Batman Ninja
Animation
- DirectorJunpei Mizusaki
- DirectorJunichi Yamamoto
- DirectorShuhei Morita
Director / Producer / Executive / Management
Junpei Mizusaki
水﨑淳平
Tokyo, Japan
Creative producer, director and founder and CEO of Kamikaze Douga. Trained in layout, typography, photography and video editing (information design), and Taught Himself 3dcg on a Macintosh and Amiga with Photoshop and LightWave 3D because no course existed. Worked at a DTP company, then as a contract modeller and animator at Nintendo; when the contract was not renewed he began taking work himself and started Kamikaze Douga in Kyoto in 1998 as a game-background subcontractor. His first animation won the wavy award grand prix in 1999. Moved to Tokyo, spent time at studio 4°C, incorporated the studio in may 2003. Directed the 2005 anthology segment “Song of the Sunny Spot” in ZOO and the 2018 feature Batman Ninja. Known for a stylish, playful authorial sensibility and for his Staffing Philosophy, animators as full-time employees, pay and conditions as the company’s stated priority: “not one staff member who became a full-timer with conviction has left”.
Highlighted works
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
Animation / 2025
- DirectorJunpei Mizusaki
- DirectorShinji Takagi
ZOO - "Song of the Sunny Spot"
Animation
- DirectorJunpei Mizusaki
Star Wars: Visions - “The Duel”
Animation
- DirectorJunpei Mizusaki
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- Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza LeagueDirector
- ZOO - "Song of the Sunny Spot"Director
- Batman NinjaDirector
- Star Wars: Visions - “The Duel”Director