Norio Matsumoto

松本憲生

Wiki (jp) Originating from Tatsunoko's animators training institute, where he met Atsushi Wakabayashi. Though primarily an action animator, he’s demonstrated impressive range elsewhere like in his scenes for Haibane Renmei and Kaguya-hime. He has the reputation of a fast and disciplined worker. Toshiyuki Inoue said that he must have a “secret” for producing such a large volume of superb cuts. Though one of his earliest assignments was as an in-betweens checker for Akira, his first major job was on Ranma ½, working under the director of the series, Kazuhiro Furuhashi. He would collaborate…