Artist

Osamu Kobayashi

小林治

Director
Animator
Illustrator

12 catalogue credits66 favourites

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Kaidomi catalogues Osamu Kobayashi as Director, Animator and Illustrator. The catalogue records 12 title-backed credits. Documented work includes Naruto: Shippuden, Gurren Lagann and Dororo. This artist hub connects works, roles and official profiles.

Source biography

Osamu Kobayashi was a Japanese director, animator, illustrator and designer, noted for having directed shows such as Beck, Paradise Kiss and Someday's Dreamers II. After graduating from high school, he worked as a mangaka and designer, but following his participation in the video game Grandia as a designer, he was mainly active in the field of animation.

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Kobayashi passed away due to kidney cancer on April 17, 2021.

Brother of Makoto Kobayashi.

_Note: Not to be confused with the 1945 born director, Osamu Kobayashi._