Yasuomi Umetsu

is a Japanese animator known for creating the Kite film series. Works Filmography Megazone 23 Part II (1986) character designer/animation director Robot Carnival (1987) episode director/animation director, 'Presence' segment Lily C.A.T. (1987) character designer Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993) character designer Gatchaman (OVA) (1994) character designer Cool Devices Operation 07: Yellow Star (1995) character designer Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996) animator New Hurricane Polymar (1997) character designer Hen (1997) character designer (as Yasuomi Umezu aka Strange Love) Kimera (1997) character designer Kite (1998) director/writer/character designer/animation director Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999) key animator Mezzo Forte (2001) director/writer/character designer/animation director Nakoruru ~Ano hito kara no okurimono~ (OVA) (2002) character designer Mezzo DSA (2004) (TV series) director/character designer/animation director Kite Liberator (2008) director/writer/character designer/animation director Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) episode director Beelzebub (2011) animation director (ED2) Galilei Donna (2013) director Wizard Barristers (2014) director/character designer Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015) animation director (OP) Isuca (2015) animation director (ED) Seraph of the End (2015) animation director (OP) Gunslinger Stratos: THE ANIMATION (2015) animation director (ED) Gangsta. (2015) animation director (ED) Dimension W (2016) animation director (OP) Bungo Stray Dogs (2016) animation director (ED) Twin Star Exorcists (2016) animation director (OP1) Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (2016) animation director (OP) ēlDLIVE (2017) animation director (ED) Kokkoku: Moment by Moment (2018) character designer Video games Contra: The Hard Corps (Mega Drive, 1994) – Packaging and promotional illustrations (Japanese version) Castlevania (Nintendo 64, 1999) – Promotional illustrations Shin Megami Tensei: Nine (Xbox, 2002) – Character designer Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo Switch, 2017) – Illustrator