Katsuma Kanazawa
Directing
Biography
Katsuma Kanazawa (Unknown - March 8, 2009) was a Japanese animation director and animator. Matsugawa Shinsho was an alias used by Kanazawa Katsuma.
Known For

In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a beautiful and mysterious blonde woman dressed in Russian style, joins him in the long journey through space. Every episode sees our heroes arriving in a new planet's space train station.
Galaxy Express 999

An ordinary high school boy fails to get into any private academy except one — which happens to be populated by supernatural creatures disguised as humans. To survive, he has to pretend that he is one of them and blend in.
Rosario + Vampire

It can be hard moving to a new school, and fifteen-year-old Kyosuke has it harder than most. He’s fallen head over heels for his classmate Madoka, a girl who won’t even give him the time of day, and unintentionally ended up dating her best friend, Hikaru, instead. Worst of all, Kyosuke and his family have amazing supernatural powers, but he has to keep them hidden from the rest of the world! How is Kyosuke ever going to balance the affections (or lack thereof) of two girls, schoolwork, and his secret abilities all at the same time?
Kimagure Orange Road

The bounty hunter Sven is barely scraping by when he crosses paths with the Black Cat (a.k.a. Train Heartnet) and the young bio-weapon Eve. The three new companions will need more than luck to survive when they find themselves sought by both the Chronos Numbers and a Taoist revolutionary group called the Apostles of the Star.
Black Cat

A rumor states that if you take a photo of someone you like with your cellphone and keep it hidden, they'll fall for you. Will Makoto win his love by taking a picture of Kotonoha without anyone knowing?
School Days

October, 1987, Autumn. In Suganami, Tokyo, there lives the Kinoshita family whereby the father draws very little pay out of his job as an ordinary salaryman. In order to cover expenses, he decides to let out the second floor of their apartment to earn additional rental income. One day, an obstinate-looking eldery dog, accompanied by a younger boy-dog, came knocking on their doors. The eldery dog addresses himself as Norayama Kuroyoshi and introduces his grandson as Norakuro. The former wants to open a detective agency and intends to rent the unit for their office. He will be the president of the investigative bureau while Norakuro-kun will be the director. He will also recruit one of the Kinoshita's sons, Keita-kun, as his employee and their advisor will be the girl-next-door, a high school student by the name of Rika Sawaguchi. On the third day since the official opening of the office, the telephone rang, a signal of a new case.
Norakuro-kun

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Vampire Hunter D

3rd TV anime of Shigeru Mizuki's "Gegege no Kitarou".
Cackling Kitarou

Luka and Lumi Kobayakawa are twin sisters in love with the same man, athletic upperclassman Katsuyuki Touma. Lumi seems supportive of Luka's fledgling romance with Katsuyuki, until the twins are infected with a strange bacterium that transforms Lumi's personality and gifts the twins with terrifying psychic powers. Now Lumi will stop at nothing - or no-one - that gets between her and Katsuyuki, including her own twin sister...
Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon

Agerna is a planet rich in Vizorium, the one mineral necessary to space travel. When a series of mysterious attacks on mining operations has world leaders pointing fingers and pinning blame, 3WA naturally send in their top agents to investigate. But are the Lovely Angels up to the task of stopping a mad scientist bent on taking a long dormant alien race to its final evolutionary form? Throw in a thief after a bottle of WWII-vintage wine and it's a safe bet that nobody's safe. It's more chaos, more mayhem, and even more destruction than ever before as the Dirty Pair take on their wildest case yet!
Dirty Pair: Project Eden

Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
Odin: Starlight Mutiny

Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage.
Urusei Yatsura: Only You

A brother and sister grow beautiful and rare orchids out in the middle of nowhere, however, anyone who visits their house seems to vanish suspiciously. What is the secret of this orchid house?
Bride of Deimos

Nakoruru, finally returned to her home Kamuikotan after a long, fierce battle, receives a warm welcome from dear friends and the village children. Her spirit is uplifted by her reunion with companions Manari and Yantamuu. But as the trauma of battle falls away, Rela appears and challenges Nakoruru and the shadow of misfortune creeps closer...
Nakoruru: A Gift from That Person

The survivors of a global atomic war live in a city dedicated to the survival of the human race. El Miles is part of a group in charge with enforcing the law. Her latest assignment is protecting a young and pretty pop singer.
É.L.

Adult OVA adaptation of a sexy family comedy by popular Seinen Comics manga artist Takeshi Oshima. Tokyo University professor Kamikubo Shinzaburo remarries. His partner is Ai Ruri, a beautiful, sexy, mature woman. Moreover, she has an adorable daughter, Miki, as a stepdaughter. Shinzaburo's son, Tokio, a high school student, is perplexed by his father's remarriage, which has suddenly given him a sexy stepmother and a pretty younger sister. But now Shinzaburo is leaving his family of three to go on a long trip to South America for academic research. Surrounded by two beautiful women in his father's absence, Tokio's fate is up for grabs in the tense days ahead. This popular erotic comedy was also made into two live-action video dramas at the same time. Directed by the brilliant Katsuma Kanazawa, who worked in a wide range of genres and in his later years did impressive work directing episodes of Gift - gift - eternal rainbow and School Days, but regrettably passed away in 2009.
Ecchi de Happy! Pin! Pin! Pin!

Takuya's father died during an accident while he was doing research. Worried about his young stepmother, Ryumi, Takuya follows her to Ken point. Watching her and her best friend, Mitsuki, from behind a rock, a sudden flash of light turns into an unearthly beautiful woman. The mysterious woman slips a ring on his finger, and Takuya's travels into a parallel world begins.
YU-NO

There is a train pervert that has magic hands, whenever he touches a woman they melt like butter. This pervert, Katsuhiko, knows how to work a woman with his skills. While on a train one day, Katsuhiko is caught by a train pervert master named Gin. Gin puts up a challenge to make a move on gorgeous TV anchorwoman, but will he be ready for Gin's well-timed double cross.
G-Spot Express

At the end of World War II, after dividing up the nation, the countries that defeated Japan failed to rule the island. As a result, many independent powers were established. They developed a hatred of one another, leading the country into a never-ending spiral of civil war. Following a group of women under the close "protection" of soldiers, will they be able to return to the safety of their own territories... or are do they have more to fear from their protectors?
Dark Shell

Yusuke Kinoshita is forced by his father to work at his restaurant Pia Carrot all summer due to his bad grades in school. What first seems to be a boring job becomes a memorable experience due to his interactions with his co-workers and his boss.