Yūji Yamaguchi

Yūji Yamaguchi (山口祐司, Yamaguchi Yūji, fl. 1988 – 2019, died before 9 January 2020)^[a] was a Japanese anime director who directed the Fate/stay night TV series and the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works film.

Career

Yamaguchi directed several anime series, including Angel Links (1999), I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001), Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003), AM Driver (2004–2005), and Tōka Gettan (2007).^[1] He was the director of the 2006 anime adaptation of the Fate/stay night visual novel,^[2] and he subsequently directed the 2010 theatrical installment Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.^[1] He later directed The Severing Crime Edge (2013), and Z/X Ignition (2014).^[1] He directed episodes of Divergence Eve, GeGeGe no Kitarō, Hajime no Ippo, Outlaw Star, Suite and Smile PreCure!, and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, and its sequel Final.^[1]^[3]

Yamaguchi died of undisclosed causes sometime before 9 January 2020, when his death was announced by a subsequently-removed tweet by Fate/stay night company Studio Deen.^[1]^[3] Animators Tomomi Mochizuki and Asako Nishida, who both worked with Yamaguchi, expressed their condolences following Yamaguchi's death.^[1]

Works

Director

Angel Links (1999)^[1]
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001)^[1]
Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003)^[1]
AM Driver (2004–2005)^[1]
Fate/stay night (2006)^[1]
Tōka Gettan (2007)^[1]
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
The Severing Crime Edge (2013)^[1]
Z/X Ignition (2014)^[1]

Episode director

Divergence Eve^[1]
GeGeGe no Kitarō^[1]
Hajime no Ippo^[3]
Outlaw Star^[3]
Smile PreCure!^[1]
Suite PreCure^[3]
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar^[1]
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final^[3]

Notes

^ He used the pen name Isao Torada (虎田功, Torada Isao) as director of AM Driver^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Hodgkins, Crystalyn (14 January 2020). "Fate/stay night Anime Director Yuji Yamaguchi Passes Away". Anime News Network.
^ ^a ^b スタジオディーン版『Fate/stay night』の魅力〜山口祐司監督追悼コラム〜 (in Japanese)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Luster, Joseph (14 January 2020). "Yuji Yamaguchi, Director of Studio DEEN's Fate/stay night Anime, Passes Away". Crunchyroll.

[3] He used the pen name Isao Torada (虎田功, Torada Isao) as director of AM Driver^[1]^[2]

[ann-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Hodgkins, Crystalyn (14 January 2020). "Fate/stay night Anime Director Yuji Yamaguchi Passes Away". Anime News Network.

[jp-2] スタジオディーン版『Fate/stay night』の魅力〜山口祐司監督追悼コラム〜 (in Japanese)

[cr-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Luster, Joseph (14 January 2020). "Yuji Yamaguchi, Director of Studio DEEN's Fate/stay night Anime, Passes Away". Crunchyroll.

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