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Cgi: Creature Animation & Debris FX (#17 - Kimetsu No Yaiba)

Flcl: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#03 (NC) - Flcl Series)

Flcl: Character Acting & Debris FX (#03 - Flcl Series)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCOP2v2 - Cgi)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Combat (#19 - Cgi)

Junwen Tan: Background Animation & Creature Animation (OP22v2 - Morphing)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Combat (NCED1 (BD) (Solo KA) - Fullmetal Alchemist (2003))

Fullmetal Alchemist: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCED4 (BD) (Solo KA) - Fullmetal Alchemist (2003))

Fullmetal Alchemist: Background Animation & Debris FX (NCOP3 (BD) - Fullmetal Alchemist (2003))

Falling: Background Animation & Debris FX (NCOP4 (BD) (SB/ED/Assistant AD: Yutaka Nakamura) - Fullmetal Alchemist)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Creature Animation & Debris FX (NCOP4 (BD) (SB/ED/Assistant AD: Yutaka Nakamura) - Fullmetal Alchemist (2003))

Fullmetal Alchemist: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCOP4 (BD) - Fullmetal Alchemist (2003))

Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series: Combat & Smears (#04 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo)

One Piece: Background Animation & Debris FX (#0870 - Rotation)

One Piece: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#0870 - Takumi Yamamoto)

One Piece: Background Animation & Debris FX (#0870 - Wind)

Morphing: Background Animation & Character Acting (#0870 - One Piece)

Katsumi Ishizuka: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#0870 - One Piece)

Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai!: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (NCOP - Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai! Ren)

3d Background: Combat & Running Locomotion (Cut #71602 - Alberto Mielgo)

Julien Chheng: Background Animation & Creature Animation (Cut #7298 - Kairos)

Black And White: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#11 (BD) - Flying)

Mecha: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#01 (BD) - Rotation)

Akira Matsushima: VFX & Effects & Combat (#01 - Rurouni Kenshin Series)

Black Clover: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#035 (BD) - Tatsuya Yoshihara)

Beams: VFX & Effects & Explosions (#279 - Dragon Ball Series)

Beams: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#166 - Dragon Ball Series)

Kimetsu No Yaiba: VFX & Effects & Combat (#03 - Kimetsu No Yaiba Series)

Dororo: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (#15 - Dororo (2019))

Black And White: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#002 (BD) (AD: Takaya Sunagawa) - Black Clover)

Flcl: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#05 (AD: Hiroyuki Imaishi) - Flcl Series)

3d Background: Combat & Running Locomotion (Cut #41111 - Blood Series)

Cgi: VFX & Effects & Combat (#10 - Houseki No Kuni)

Concrete Revolutio Choujin Gensou: Combat (Incompleteness Mini 5 - Layout)

Fate/Apocrypha: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#01 (BD) - Fate Series)

Ice: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#023 (S2 #10) (BD) (AD: Yoshihiko Umakoshi) - Kouta Sugawa)

Devilman: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#06 - Devilman Crybaby)

Flying: Background Animation & Debris FX (#0468 - Ice)

Ichiro Itano: Background Animation & Debris FX (#18 - Itano Circus)

Masayuki: Background Animation & Creature Animation (NCOP - Thundercats)

Arifumi Imai: VFX & Effects & Combat (Cut #47135)

Arifumi Imai: VFX & Effects & Combat (Cut #47136)

Beams: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#064 (AD: Masaki Sato) - Dragon Ball Series)

Dragon Ball Series: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#067 - Dragon Ball Z)

Layout: Combat (Incompleteness 1 - Production Materials)

Katsumi Ishizuka: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#0834 - One Piece)

3d Background: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#01 - Atsushi Ikariya)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Explosions (#01 - Akihiko Uda)

Animator Expo: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#25 - Crowd)

3d Background: Creature Animation & Combat (Cut #5189 - Animals)

Sports: Character Acting & Combat (#04 (BD) (AD: Yuriko Chiba) - To Heart)

Go! Princess Precure: Background Animation & Debris FX (#39 (BD) - Precure)

Ice: Background Animation & Debris FX (#83 (S4 #17) - Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 4)

Bs Kim: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (OP - Chainsaw Man Reze-Hen)

3d Background: Background Animation & Character Acting ((SB/ED: Takuya Niinuma) - Cgi)

Beams: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#074 - Dragon Ball Series)

Koe No Katachi: Character Acting & Cloth & Fabric (Cut #34533 - Minoru Ota)

One Piece: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#0392 - Ryo Onishi)

Black And White: VFX & Effects & Combat (#0396 - Hisashi Punch)

Kanada Light Flare: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#37 - Naotoshi Shida)

Naotoshi Shida: Character Acting & Emotional Acting (Cutscene (solo KA) - One Piece)

Kutsuna Lightning: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (Cut #37676 - Shine Time)

One Piece: Background Animation & Debris FX (#0405 (NC) - Presumed)

One Piece: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#0405 - Ryo Onishi)

Naotoshi Shida: Background Animation & Character Acting (Cut #38054 - One Piece)

Kazuhiro Ota: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (Cut #38055 - One Piece)

Katsumi Ishizuka: VFX & Effects & Combat (Cut #38057 - One Piece)

Animals: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (#06 - Flcl)

Flcl: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#05 (AD: Hiroyuki Imaishi) - Flcl Series)

Blade Runner Black Out 2022: Combat (Cut #39464 - Hiroyuki Okiura)

Cowboy Bebop: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#22 (AD: Toshihiro Kawamoto) - Yutaka Nakamura)

Cowboy Bebop: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#01 - Yutaka Nakamura)

Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Emotional Acting & Combat (#20 - Yoh Yoshinari)

Cowboy Bebop: VFX & Effects & Combat (#26 - Takashi Tomioka)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Combat (#01 (BD) - Cgi)

Mitsuaki Takabe: VFX & Effects & Combat (#04 (BD) - Vinland Saga)

Obari Punch: VFX & Effects & Combat (#04 (BD) - Shunsuke Aoki)

3d Background: Character Acting & Debris FX (#09 (BD) - Arifumi Imai)

Shunsuke Aoki: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#24 (BD) - Vinland Saga)

Flame Of Recca: Character Acting & Debris FX (#22 - Norio Matsumoto)

Doraemon: Background Animation & Character Acting (BD - Doraemon (2005))

Chainsaw Man Series: Character Acting & Creature Animation (Mobile Game OP - Julian Bentley)

Mecha: VFX & Effects & Combat (#26 - The Vision Of Escaflowne)

Black Clover: VFX & Effects & Combat (#063 (BD) - Kosuke Kato)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#12 - Cgi)

Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (#13 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo)

Daisuke Tsumagari: VFX & Effects & Combat (#16 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series)

Hironori Tanaka: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#19 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series)

Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (#31 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo)

Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (#38 (BD) - Jojo'S Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo)

Animals: Background Animation & Character Acting (BD - Ken Takahashi (2))

Dragon Ball: Combat (#096 - Dragon Ball Series)

Chisato Ikehira: VFX & Effects & Explosions (#279 (AD: Keisuke Masunaga) - Dragon Ball Series)

Dragon Ball Series: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#179 (AD: Keisuke Masunaga) - Dragon Ball Z)

Dragon Ball Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (#179 - Dragon Ball Z)

Arifumi Imai: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (#01 (BD) - Shingeki No Kyojin)

3d Background: Character Acting & Debris FX (#21 (BD) (NC) - Cgi)

Cgi: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

Beams: Background Animation & Debris FX (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

3d Background: Background Animation & Debris FX (#59 (S3 #12) - Beams)

Beams: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Beams)

Beams: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

Beams: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

Akihiro Ota: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#13 (BD) - World Trigger Series)

Akihiro Ota: Background Animation & Character Acting (#13 (BD) - Beams)

Akihiro Ota: VFX & Effects & Combat (#13 (BD) - World Trigger Series)

Fate Series: Background Animation & Character Acting (#13 - Fate/Strange Fake)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#59 (S3 #12) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

3d Background: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#01 Clockwork Girl (BD) - Cgi)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (Cut #303602 - Animals)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Background Animation & Character Acting (#48 (S3 #01) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

Blades Of The Guardians: VFX & Effects & Combat (PV (BD) - Blades Of The Guardians Series)

Akiko: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (NCOP (SB/ED: Hiromatsu Shuu) (BD) - Animals)

Hugo Lemonnier: Background Animation & Character Acting (#1159 (SB: Nanami Michibata, SB/AD: Katsumi Ishizuka) - Kutsuna Lightning)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#52 (S3 #05) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

Genta Ishimori: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#53 (S3 #06) (PN) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#53 (S3 #06) - Cgi)

Beams: Background Animation & Debris FX (#06 - Fate Series)

Fate Series: Background Animation & Debris FX (#06 - Fate/Strange Fake)

3d Background: Background Animation & Character Acting (PN - Cgi)

Crowd: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#51 (S3 #04) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3)

Bluuru: Background Animation & Character Acting (#54 (S3 #07) - Falling)

Ajin: Background Animation & Debris FX (#51 (S3 #04) (PN) - Hakuyu Go)

3d Background: Background Animation & Character Acting (#51 (S3 #04) (CAD: Souta Yamazaki) - Cgi)

Beams: Background Animation & Creature Animation (BD - Naotoshi Shida)

Akihiro Ota: VFX & Effects & Combat (BD - Black And White)

Kill Bill: Character Acting & Debris FX (Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair - Shinya Ohira)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2: VFX & Effects & Combat (#28 (S2 #04) (BD) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

Masahiro Ando: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#18 - Mecha)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#55 (S3 #08) (Solo KA) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

Hideki Kakita: Creature Animation & VFX & Effects (NCOP14v2 (AD: Yoshihiko Umakoshi) - Kohei Hirota)

Ai Satake: Background Animation & Character Acting (NCED14 - Akihiro Otake)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Cloth & Fabric (NCOP2 - Arifumi Imai)

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: Background Animation & Character Acting (#56 (S3 #09) - Jujutsu Kaisen Series)

3d Background: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#56 (S3 #09) - Cgi)

Beams: VFX & Effects & Explosions (#130 (BD) (AD: Naoki Tate) - Dragon Ball Series)

Dragon Ball Series: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#130 (BD) - Dragon Ball Super)

Beams: Background Animation & Debris FX (#130 (BD) - Dragon Ball Series)

Beams: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#131 (BD) - Dragon Ball Series)

Beams: Background Animation & Debris FX (#131 (BD) - Dragon Ball Series)

Dragon Ball Series: Combat & Smears (NCOP2 - Dragon Ball Super)

Dragon Ball Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (NCOP2 - Dragon Ball Super)

Beams: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#13 - Dragon Ball Series)

Moaang: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#01 - Niwa Ni Wa Niwa Niwatori Ga Ita)

Niwa Ni Wa Niwa Niwatori Ga Ita: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#01 (AD: Moaang) - Tam Lu)

Fate/Grand Order: VFX & Effects & Combat (#08 (BD) (PN) - Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia)

Fate/Grand Order: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#08 (BD) - Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia)

Beams: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#08 (BD) (PN) - Black And White)

Haruka Iida: Character Acting & Emotional Acting (#167 (S8 #08) - My Hero Academia)

Black And White: VFX & Effects & Combat (#167 (S8 #08) - My Hero Academia)

Eve Music Videos: Background Animation & Character Acting (Cut #295255 - Ian Zhang)

Mitsuo Iso: Background Animation & Character Acting (#15 - Rahxephon)

3d Background: Background Animation & Debris FX (#21 (SB: Yutaka Nakamura) - Cgi)

3d Background: Background Animation & Debris FX (#21 (SB: Yutaka Nakamura) - Beams)

Henshin: Background Animation & Character Acting (#1152 - Mehdi Aouichaoui)

Black And White: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#1152 - Hisashi Punch)

City Hunter Series: Background Animation & Emotional Acting (NCED (NC) (Solo KA) - City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes)

Kenichiro Aoki: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#12 - One-Punch Man 3)

Arifumi Imai: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#12 - Summer Time Rendering)

My Hero Academia: Background Animation & Debris FX (BD - My Hero Academia Movie 4: You'Re Next)

My Hero Academia: Background Animation & Creature Animation (BD - My Hero Academia Movie 4: You'Re Next)

Ice: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (BD - My Hero Academia)

Chihching Lai: Character Acting & Debris FX (BD - My Hero Academia)

Kohei Hirota: Background Animation & Character Acting (BD - My Hero Academia)

Kutsuna Lightning: Background Animation & Character Acting (BD - My Hero Academia)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (BD (PN) - Cgi)

Hironori Tanaka: Background Animation & Creature Animation (BD (SB/AD: Yutaka Nakamura) (PN) - Ittaku Koushou)

Morphing: Character Acting & Creature Animation (BD (SB/AD: Yutaka Nakamura) - My Hero Academia)

3d Background: Background Animation & Creature Animation (BD (SB/AD: Yutaka Nakamura) (NC) - Cgi)

3d Background: Creature Animation & Debris FX (BD - Cgi)

Akira: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (Cut #291237 - Rotation)

Akira: Background Animation & Character Acting (Cut #291245 - Hiroyuki Horiuchi)

Anikari: Background Animation & Character Acting (#1143 - Beams)

Fuma Tashiro: Background Animation & Debris FX (#1144 (SB: Katsumi Ishizuka, AD: Yong-Ce Tu) - One Piece)

Flying: Background Animation & Debris FX (#1144 (SB/AD: Katsumi Ishizuka) - One Piece)

One Piece: Background Animation & Debris FX (#1144 (SB/AD: Katsumi Ishizuka) - Yen Bm)

Beams: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#160 (S8 #01) - Jason Yao)

Jakisuaki: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#0972 (BD) (AD: Yong-ce Tu) - One Piece)

One Piece: Background Animation & Character Acting (#0972 (BD) - Rotation)

Falling: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#0972 (BD) - One Piece)

Itsuki Tsuchigami: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#0990 (BD) - One Piece)

Akihiro Ota: VFX & Effects & Combat (#0696 (BD) - One Piece)

Black And White: Background Animation & Debris FX (#0695 (BD) - Flying)

Shin Samurai-Den Yaiba: Background Animation & Character Acting (#13 - Yaiba Series)

Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 3: Background Animation & Debris FX (#63 (S3 #13) (BD) - Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Series)

Dandadan: Character Acting & Creature Animation (#14 - Genta Ishimori)

Beams: Background Animation & Character Acting (#12 (SB/ED: Nian41) - Eastern)

Kanada Light Flare: Background Animation & VFX & Effects (#1136 - Mehdi Bengoudifa)

Beams: Background Animation & Debris FX (Cut #287545 - Black And White)

0nepeach: Background Animation & Creature Animation (#15 - 3d Background)

3d Background: Background Animation & Debris FX (#01 (BD) - Cgi)

3d Background: VFX & Effects & Combat (#01 (BD) - Cgi)

Eastern: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (Pilot (Solo) - Fog Hill Five Elements)

Dragon Ball Series: VFX & Effects & Combat (Cut #288081 - Dragon Ball Z)

Ice: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#023 (S2 #10) (BD) (AD: Yoshihiko Umakoshi) - My Hero Academia)

Dragon Ball Series: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (BD - Dragon Ball Z)

Ice: Debris FX & VFX & Effects (#02 (BD) - Masayuki Kunihiro)

3d Background: Character Acting & VFX & Effects (#1127 - Cgi)
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