Kazuya Murata (村田和也, Murata Kazuya, born in Osaka, 1964) is a director, storyboard artist, and producer.^[1]

Filmography

Anime television

• Ocean Waves (1993), Assistant Unit Director ^[2]
• Yaiba (1993), Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director ^[3]
• Wedding Peach (1995), Storyboard ^[4]
• The Doraemons (1995), Image Board ^[5]
• Berserk (1997), Assistant Director, Storyboard ^[6]
• White Reflection (Two-Mix PV, 1997), Director, Storyboard ^[7]
• The Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998), Storyboard ^[8]
• To Heart (1999), Storyboard, Unit Director ^[9]
• Steel Angel Kurumi (1999), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[10]
• Figure 17 (2001), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[11]
• Pokémon Chronicles (2002), Storyboard ^[12]
• Planetes (2003), Storyboard, Episode Director, Key Animation ^[13]
• Mars Daybreak (2004), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[14]
• Eureka Seven (2005), Storyboard, Episode Director ^[15]
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director ^[16][17]
• Dennō Coil (2007), Storyboard ^[18]
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008), Storyboard, Episode Director, Associate Director, Key Animation ^[19]
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009), Script Cooperation, Series Composition Cooperation ^[20]
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013), Director, Storyboard, Episode Director, Unit Director, Original Concept ^[21]
• BBK/BRNK (2016), Storyboard
• Kado: The Right Answer (2017), General Director ^[22]
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022), Storyboard ^[23]

Movies

• Only Yesterday (1991 film) (1991), Assistant director ^[24]
• Porco Rosso (1992), Production Committee ^[25]
• Baddo batsu maru no ore no pochi wa sekaiichi (1996), Storyboard, Production ^[26]
• Pokémon: The First Movie (1998), Scene Planning Assistant ^[27]
• Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000), Unit Director assistant
• Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2003), Assistant Director, Production ^[28]
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011), Director ^[29]

OVA

• Ogre Slayer (1994), Storyboard, Production
• Makeruna! Ma kendō (1995), Director ^[30]
• Gunsmith Cats (1995), Production ^[31]
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn episodes 2 & 3 (2010, 2011), Storyboard, Production ^[32][33]

Web animation

• Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008), Storyboard ^[34]
• A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018), Director^[35]

Video games

• Shenmue II (2000), Movie director in the game
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn (2009), Storyboard in the movie ^[36]