22.12.1967 (57 years) (Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
Yutaka Nakamura (中村 豊 , Nakamura Yutaka) (born December 22, 1967) is a Japanese animator, designer, and cinematographer. He's currently employed by Bones. His works include key animation on projects such as Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia and Eureka Seven. He is known for his dynamic and unique action sequences that often make very heavy use of impact frames, and is considered in animation circles as one of the greatest action cinematographers of his generation. Having the freedom to storyboard his own scenes, he mixes unique action cinematography and animation timing to create distinctive action scenes in his animation. He is also known for his very detailed animations of debris, often cubic in nature; this type of debris has become so synonymous with his work they've been given the name "yutapon cubes" after his nickname "yutapon" within animation circles. His work has been discussed in an animation panel focused on Japanese animators, called: "Yutaka Nakamura: Grandmaster Fight Animator." One of his most notable animation works includes the last action scene in the movie Sword of the Stranger.