Masayuki KOJIMA

Masayuki KOJIMA was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1961. He has been working in the animation industry since the 1980s and was involved in many projects of the famous studio Madhouse, including MASTER KEATON (1998-1999) and MONSTER (2004-2005). THE PIANO FOREST (2007) is his first feature-length theatrical film and has been nominated for the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animation Film in 2008. Since 2011, he has been working for the animation studio Kinema Citrus, where he recently directed the series MADE IN ABYSS (2017-2020).