Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Biography

Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Yoshiyuki Tomino and Ryousuke Takahashi before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.

Directed

1. NANA (2006) — Director
2. Street Fighter II: V (1995) — Director
3. Hikaru no Go (2001) — Director
4. Strawberry Panic (2006) — Director
5. Ronin Warriors (1988) — Director
6. Gundress (1999) — Director
7. Armored Trooper VOTOMS (1983) — Director
8. Mashin Hero Wataru (1988) — Director
9. Hello Anne: Before Green Gables (2009) — Director
10. Dirty Pair OVA (1987) — Director
11. Boku no Pico (2006) — Director
12. Detective School Q (2003) — Director
13. The Brave of Legend Da-Garn (1992) — Director
14. Shin Hakkenden (1999) — Director
15. Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985) — Director
16. STAR☆jewel (2011) — Director
17. Bucchigiri (1989) — Director
18. Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Vol.1 Stories of the 'A.T. VOTOMS' (1985) — Director
19. Bad Boys Boogie (1989) — Director