Yuji Moriyama 森山 雄治 Moriyama Yūji January 6 1960 is a Japanese anime director animator animation supervisor and character designer from Tokyo He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association JAniCA He won the fourth Japan Anime Awards in the Animation Director category Some of his many pennames are Yūji Motoyama もとやまゆうじ Jōdo Saihō 西宝 壌土 Kotarō Kazama 風間 小太郎 Norihiro Sunakawa 砂川 則博 MONTAN Wataya Shibakano 芝跨野 渡也 Tōya Shibamata 柴又 十哉 Alan Smithee 阿藍 隅史 Nachiko Nekobe 猫部 那智子 and Tadao Uota 魚田 尹夫