Ryousuke Tanaka

Director formerly affiliated with Toei Animationhttps://anilist.co/studio/18. Currently affiliated with studio maf. Influenced by Yasunori Koyamahttps://anilist.co/staff/276622 and Megumi Ishitanihttps://anilist.co/staff/141539. His favorite animators are Tetsuya Takeuchihttps://anilist.co/staff/101404 Takahiro Kishidahttps://anilist.co/staff/101403 and Katsuhiko Kitadahttps://anilist.co/staff/127730. Watching FLCLhttps://anilist.co/anime/227 in high school he fell in love with animation and wanted to become a director. Toshiyuki Tsuruhttps://anilist.co/staff/106123s episodes and openings of Narutohttps://anilist.co/anime/20 were the turning point for him and he started in the animation industry as an assistant director at Toei. He works mainly on ONE PIECEhttps://anilist.co/anime/21 and pays a lot of attention to lighting and animation. As an animator he often corrects timing and animates parts of his episodes.