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'''Masaaki Iwane''' (岩根雅明 ''Iwane Masaaki;'' born August 13, 1965) is one of the founding animation directors for the [[Pokémon anime]]. For almost the entirety of his career, he has been a traditional animator, with his first ever fully digitally animated episode in both the layout and key animation stages being [[HZ041]].<ref name=>[https://archive.is/gCynS Iwane talking about an upcoming episode (HZ041) and his effort to solo-animate and create layouts for entirely in digital, for the first time.]</ref>

==Animation credits==
Credits are listed in order of most senior role, then in order of their release. <br>

''See [[:Category:Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane|TV episodes animation directed by Masaaki Iwane]]''

===Animation Director===
* ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]

===Key Animation===
* ''[[Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''
* ''[[Pokémon: Paldean Winds]]''
**''[[PPW02|Breathe In]]''<ref>https://twitter.com/animator1965/status/1714643837711458555</ref>

==Gallery==
===Genga===
This is a collection of [[genga]] drawn by Iwane. <br> ''Iwane solo animates the majority of his episodes on the series.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230905123110/https://fullfrontal.moe/nakano/</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190331065717/http://www.geocities.jp/iwanemasaaki/ Masaaki Iwane's personal website] (Japanese) - Archived
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060219202549/http://pokeani.com/sakuga-iwane.html Pokeani's animation director page for Masaaki Iwane] (Japanese) - Archived
* [https://twitter.com/animator1965 Masaaki Iwane's Twitter account] (Japanese)

==References==
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