Sunao Katabuchi is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is director of Contrail Co. Ltd. He has been a part-time lecturer at Nihon University College of Art since 2006, and a Project Professor at the college of Art of at the same university since 2018.
Sunao Katabuchi has 42 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Black Lagoon, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
