Yoshitomo Yonetani

Yoshitomo Yonetani (米たに ヨシトモ, Yonetani Yoshitomo, born May 13, 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese anime director and animation director. A member of the studio Sunrise, he has directed numerous series, including Gaogaigar, Brigadoon: Marin & Melan, and Betterman, and has recently worked on numerous series, including Planetes and both iterations of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed series.

Works (as director)

• 2112: The Birth of Doraemon (Director) 1995
• Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries (Director)
• The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Series Director, Script (eps 12, 24), Storyboard (episodes 1-2, 8, 12, 24, 31, 49), Episode Director (eps 12, 49), Theme Song Lyrics (OP)) 1997-1998
• Betterman (Series Director, Theme Song Performance (ED1 & ED2, credited as "*~mai~")) 1999
• The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (Director, Script (ep 8), Storyboard (eps 5, 8), Episode Director (ep 8)) 2000-2003
• Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 14, 26), Episode Director (eps 1, 26), Theme Song Lyrics (OP)) 2000-2001
• Nurse Witch Komugi (Director (eps 3-5), Storyboard (eps 3-5), Episode Director (ep 3)) 2002
• Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Magikarte Z (Director (ep 2), Script (ep 2), Storyboard (OP for ep. 2; ep 2), Episode Director (ep 2), Unit Director (OP for ep. 2), Animation Director (ep 2))
• Amuri in Star Ocean (Director, Screenplay, Original creator) 2007/2008
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera (Director, Series Composition, Script (eps 1-3, 11-12), Storyboard (OP/ED; eps 1, 10, 12), Episode Director (OP/ED; ep 12), Key Animation (ep 12)) 2011
• Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Director, Storyboard (OP; ED), Episode Director (ep 24), Unit Director (OP)) 2015

External links

• Yoshitomo Yonetani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia