Katsuro Onoue

Katsuro Onoue Born June 4, 1960 Kagoshima, Japan Occupation Director of special effects, VFX supervisor, senior managing director of Tokusatsu Laboratory First work Burst City (1982) Notable work Shin Godzilla (2016)

Katsuro Onoue (尾上 克郎,   Onoue Katsurō) is a Japanese special effects director and VFX supervisor, as well as the senior managing director of the Tokusatsu Laboratory. A frequent collaborator of Shinji Higuchi, he has worked in special effects since the 1980s and has been involved in some capacity with tokusatsu projects from each of the genre's leading studios. Most recently, he served as the associate director of all three live action entries in Hideaki Anno's Shin series (2016-2023), also directing practical effects for all but Shin Ultraman (2022).

Selected filmography

Director of special effects

• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [2nd unit]
• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015)
• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Ultraman Z (TV 2020) [episodes 9-10]
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Special effects supervisor

• Sakuya (2000)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012)
• Shin Godzilla (2016) [2nd unit]

Associate director

• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Shin Ultraman (2022)
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Miscellaneous

• Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (1993) - Storywriter / wire operator
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) - Wire operator
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) - Assistant wire operator
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Assistant wire operator
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) - Associate director of special effects
• Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) - Special thanks
• Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (TV 2015) - Director [episode 2]
• Shin Godzilla (2016) - VFX creative director
• The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) - Project Capsule Kaiju
• Ultraman Taiga the Movie (2020) - VFX supervisor
• Shin Ultraman (2022) - Cinematographer
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023) - Cinematographer

Actor

• Kaiju Defeat COVID! (web 2020) as himself [episode 1]

Gallery

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  Onoue (left) and Toshio Miike (right)

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