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Masakazu Ohara(II)

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masakazu Ohara is known for Accel World (2012), Mai-HiME (2004) and Sword Art Online (2012).
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    Known for

    Accel World (2012)
    Accel World
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director(as Masakazu Obara)
    Mai-HiME (2004)
    Mai-HiME
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director(as Masakazu Kohara)
    Sword Art Online (2012)
    Sword Art Online
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Angel Links (1999)
    Angel Links
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director(as Masakazu Obara)

    Credits

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    Director

    • Undead Murder Farce (2023)
      Undead Murder Farce
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Mashle: Magic and Muscles (2023)
      Mashle: Magic and Muscles
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends (2022)
      Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends
      8.5
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Haruka Tomatsu, Shiori Izawa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Kaede Hondo in Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night (2022)
      Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019)
      Kaguya-sama: Love is War
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2022
    • Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2020)
      Warlords of Sigrdrifa
      6.0
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2020
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Accel World: Infinite Burst (2016)
      Accel World: Infinite Burst
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Accel World (2012)
      Accel World
      7.0
      TV Series
      • series director (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2012
    • The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009)
      The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Masakazu Kohara)
      • 2009
    • Mai otome zwei (2006)
      Mai otome zwei
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2006–2007
    • Mai otome: Tsuvai - Yume no tsuzuki
      7.6
      Video
      • Director (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2006
    • Mai otome (2005)
      Mai otome
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2006
    • Mai-HiME (2004)
      Mai-HiME
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Masakazu Kohara)
      • 2004–2005
    • Kasumin (2001)
      Kasumin
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2001–2003

    Art Department

    • Yui Ishikawa in NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023)
      NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2024
    • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (2024)
      Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2024
    • Mashle: Magic and Muscles (2023)
      Mashle: Magic and Muscles
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2023
    • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends (2022)
      Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends
      8.5
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019)
      Kaguya-sama: Love is War
      8.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019–2022
    • Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
      Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
      7.2
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2020)
      Warlords of Sigrdrifa
      6.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018–2020
    • High School Fleet the Movie (2020)
      High School Fleet the Movie
      8.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Sugita, Jun Fukuyama, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Yûki Kaji, Aoi Yûki, Misaki Kuno, Sora Amamiya, and Yûhei Takagi in The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky
      7.0
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Record of Grancrest War (2018)
      Record of Grancrest War
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Accel World: Infinite Burst (2016)
      Accel World: Infinite Burst
      5.8
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Accel World (2012)
      Accel World
      7.0
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2012
    • Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011)
      Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
      5.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist (as Hitoshi Inai)
      • 2011
    • Mai-HiME (2004)
      Mai-HiME
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard: closing animation (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 2004

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
      Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
      7.2
      • unit director
      • 2021
    • Accel World: Infinite Burst (2016)
      Accel World: Infinite Burst
      5.8
      • unit director
      • 2016
    • The Big O (1999)
      The Big O
      7.5
      TV Series
      • assistant episode director
      • assistant director (as Masakazu Obara)
      • 1999

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    • Alternative names
      • Hitoshi Inai

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