Director
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Born 1956 · Tokyo
Yatabe Katsuyoshi (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Tomino Yoshiyuki and Takahashi Ryousuke before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.
Directed
Dinosaur King
Series Director · 2007
NANA
Director · 2006
Street Fighter II: V
Director · 1995
Hikaru no Go
Director · 2001
Ronin Warriors
Director · 1988
Strawberry Panic
Director · 2006
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Director · 2009
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
Assistant Director · 1982
The Brave of Legend Da-Garn
Director · 1992
The Brave of the Sun Fighbird
Series Director · 1991
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Director · 1983
Detective School Q
Director · 2003
Mashin Hero Wataru
Director · 1988
Brave Exkaiser
Series Director · 1990
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Director · 1985
Dirty Pair OVA
Series Director · 1987
Shin Hakkenden
Director · 1999
Gundress
Director · 1999
