Yukitoshi Hotani

Yukitoshi Hōtani
Japanese Name	宝谷 幸稔
Profile
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animation directorW, Prop designerW
Media
Anime Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

Yukitoshi Hōtani (宝谷 幸稔, Hōtani Yukitoshi) is a Japanese animator credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. He's consistently been an animation director since season one, as well as prop designer since Stardust Crusaders.

Hōtani has been credited as the character designer for various video games and game-related animations; examples include Legend of Crystania^W, Interlude^W, and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys^W

Works

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Animation Director (eps 3, 11, 18, 24)
  • Animation Director Cooperation (eps 5, 12-13, 19)
  • Assistant Animation Director (eps 9, 17)
  • Ending Animation Key Animation (eps 3-9, 14-26)
  • Key Animation (ep 26)
  • Design Cooperation (ep 25)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Animation Director (eps 6, 9, 11, 16, 24, 30-31, 45, 48)
  • Animation Director Cooperation (eps 17, 23, 29, 33, 35, 39, 46)
  • Assistant Animation Director (eps 2-3, 20, 38)
  • Eyecatch Illustration (eps 6, 28-29)
  • Rotoscope Animation (eps 34-35)
  • Key Animation (eps 4, 24)
  • 2nd Key Animation (eps 11-12, 16, 22)
  • Prop Design
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
  • Animation Director (eps 18, 24)
  • Mechanical Animation Director (eps 12, 28-29, 39)
  • Opening Animation Key Animation (OP 1)
  • Animation Director Cooperation (ep 20)
  • Assistant Chief Animation Director (ep 21)
  • Eyecatch Illustration (ep 18)
  • Key Animation (ep 39)
  • 2nd Key Animation (ep 12)
  • Prop Design
  • Screen Setting (eps 3-5, 7-8)
• Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
  • Key Animation (eps 5, 2)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
  • Prop Design
  • Firearms Animation Director (eps 7-8, 14-15, 19, 29-31, 34-39)
  • Animation Director (eps 9, 13-14, 19, 23, 34)
  • Assistant Animation Director (ep 24)
  • Opening Animation Key Animation (OP 1, OP 2)
  • Key Animation (eps 1, 10, 24)
  • 2nd Key Animation (eps 9, 21, 29, 37)
  • Eyecatch Illustration (eps 3-4, 39)
  • Mechanical Animation Director (ep 21)

Gallery

Key Animation (原画)

Eyecatch Illustrations