Kazunari Yamanaka
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Kazunari Yamanaka (山中 和成 Yamanaka Kazunari) is a Japanese producer. He joined Toho Pictures in 1997,[1] first working on Rebirth of Mothra 2 as an assistant production manager, then on three of the first four Millennium Godzilla films as an assistant producer, and finally on the last two Millennium films as a producer. Yamanaka now works for TOHO Visual Entertainment as part of the Godzilla Strategic Conference.[2] In 2022, he joined the crew of the web series Godziban for its 4th Season, replacing Takato Higuchi as producer.
Selected filmography
Assistant producer
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Producer
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
- Godziban 4th Season (web 2022-2023)
Planning supervisor
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022)
- Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023)
- Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)
- Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024)
Miscellaneous
- Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) - Assistant production manager
- Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Godzilla Room
Selected video games
- Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact (1999) - Co-operation
Selected bibliography
- Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) - Special thanks
- Godzilla Against Type-3 Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) Completion (2016) - Interviewee
- Godziban Book (2022) - Interviewee
- Godzilla Final Wars Completion (2023) - Interviewee
Trivia
- While working on Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Yamanaka authored a lore document placing various kaiju in the film's continuity, though it went unused.[3]
References
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Bibliography
- Kimura, Gaku; Nakamura, Satoshi; Tomoi, Taketo; Shimizu, Toshifumi; Aita, Hideo; Maruyama, Takeshi; Toyota, Tomohisa; Matsunomoto, Kazuhiro; Hazawa, Masato (21 December 2016). Godzilla Against Type-3 Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-1353-6.
- Inaba, Kazuhiro (21 December 2022). Godziban Book. TOHO Visual Entertainment.
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