Kazuo Komatsubara
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Komatsubara (小松原 一男 or 小松原 一夫, Komatsubara Kazuo, December 24, 1943 – March 24, 2000) was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production (which he helped found along with Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, and Kōshin Yonekawa). He died on March 24, 2000 due to a cancerous tumor on his neck.

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Metropolis (2001)
Key Animation
Devilman Memorial (1999)
Character Designer
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
Key Animation
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)
Animation Director
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
Key Animation
Little Twins: Bokura no Natsu ga Tondeiku (1992)
Animation Director
Little Twins (1992)
Character Designer
I am Devilman, the Devil! (1991)
Character Designer
Fair, then Partly Piggy (1988)
Character Designer | Animation Director
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to Virgin Space (1985)
Animation Director | Character Designer
Wee Wendy (1985)
Animation Director
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Character Designer | Animation Director
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Animation Director
I Am a Cat (1982)
Animation Director
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
Animation Director
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass (1980)
Character Designer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
Character Designer | Animation Director
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia (1978)
Animation Director | Character Designer
Magnerobo Ga-Keen (1976)
Graphic Designer
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975)
Key Animation