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'''Kunihiko Yuyama''' ('''湯山邦彦''') (b. 1952) is an anime director who has been involved with many of the products of the Pokémon anime. He is also an illustrator for the TCG.
'''Kunihiko Yuyama''' ('''湯山邦彦''') (b. 1952) is an anime director who has been involved with many of the products of the [[Pokémon anime]]. He is also an illustrator for the {{Trading Card Game}}.


Yuyama is one of the founding members of [[OLM]], the animation studio that produces the Pokémon anime. He began his career in the 1970s as an in-between artist on the original ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (aka ''Star Blazers'' in North America) and subsequently became an episode and series director on series for Tatsunoko Productions, Ashi Productions (now Production Reed), and Kaname Productions. Other than Pokémon, his most noteworthy work is likely the original ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' series, on which he worked with original Pokémon anime head writer [[Takeshi Shudo]].  
Yuyama is one of the founding members of [[OLM, Inc.|OLM]], the animation studio that produces the Pokémon anime. He began his career in the 1970s as an in-between artist on the original ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (aka ''Star Blazers'' in North America) and subsequently became an episode and series director on series for Tatsunoko Productions, Ashi Productions (now Production Reed), and Kaname Productions. Other than Pokémon, his most noteworthy work is likely the original ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' series, on which he worked with the original Pokémon anime head writer [[Takeshi Shudō]].


==Credits==
==Credits==
===TV series===
===TV series===
*''[[Pokémon anime|Pocket Monsters]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Original series|Pocket Monsters (1997)]]'' - Executive Director
*{{series|Advanced Generation}} - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl|Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY|Pocket Monsters XY]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon|Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pocket Monsters (2019)]]'' - Creative Supervisor


===Movies===
===Movies===
*''[[M01|Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M01|Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M02|Pocket Monsters: Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M02|Pocket Monsters: Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M03|Pocket Monsters: Kessho-tō no Teiō]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M03|Pocket Monsters: Kessho-tō no Teiō]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M04|Pocket Monsters: Celebi Toki o Koeta Deai]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M04|Pocket Monsters: Celebi Toki o Koeta Deai]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M05|Pocket Monsters: Mizu no Miyako no Mamorigami - Latias to Latios]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M05|Pocket Monsters: Mizu no Miyako no Mamorigami - Latias to Latios]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M06|Pocket Monsters: Nanayo no Negai-boshi Jirāchi]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M06|Pocket Monsters: Nanayo no Negai-boshi Jirāchi]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M07|Pocket Monsters: Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deoxys]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M07|Pocket Monsters: Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deoxys]]'' - Director, Storyboard
*''[[M08|Pocket Monsters: Mew to Hadō no Yūsha Lucario]]'' - Director, Storyboard
* ''[[M08|Pocket Monsters: Mew to Hadō no Yūsha Lucario]]'' - Director, Storyboard


===Specials===
===Specials===
*''[[Mewtwo Returns|Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo! Ware wa koko ni ari]]'' - Executive Director
* ''[[Mewtwo Returns|Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo! Ware wa koko ni ari]]'' - Executive Director
*''[[The Legend of Thunder!|Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu]]'' - Director
* ''[[The Legend of Thunder!|Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu]]'' - Director


===Cards illustrated===
===Cards illustrated===
==={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}}===
===={{TCG|Wizards Black Star Promos}}====
* {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Team Rocket's Meowth|18}}
* {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Team Rocket's Meowth|18}}
===={{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}}====
* {{TCG ID|DP Promo|Arceus|50}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* His favorite Pokémon is {{p|Lapras}}.
* His favorite {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} is {{p|Lapras}}.
* In ''[[JN136|This Could be the Start of Something Big!]]'', {{Ash}} is shown battling a Trainer resembling Yuyama, who uses a Lapras.
* With the end of Ash's saga in the Pokémon anime, the official Pokémon page on Twitter revealed an art containing the beginning of Ash's journey and his last scene in ''[[JN147|The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!]]'' signed by Yuyama himself.<ref>https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1707138046200586390</ref>
===Gallery===
<gallery>
Kunihiko Yuyama cameo JN136.png|Kunihiko Yuyama's cameo in ''[[JN136|This Could be the Start of Something Big!]]''
Ash ending Artwork.png|Ash's farewell from the anime autographed by Kunihiko Yuyama.
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3943 AnimeNewsNetwork Encyclopedia entry for Kunihiko Yuyama]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3943 Anime News Network entry]


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