Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) (born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese screenwriter, anime director and sound director. He is best known for directing the first three entries in Sunrise's Brave series and the first shotacon anime adaptation.

Filmography
Series he has worked on:

OVA

 * Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder – Storyboard
 * Boku no Pico – Director
 * Dirty Pair – Director, Storyboard (Eps. 6, 9), Episode Director (Ep. 6)
 * Kakyuusei 2: Anthology – Director, Storyboard
 * Keraku-no-oh – Director
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray (OVA Promo) – Director, Storyboard

TV

 * Anime Ganbare Goemon – Director
 * Brave Exkaiser – Director, Storyboard (Eps. 26, 41)
 * Burn Up Scramble – Storyboard (Ep. 3), Episode Director (Eps. 3, 7, 11)
 * Dinosaur King – Director
 * F – Episode Director
 * Gakuen Alice – Storyboard, Episode Director
 * Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament – Series director
 * Gundress (movie) – Director
 * Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora – Episode Director
 * Hikaru no Go – Episode Director (Eps. 21, 29, 37, 53, 63, 73), Art (Ep. 73)
 * Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables – Director, Storyboard (Eps. 1, 39)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Seed – Unit Director
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny – Storyboard, Episode Director
 * Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ – Storyboard
 * Muka Muka Paradise - Director
 * Oishinbo – Storyboard
 * Shin Hakkenden – Series director
 * Space Runaway Ideon – Episode Director
 * Strawberry Panic! – Episode Director (Ep. 15)
 * Tantei Gakuen Q – Storyboard, Episode Director
 * The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn – Director
 * The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird – Director
 * The New Adventures of Gigantor – Episode Director (Eps. 35, 42, 47)