Nobuteru Yūki

Nobuteru Yūki (結城 信輝, Yūki Nobuteru, born December 24, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and animator. He began as a doujinshi artist under the nom de plume The Man in the High Castle (高い城の男 Takai Shiro no Otoko) and Ubik (ユービック Yūbikku), both references to the works of American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. He has designed characters for manga, anime and video games, and has frequently collaborated with director Kazuki Akane, including on his most famous work, The Vision of Escaflowne.

Born in Tokyo, he has also attended several international animation festivals as a guest of honor, including Anime Expo, Animazement, and Otakon.

Works

Anime series

• Dirty Pair (key animation, ep. 11)
• Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (key animation)
• Genesis of Aquarion (animation director, ep. 2)
• Heat Guy J (character designer, animation director)
• Kids on the Slope (character designer, assistant animation director, ep. 12)
• Maken-ki! (character designer)
• Mushishi (animation director, ep. 18)
• Noein (animation director, ep. 23)
• Orange (character designer)
• Paradise Kiss (character designer, chief supervising animator)
• Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (character designer)
• Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey (character designer, animation director)
• Super Dimension Century Orguss (key animation, eps. 22, 27)
• Toward the Terra (character designer)
• Treasure Island (1978 TV series) (illustration)
• The Vision of Escaflowne (character designer)
• Xenosaga: The Animation (character designer)

Movies

• Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card (assistant animation director)
• Escaflowne (character designer, animation director)
• The Five Star Stories (character designer, animation director)
• Macross: Do You Remember Love? (key animation)
• The Weathering Continent (character designer)
• X (character designer, animation director)

OVA

• Angel Cop (character designer)
• Battle Angel Alita (character designer)
• Battle Royal High School (character designer, animation director, key animator)
• Cleopatra DC (character designer, animation director)
• Clover (character designer, animation director)
• Megazone 23 (key animation)
• Record of Lodoss War (character designer, animation director)
• Sukeban Deka (character designer)

Video games

• Azure Dreams (promotional artwork, Japanese cover)
• Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh (character designer)
• Chrono Cross (character designer)
• Dragon Force II (character designer)
• Kaiser Knuckle (known outside Japan as Global Champion; image illustrator)
• Ragnarok Online Opening Movie (character designer, animation director)
• Seiken Densetsu 3 (character designer)
• Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (character designer)
• Tail Concerto (character designer)

Written works

Vaelber Saga, Nobuteru Yūki's 1990 manga.

Manga

• Vaelber Saga

Art books

• 1999 a WORK of CLOVER
• Anvil Rough-Drawings
• Anvil II Rough-Drawings
• Anvil III Rough-Drawing Works
• Chrono Cross - Missing Piece
• Escaflowne Fan Book (for the feature film)
• Escaflowne Fan Book (for the TV series)
• The Five Star Stories
• Heat Guy J
• Heat Guy J Rough-Drawing Works
• Heat Guy J Second II
• Phantasien
• The revise pictures of XX
• Seikendensetsu III Illustration Book
• Senshi Bankō: Phantasien II
• Solatorobo LITTLE TAIL BRONX ARCHIVES VOL 1–3
• Toward the Terra Pilot Film
• Xenosaga: The Animation—Character Design

External links

• Official website (in Japanese) (via Internet Archive)
• Nobuteru Yūki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia