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Masao Nakata

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Masao Nakata is known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Tenchi Forever!: The Movie (1999) and Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000).
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    Known for

    Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
    Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
    6.3
    • Animation Department
    • 1998
    Tenchi Forever!: The Movie (1999)
    Tenchi Forever!: The Movie
    7.1
    • Animation Department
    • 1999
    Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
    Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown
    5.8
    • Animation Department
    • 2000
    Locke the Superman (1983)
    Locke the Superman
    6.1
    • Animation Department
    • 1983

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    • Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (2001)
      Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest
      5.8
      • key animator
      • 2001
    • Comic Party (2001)
      Comic Party
      6.6
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2001
    • Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
      Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown
      5.8
      • key animator
      • 2000
    • Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
      Steel Angel Kurumi
      6.7
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2000
    • Madeleine Blaustein, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, and Veronica Taylor in Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)
      Pokémon the Movie 2000
      6.1
      • key animator
      • 1999
    • Tenchi Forever!: The Movie (1999)
      Tenchi Forever!: The Movie
      7.1
      • key animator
      • 1999
    • Adventures of the Mini Goddesses (1998)
      Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
      7.0
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 1998–1999
    • Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
      Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
      6.3
      • key animator
      • 1998
    • Nobutoshi Canna, Yûko Miyamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, and Kenji Utsumi in Berserk (1997)
      Berserk
      8.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1998
    • Takeshi Aono, Toshio Furukawa, Tesshô Genda, Keiko Han, Show Hayami, Michio Hazama, Masashi Hironaka, Ryô Horikawa, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yû Mizushima, Katsuji Mori, Keiichi Noda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Nozomu Sasaki, Kaneto Shiozawa, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kei Tomiyama, Norio Wakamoto, and Keaton Yamada in Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988)
      Legend of the Galactic Heroes
      9.0
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • animation director
      • key animator: Studio Bebow
      • 1988–1997
    • Clamp School (1997)
      Clamp School
      7.3
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 1997
    • Bloody Roar (1997)
      Bloody Roar
      7.2
      Video Game
      • animator: movie
      • 1997
    • Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997)
      Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
      5.5
      Video
      • key animator
      • 1997
    • Sexorcist
      6.4
      Video
      • key animator
      • 1996
    • Bounty Hunter: The Hard (1996)
      Bounty Hunter: The Hard
      5.6
      Video
      • key animator
      • 1996

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