is a Japanese CGI animation director. He was born in the year 1968, in Kumamoto city, Japan

Japan

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Short CGI Series

2000, "Popee The Performer" Debut as Director, original script (original story) writer with his first animation work.

• 2002, received Columbia Gold Disc Award.

2003, "Ga-Ra-Ku-Ta: Mr.Stain on Junk Alley

Mr. Stain

Mr. Stain, also known as , is a digital computer anime series created and directed by Ryuji Masuda. The producer of the show is Shunsuke Koga and the characters are designed by Wakako Masuda. The series involves surreal adventures centered on characters living in a junk-filled alley.The episodes...

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• Received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies
  Agency for Cultural Affairs
  The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education . It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. As of April 2007, it is led by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Tamotsu Aoki....
  
  Media Art Festival
  Japan Media Arts Festival
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• Specially invited to the Asias biggest film festival Pusan International Film Festival
  Pusan International Film Festival
  Busan International Film Festival , held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia...
  
   in Korea
  Korea
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• 2004, Officially invited to Melbourne International Film Festival
  Melbourne International Film Festival
  The Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
  
   in Australia
  Australia
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2006, "Funny Pets

Funny Pets

is a digital computer anime series created and directed by Ryuji Masuda that was made in 2006.The sound effects were made by Shizuo Kurahashi. The plot of the series is that a UFO carrying two aliens from another planet ends up falling into Earth, where they are saved by a moody air-headed...

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• 2006, Officially invited to Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia.
• 2005,Specially invited to the Asias biggest film festival Pusan International Film Festival in Korea.

Music Clip

In 2003, Directed and wrote the script of a music clip of Keigo Iwase (ex-Juku)'s second-single "Drive Car".

Live-Action Drama

In 2004, Directed an episode "the sixth sense of Yoshiko" from an omnibus comedy drama "Onsen Tamago ? Yukemuri Kidan" with lead actress as Sakura Nogawa

Sakura Nogawa

' is a voice actress born in Toyohashi, Aichi on March 1, 1978. Her height is 153 cm and her weight is 54 kg.-Notable voice roles:*Ryunmei Ranka in Arad Senki: Slap Up Party*Tsubasa in Angel Tales*Misha Arsellec Lune in Ar tonelico...

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Books

1. In 2006, X`mas Picture book "Kusatta Kamisama" from Aiikusha.
2. In 2002, Comic "POPEE THE PERFORMER", Kodansha.

Others

• Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
• Member of Directors Guild of Japan
  Directors Guild of Japan
  The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from...
  
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External links

• About Ryuji Masuda