Naotake Furusato (古里 尚丈, Furusato Naotake, born May 3, 1961) is a Japanese anime producer from Shichinohe, Aomori Prefecture. Furusato produced Crush Gear Turbo and Gear Fighter Dendoh,[1] and conceived and planned of Xuccess Heaven (ザクセスへベン, Zakusesu Heben),[2] a Japanese multimedia project produced by Bandai Namco and Sega Networks. The project launched as an "animation RPG" for smartphones, considered the first of its kind, and later expand to multiple platforms and media in the future.[3] Hirokazu Hisayuki, Yōhei Sasaki, Shō Matsui, Yukiko Akiyama, and Hisashi Hirai work on the project's character design. The opening song is by iRis and Yumemiru Adolescene.[2][4]
Formerly a producer at Sunrise Studio 8, Furusato established his own company, Odd Eye Creative, in February 2011.
Works
TV anime
- Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi (1983) - Production assistant
- Mister Ajikko (1988) - Setting production
- Brave Exkaiser (1990) - Setting production
- The Brave of Sun Fighbird (1991) - Production desk
- The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (1992) - Production desk
- The Brave Express Might Gaine (1993) - Production desk
- The Brave Police J-Decker (1994) - Production desk
- The Brave of Gold Goldran (1995) - Assistant producer
- Outlaw Star (1998) - Producer
- Angel Links (1999) - Producer
- DinoZaurs: The Series (2000) - Project producer
- Gear Fighter Dendoh (2000) - Producer
- Crush Gear Turbo (2001) - Producer
- Machine Robo Rescue (2003) - Producer
- My-HiME (2004) - Producer
- My-Otome (2005) - Producer
- Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007) - Producer
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009) - Producer
- Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (2011–2013) - Animation producer
- Cross Ange (2014) - Project producer
- Revue Starlight (2018) - Project cooperation
Movies
- Castle in the Sky (1986) - Production assistant
- Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge (2002) - Producer
- Fukkō Ōen Masamune Datenicle Gattaiban+ (2021) - Planning, producer
OVA
- Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA (1996) - Producer
- Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN (1998) - Producer
- My-Otome Zwei (2006) - Producer
- My-Otome 0: S.ifr (2008) - Producer
Web anime
- Megohime Animation (2019) - Associate producer
Games
- Xuccess Heaven (2015) - Planning, original creator
Magazine projects
- Megami Magazine: Hōkago no Lucky Risupōn (2019) - Original idea, original creator
References
- ↑ "Interview Side A." Sunrise. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
- 1 2 "Jun Fukuyama, Mamoru Miyano Star in New Xuccess Heaven Project". Anime News Network. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Anime Creators Team Up With Bandai Namco And Sega For A New RPG". Siliconera. March 17, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Xuccess Heaven Project Announced as Smartphone RPG". Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Naotake Furusato on Twitter
- Naotake Furusato at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Naotake Furusato at IMDb