyama	AIC				[16] [17]
1998	Silent Mobius	Hideki Tonokatsu	Shaft (Radix)				[18]
	Generator Gawl	Seiji Mizushima	Tatsunoko Production				[19]
1999	Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure	Katsuhito Akiyama	AIC				[20]
	Power Stone	Takahiro Omori	Pierrot			Key animator	[21]
	A Pair of Queens	Takashi Watanabe	Triangle Staff			Key animator	[22]
	Dai-Guard	Seiji Mizushima	Xebec				[23]
2000	Sakura Wars	Ryūtarō Nakamura	Madhouse			Assistant director (13 episodes)	[24] [25] [26]
	Dotto! Koni-chan	Shinichi Watanabe	Shaft				[27] [28]
2001	Mahoromatic	Hiroyuki Yamaga	Gainax Shaft				[29] [30]
	Shaman King	Seiji Mizushima	Xebec				[31] [32]
2002	A Little Snow Fairy Sugar	Hiroaki Sakurai Shinichiro Kimura	J.C. Staff				[33]
	Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier	Jun Kawagoe	Japan Vistec				[34]
2003	Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful	Hiroyuki Yamaga	Gainax Shaft				[35]
	Stellvia	Tatsuo Satō	Xebec				[36] [37]
2004	This Ugly yet Beautiful World	Shouji Saeki	Gainax Shaft			Key animator	[38] [39] [40]
	Tetsujin 28-go	Yasuhiro Imagawa	Palm Studio				[41]
	Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor	Nobuyoshi Habara	Xebec				[42]
			Shaft			Assistant director Ending director	[43] [44] [45] [46]
2005	He Is My Master	Shouji Saeki	Gainax Shaft			Ending director	[47] [48]
	Rozen Maiden: Träumend	Kō Matsuo	Nomad				[49]
2006	The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye	Jun Kamiya	Xebec				[50] [51]
2007	Heroic Age		Xebec				[52] [53]
	Ef: A Tale of Memories	Shin Oonuma	Shaft			Assistant episode director	[54]
2008	Wangan Midnight	Tsuneo Tominaga	A.C.G.T				[55]
	Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox	Atsushi Ōtsuki	Xebec				[56]
	Kyō no Go no Ni	Tsuyoshi Nagasawa	Xebec				[57]
2009	Polyphonica: Crimson S		Diomedéa			Ending director and storybobard	[58] [59]
	Tears to Tiara	Tomoki Kobayashi	White Fox				[60]
	Bakemonogatari		Shaft			Assistant episode director Opening director Key animator	[61] [62] [63] [64] [65]
2010	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Akiyuki Shinbo Masahiro Sonoda	Shaft			Ending director	[66]
	Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu		Shaft			Ending director	[67]
	Arakawa Under the Bridge		Shaft				[68]
2011	Softenni	Ryouki Kamitsubo	Xebec			Opening director and storyboard	[69]
2012			Xebec				[70] [71] [72]
2013	Unlimited Psychic Squad	Shishō Igarashi	Manglobe			Ending storyboard	[73] [74]
	Sasami-san@Ganbaranai	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft				[75]
2014	The Pilot's Love Song		TMS Entertainment 3xCube				[76] [77]
	Hanamonogatari	Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura	Shaft			Ending director and storyboard	[78]
2015	Fafner in the Azure: Exodus	Takashi Noto Nobuyoshi Habara	Xebec				[79] [80]
	Nisekoi	Akiyuki Shinbo	Shaft			Opening director	[81]
2016	Sweetness and Lightning	Tarō Iwasaki	TMS Entertainment 3xCube			Opening director	[82]
	March Comes In like a Lion		Shaft				[83]
2018	Fate/Extra: Last Encore	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft				[84]
2019	The Price of Smiles		Tatsunoko Production				[85] [86] [87]
2020	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story	Doroinu Various	Shaft			Key animator	[88] [89]
2022			Shaft			Opening director	[90]

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SB	ED	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
1994	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Noboru Ishiguro Masatoshi Tahara Keizou Shimizu	K-Factory (Shaft)			Key animator	[91] [92] [93]
2000	Kita e: Pure Session	Mitsuko Kase	Studio D-Volt				[94]
2003	Arcade Gamer Fubuki	Yūji Mutō	Shaft			Key animator	[95]
2008	Shina Dark		Shaft				[96] [97]
2010	Hen Semi	Ryouki Kamitsubo	Xebec			Opening director and storyboard	[98]
2012			Xebec

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	SB	ED	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2010	Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth		Xebec				[99]
2016	Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu	Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi	Shaft				[100]
2017	Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu	Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi	Shaft				[101]
	Fireworks	Akiyuki Shinbo Nobuyuki Takeuchi	Shaft				[102]
2019	Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond	Takashi Noto	Xebec Zwei				[103]
2023	Fafner: Behind the Line	Takashi Noto	I.G Zwei			Key animator

Video games

Notes

Web citations

• Web site: https://akiba-souken.com/article/29108. ja:アニメ業界ウォッチング第30回：「監督」と「演出」は、職業的にどう違うのか？　鈴木利正インタビュー！. Anime Industry Watching No.85: What is the professional difference between "Director" and "Episode Director"? An interview with Toshimasa Suzuki!. Akiba Souken. 2017. August 29, 2023. Japanese. Hirota. Keisuke.

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://ddnavi.com/interview/1005788/a/. ja:15年振りのタッグが魅せる、日本アニメの表現力――『RWBY 氷雪帝国』鈴木利正（監督）＆冲方丁（シリーズ構成・脚本）対談（前編）. The First Team-Up in 15 Years Brings us the Power of Expression of Japanese Animation - "RWBY: Ice Queendom" Talk with Toshimasa Suzuki (Director) and Tow Ubukata (Series Composition/Screenplay) (Part 1). July 11, 2022. Japanese. July 12, 2022. Hidekuni Shida.
2. 1790609503198810410. ts_north. Suzuki, Toshimasa. May 14, 2024. ja:5/11のイベントに向けて前乗りで、5/10に色彩設計の関本(妻)さんと保護犬の短足女子で出発です。 #kamojo #輪廻のラグランジェ# 鴨川スピリット. We set off early for the event on May 11 with my wife Sekimoto, the color designer, and our short-legged rescue dog on May 10th. #kamojo #Rinne no Lagrange #Kamogawa Spirit.
3. 349744105775038465. ts_north. Suzuki, Toshimasa. June 25, 2013. ja:ROL演出の話し少し。ROLの前にシャフトで月詠をやっていた。新房監督の画面構成がすごく好きだったのでROLでも取り入れたいと思った。ただしまんまやると、架空とはいえ瀬戸内をモデルに竜宮島が作られているので現実感が無くなってしまうと思った。#fafner. Before ROL, I worked on Tsukuyomi at Shaft. I liked director Shinbo's screen composition so much that I wanted to incorporate it into ROL. However, I thought that if I did it as it was, it would lose the sense of reality because the island of Ryugujima was modeled after the Setouchi area, even though it was fictional. #fafner.
4. Blue Blink. Japanese. ja:作画 - 鈴木利正. Animation - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 15.
5. Idol Densetsu Eriko. Japanese. ja:動画 - 鈴木利正. In-between animation - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 4, 7.
6. Kyatto Ninden Teyandee. Japanese. ja:動画 - 鈴木利正. In-between animation - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 5.
7. Oh! My Konbu. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animation - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 4, 8.
8. . Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animation - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 16.
9. Weather Report Girl. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 1.
10. Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1, 4, 13.
11. Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 30, 38.
12. Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 8, 24, 30, 38.
13. Hareluya II Boy. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 3.
14. Sakura Diaries. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 7.
15. Burn-Up Excess. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 3.
16. Battle Athletes Victory. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 2, 7, 14, 21.
17. Battle Athletes Victory. Japanese. ja: 演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 3, 7, 18.
18. Silent Mobius. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 7, 20, 26.
19. Generator Gawl. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 6.
20. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 3, 7.
21. Power Stone. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 原画 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 16.
22. A Pair of Queens. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 原画 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 7.
23. Dai-Guard. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 11.
24. Sakura Wars. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 2, 25.
25. Sakura Wars. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 2, 5, 9, 25.
26. Sakura Wars. Japanese. ja:助監督 - 鈴木利正. Assistant director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 13–25.
27. Dotto! Koni-chan. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 10.
28. Dotto! Koni-chan. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 5.
29. Mahoromatic. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 3.
30. Mahoromatic. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 3, 9.
31. Shaman King. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 3, 41, 50, 58.
32. Shaman King. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 50, 58, 62.
33. A Little Snow Fairy Sugar. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 18.
34. Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 15.
35. Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 13.
36. Stellvia. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 5, 15, 17.
37. Stellvia. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 5, 15, 21.
38. This Ugly yet Beautiful World. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 4.
39. This Ugly yet Beautiful World. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 4, 11.
40. This Ugly yet Beautiful World. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 4, 6, 11.
41. Tetsujin 28-go. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 9.
42. Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 9.
43. . Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 4, 20.
44. . Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 2, 11, 23.
45. . Japanese. ja:助監督 - 鈴木利正. Assistant director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
46. . Japanese. ja:ED演出 - 鈴木利正. ED unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits 2.
47. He Is My Master. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 7.
48. He Is My Master. Japanese. ja:ED演出 - 鈴木利正. ED unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
49. Rozen Maiden: Träumend. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 2.
50. The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 8, 12, 15, 20.
51. The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 8, 12, 15, 20, 23.
52. Web site: ヒロイック・エイジ . Media Arts Database . . March 9, 2021 . ja.
53. Heroic Age. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1, 26.
54. Ef: A Tale of Memories. Japanese. ja:演出協力 - 鈴木利正. Assistant episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 10.
55. Wangan Midnight. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 22, 24.
56. Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 6.
57. Kyō no Go no Ni. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 6.
58. Web site: 神曲奏界ポリフォニカcrimson S . Media Arts Database . . March 11, 2021 . ja.
59. Polyphonica: Crimson S. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 1.
60. Tears to Tiara. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 6.
61. Bakemonogatari. Japanese. ja:演出協力 - 鈴木利正. Assistant episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 6, 8, 10.
62. Bakemonogatari. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 7, 9, 12–13.
63. Bakemonogatari. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 12.
64. Bakemonogatari. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 13.
65. Bakemonogatari. Japanese. ja:オープニングディレクター - 鈴木利正. Opening director - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits 3.
66. Dance in the Vampire Bund. Japanese. ja:ED演出 - 鈴木利正. Ending unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
67. Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu. Japanese. ja:ED演出 - 鈴木利正. Ending unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
68. Arakawa Under the Bridge. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 6.
69. Softenni. Japanese. ja:OP演出 / 絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Opening unit director / storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits.
70. Web site: 輪廻の ラグランジェ Flower declaration of your heart. Media Arts Database . . March 11, 2021 . ja.
71. . Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1–2, 24.
72. . Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1, 24.
73. Unlimited Psychic Squad. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 10.
74. Unlimited Psychic Squad. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits 2–3.
75. Sasami-san@Ganbaranai. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 6, 12.
76. Web site: 輪廻の ラグランジェ Flower declaration of your heart season2 . Media Arts Database . . March 11, 2021 . ja.
77. The Pilot's Love Song. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ / 演出 - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist / Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1, 13.
78. Hanamonogatari. Japanese. ja:エンディングアニメーション 演出 / 絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Ending unit director / storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
79. Fafner in the Azure: Exodus. Japanese. ja:演出) - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 7, 13, 17.
80. Fafner in the Azure: Exodus. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 13, 17.
81. Nisekoi. Japanese. ja:OP演出 - 鈴木利正. Opening unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits 2.
82. Sweetness and Lightning. Japanese. ja:OP演出 - 鈴木利正. Opening unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits.
83. March Comes In like a Lion. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 3.
84. Fate/Extra: Last Encore. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 10.
85. Web site: Tatsunoko Marks 55th Anniversary with Egao no Daika TV Anime in January. Anime News Network. Loo, Egan. October 17, 2018. March 11, 2021.
86. The Price of Smiles. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 1–2, 11.
87. The Price of Smiles. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 1.
88. Web site: https://anime.magireco.com/story/?id=ep01. ja:『やぁやぁ、知ってる？魔法少女のその噂』. "Have You Heard? That Rumor About the Magical Girls". Japanese. Magireco. March 12, 2021.
89. Web site: https://anime.magireco.com/story/?id=ep13. ja:『たったひとつの道しるべ』. Japanese. Magireco. March 12, 2021.
90. Web site: Shaft Animates New RWBY TV Anime RWBY: Ice Queendom. Anime News Network. Pineda, Rafael Antonio. March 24, 2022. March 24, 2022.
91. Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Japanese. ja:原画 - 鈴木利正. Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 64, 66, 73, 78, 85, 87, 90, 108.
92. Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Japanese. ja:絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episodes 102, 108.
93. Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Episode director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 102.
94. Kita e: Pure Session. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits.
95. Arcade Gamer Fubuki. Japanese. ja:演出 / 原画 - 鈴木利正. Episode director / Key animator - Toshimasa Suzuki. ending credits; episode 4.
96. Web site: Loo, Egan . Shina Dark Anime Music Videos' Samples Posted Online . . December 27, 2019 . March 3, 2008.
97. Web site: シャイナ・ダルク ～黒き月の王と蒼碧の月の姫君～. Japanese. Highway Star (part of Yukari Higa's official website). September 17, 2021. September 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917041156/http://pen.serio.jp/highwaystar/works/comic-shina.html. dead.
98. Hen Semi. Japanese. ja:オープニング演出 / オープニング絵コンテ - 鈴木利正. Opening director / Opening storyboard artist - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits.
99. Web site: 蒼穹のファフナー Dead Aggressor HEAVEN AND EARTH. Media Arts Database . . March 11, 2021 . ja.
100. Web site: https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/portfolio/r05mt6sjj/. ja:傷物語 I鉄血編. Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu. Shaft. Japanese. March 12, 2021.
101. Web site: https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/portfolio/e_bo12exj/. ja:傷物語 III冷血篇. Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu. Shaft. Japanese. March 12, 2021.
102. Fireworks. Japanese. ja:演出 - 鈴木利正. Unit director - Toshimasa Suzuki. opening credits.
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