CINDY YAMAUCHI
Featured Guest, Animator
Cindy H. Yamauchi is a Japanese-American animator, character designer, and animation director based in Tokyo. She began her career in Japan as an in-between artist and later became a freelance animator. After nearly a decade away from the industry while living in the United States, she returned to animation with Madhouse’s Gungrave in 2003. Since then, she has worked on numerous anime productions in roles including key animator, animation supervisor, chief animation supervisor, and character designer.
Her recent credits include Character Designer for Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to be a Kamen Rider, Animation Director for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, and Character Designer & Animation Director for Akudama Drive.
In addition to her professional animation work, Cindy is currently producing Boys Be Heroes!, an original independent anime music video project inspired by Japanese tokusatsu heroes and local community culture.
