Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保 弘之, Kitakubo Hiroyuki; born November 15, 1963[1]) is a Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter.
Kitakubo began work in the anime industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam television series.[2][3] He debuted as a director with the Cream Lemon episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including Black Magic M-66 with Masamune Shirow and Akira with Katsuhiro Otomo.[1] Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from Robot Carnival, the original video animation (OVA) series Golden Boy, and the films Roujin Z and Blood: The Last Vampire.[1][4][5] In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film.[6] Blood: The Last Vampire also won grand prize at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival and first prize the 2001 World Animation Celebration.[1][7]
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