Hirofumi Masuda

Biography

Masuda Hirofumi is a Japanese freelance animator and animation director, he is noted for his standout effects animation.

Personal Facts

Known For

Visual Effects

Gender

male

Known Credits

80

Known For

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  Howl's Moving Castle
• 

  Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil
• 

  Suzume
• 

  Weathering with You
• 

  The Last: Naruto the Movie
• 

  Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Credits

• visual effects (75 credits)

  • Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil

    key animation

    visual effects
    2026
  • MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe

    key animation

    visual effects
    2026
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales

    key animation

    visual effects
    2025
  • Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-

    key animation

    visual effects
    2025
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony

    key animation

    visual effects
    2024
  • Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    key animation

    visual effects
    2023
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia

    key animation

    visual effects
    2023
  • Suzume

    key animation

    visual effects
    2022
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

    animation director

    visual effects
    2022
  • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021

    animation director

    visual effects
    2022
  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

    key animation

    visual effects
    2021
  • Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    key animation

    visual effects
    2020
  • Weathering with You

    key animation

    visual effects
    2019
  • Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.3 On the Other Side of Love and Hate

    key animation

    visual effects
    2019
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

    key animation

    visual effects
    2019
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

    animation director

    visual effects
    2018
  • Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2017
  • Mary and The Witch's Flower

    key animation

    visual effects
    2017
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi

    key animation

    visual effects
    2017
  • Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Meow!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2016
  • In This Corner of the World

    key animation

    visual effects
    2016
  • Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

    key animation

    visual effects
    2016
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on Dreamy World!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2016
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

    animation director

    visual effects
    2016
  • Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!

    animation director

    visual effects
    2015
  • The Empire of Corpses

    key animation

    visual effects
    2015
  • Boruto: Naruto the Movie

    animation director

    visual effects
    2015
  • Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

    key animation

    visual effects
    2015
  • Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2015
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes

    key animation

    visual effects
    2015
  • Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2014
  • The Last: Naruto the Movie

    layout supervisor

    visual effects
    2014
  • Giovanni's Island

    key animation

    visual effects
    2014
  • Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of Gourmet God!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Short Peace

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends from the Heart

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum

    key animation

    visual effects
    2013
  • Smile Precure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Rainbow Fireflies

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Me and the Space Princess

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • Legend of the Millennium Dragon

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy

    key animation

    visual effects
    2011
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

    animation director

    visual effects
    2011
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

    animation director

    visual effects
    2010
  • Redline

    key animation

    visual effects
    2009
  • Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds

    animation director

    visual effects
    2008
  • Sword of the Stranger

    key animation

    visual effects
    2007
  • Naruto Shippuden the Movie

    animation director

    visual effects
    2007
  • Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users

    key animation

    visual effects
    2007
  • Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

    effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2006
  • Sergeant Keroro The Super Duper Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers

    key animation

    visual effects
    2005
  • Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

    key animation

    visual effects
    2005
  • Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

    key animation

    visual effects
    2004
  • Howl's Moving Castle

    key animation

    visual effects
    2004
  • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow

    key animation

    visual effects
    2004
  • Steamboy

    key animation

    visual effects
    2004
  • Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

    key animation

    visual effects
    2002
  • Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

    key animation

    visual effects
    2000
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    1999
  • Cyber Team in Akihabara: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    1999
  • Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century

    key animation

    visual effects
    1999
  • Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

    key animation

    visual effects
    1998
  • Slayers Gorgeous

    key animation

    visual effects
    1998
  • Slayers Great

    key animation

    visual effects
    1997
  • Slayers Return

    key animation

    visual effects
    1996

• art (4 credits)

  • Boruto: Naruto the Movie

    prop designer

    art
    2015
  • The Last: Naruto the Movie

    prop designer

    art
    2014
  • Stitch and the Planet of Sand

    prop designer

    art
    2012
  • Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

    prop designer

    art
    2006

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Last: Naruto the Movie

    layout

    directing
    2014