Yuji Moriyama

Yuji Moriyama (森山 雄治, Moriyama Yūji, January 6, 1960) is a Japanese anime director, animator, animation supervisor and character designer from Tokyo. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He won the fourth Japan Anime Awards in the Animation Director category. Some of his many pennames are Yūji Motoyama (もとやまゆうじ), Jōdo Saihō (西宝 壌土), Kotarō Kazama (風間 小太郎), Norihiro Sunakawa (砂川 則博), MONTAN, Wataya Shibakano (芝跨野 渡也) , Tōya Shibamata (柴又 十哉), Alan Smithee (阿藍 隅史), Nachiko Nekobe (猫部 那智子), and Tadao Uota (魚田 尹夫).

Project A-Ko 4: Final (1989)

A-ko and B-ko are fighting as usual, as C-ko watches from the sidelines feeling neglected by both. Ayumi-sensei has been behaving strangely lately. She's wearing a heart-shaped crystal with a hexagram inside, and is chanting mysterious prayers in private. At the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Emi Shinohara  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Miki Ito  •  Akari Hibino

A-ko and B-ko are fighting as usual, as C-ko watches from the sidelines feeling neglected by both. Ayumi-sensei has been behaving strangely lately. She's wearing a heart-shaped crystal with a hexagram inside, and is chanting mysterious prayers in private. At the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Emi Shinohara  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Miki Ito  •  Akari Hibino

Project A-Ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody (1988)

It revolves around A-Ko and B-ko's pursuit of a handsome stud named Kay. He likes coke and motorcycles and is quietly courted by both A-ko and B-ko. Meanwhile, C-ko grows very jealous of him... Also meanwhile, the aliens' ship in now floating in the bay and they've ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Emi Shinohara  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Miki Ito

It revolves around A-Ko and B-ko's pursuit of a handsome stud named Kay. He likes coke and motorcycles and is quietly courted by both A-ko and B-ko. Meanwhile, C-ko grows very jealous of him... Also meanwhile, the aliens' ship in now floating in the bay and they've ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Emi Shinohara  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Miki Ito

Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (1987)

Three weeks have gone by since the alien spaceship crash landed on the Graviton City spire, and since then the aliens have been hard at work converting their ship to a pleasure district, hoping to make friends with the humans!… Not. Perpetually late and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Miki Ito  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Emi Shinohara  •  Tessyo Genda

Three weeks have gone by since the alien spaceship crash landed on the Graviton City spire, and since then the aliens have been hard at work converting their ship to a pleasure district, hoping to make friends with the humans!… Not. Perpetually late and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Miki Ito  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Emi Shinohara  •  Tessyo Genda

Madara (1991)

Born of legendary origins, the young Madara has grown up in obscurity as an apprentice blacksmith. An encounter with the demonic Mouki reveals his destiny, and catapults him into the middle of a mystic quest. Madara fights for revenge with the help of freedom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Naoki Tatsuta  •  Kazuki Yao  •  Chieko Honda

Born of legendary origins, the young Madara has grown up in obscurity as an apprentice blacksmith. An encounter with the demonic Mouki reveals his destiny, and catapults him into the middle of a mystic quest. Madara fights for revenge with the help of freedom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Naoki Tatsuta  •  Kazuki Yao  •  Chieko Honda

Exper Zenon (1991)

Zenno, a master gamer, has been offered the chance to play the newly-released game, Expers. But when a naked girl appears in his classroom to give him his Expers Suit, complete with real superpowers, he learns that Expers is not just a simple computer game — it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yumi Takada  •  Taiki Matsuno  •  Kiyoyuki Yanada  •  Yuko Sasaki

Zenno, a master gamer, has been offered the chance to play the newly-released game, Expers. But when a naked girl appears in his classroom to give him his Expers Suit, complete with real superpowers, he learns that Expers is not just a simple computer game — it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yumi Takada  •  Taiki Matsuno  •  Kiyoyuki Yanada  •  Yuko Sasaki

The Adventures of Kotetsu (1996)

While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yuko Miyamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Kae Araki  •  Shin-ichiro Miki

While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yuko Miyamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Kae Araki  •  Shin-ichiro Miki