Yuta Tanaka

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Yuta Tanaka
田中 裕太
Born (1981-07-08) July 8, 1981 (age 43) [1]
Mie Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation Anime director
Years active2005–present
Employer Toei Animation (2005–2024) [2]
Known for Pretty Cure series
Japanese name
Kanji 田中 裕太
Hiragana たなか ゆうた
Romanization Tanaka Yūta

Yuta Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 裕太, Hepburn: Tanaka Yūta, born July 8, 1981 [1] ) is a Japanese anime director, who is known for directing various episode of the Pretty Cure series, as well as a series director for its twelfth series, Go! Princess Pretty Cure . [3]

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Career

Yuta Tanaka entered the anime industry in 2005. Employed under Toei Animation, he first worked as an assistant episode director for Powerpuff Girls Z , [4] and later directed various episodes of the Pretty Cure series since Fresh Pretty Cure! . In 2015, he directed the twelfth Pretty Cure series, titled Go! Princess Pretty Cure , [3] and also directed few movies since then, such as Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wonderous! Cure Mofurun! , [5] Star Twinkle Pretty Cure the Movie: These Feeling within The Song of Stars , [6] and Pretty Cure All Stars F . [7] In January 2024, Tanaka had resigned from Toei Animation. [2]

Filmography

TV Anime

YearTitleCreditNote
2006 Powerpuff Girls Z Assistant Episode Director (eps. 3, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23, 29, 34, 36, 41, 49) [4]
2007–2008 Yes! PreCure 5 Assistant Episode Director (eps. 48)
2008–2009 Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! Assistant Episode Director (eps. 1, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 27, 29, 32, 37, 39, 41, 43, 46)
2009–2010 Fresh Pretty Cure! Episode Director (eps. 4, 17, 32, 44, 49), Assistant Episode Director (eps. 1, 8, 11, 15, 21, 24, 26, 28, 38, 41, 46) [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
2010–2011 HeartCatch PreCure! Assistant Episode Director
2011–2012 Suite PreCure Episode Director (eps. 4, 12, 23, 30, 38, 47)
2012–2013 Smile PreCure! Episode Director (eps. 8, 15, 22, 36, 43)
2013–2014 DokiDoki! PreCure Episode Director (eps. 4, 12, 17, 26, 33), Storyboard (eps. 4, 12, 26, 33, 40, 47)
2014–2015 Majin Bone Episode Director (eps. 6, 15) [13]
2015–2016 Go! Princess Pretty Cure Series Director, Episode Director (eps. 1, 22, 50), Storyboard (OP; eps. 1, 22, 32, 39, 50), Unit Director (OP) [14] [3]
2016–2017 Witchy Pretty Cure! Storyboard (eps. 22) [15]
2017–2018 Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Episode Director (eps. 49), Storyboard (eps. 27, 36, 41, 49)
2018–2019 Hug! Pretty Cure Episode Director (eps. 4, 15, 37) [16] [17] [18]
2018–2020 GeGeGe no Kitarō Production Advancement (eps. 78, 85, 88, 95)
2019–2020 Star Twinkle PreCure Storyboard (eps. 15)
2020–2021 Healin' Good Pretty Cure Storyboard (OP) [19]
Digimon Adventure: Production Advancement (eps. 18, 26, 36, 44, 52, 58, 64)
2020–2022 Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Episode Director (eps. 13, 19, 25, 32, 97), Storyboard (eps. 19, 25, 32, 97) [20] [21] [22]
2021–2022 Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure Episode Director (eps. 29)
2021–2023 Digimon Ghost Game Episode Director (eps. 20), Production Advancement (eps. 4)

Anime film

YearTitleCreditNote
2010 HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital…Really!? Assistant Director, Storyboard (ED), Unit Director
2016 Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wonderous! Cure Mofurun! Director [5]
2019 One Piece: Stampede Storyboard
Star Twinkle Pretty Cure the Movie: These Feeling within The Song of Stars Director [6]
2023 Pretty Cure All Stars F Director, Storyboard [7] [23]

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  2. 1 2 タナカリオン [@tanakarion] (February 4, 2024). "Yuta Tanaka Leaves Toei Animation in 2024" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Twitter.
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  4. 1 2 "Interview with Go! Princess Pretty Cure series director Yuta Tanaka". Febri (in Japanese). Vol. 30. Ichijinsha. September 2015. p. 30.
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  9. ↑ "Episode 17 Summary". Fresh Pretty Cure! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Episode 32 Summary". Fresh Pretty Cure! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Episode 44 Summary". Fresh Pretty Cure! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Episode 49 Summary". Fresh Pretty Cure! (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  13. ↑ "'Majin Bone' Episode 6". Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  14. ↑ "STAFF & CAST". Go! Princess Pretty Cure (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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  17. ↑ "Episode 15 Summary". Hug! Pretty Cure (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Episode 37 Summary". Hug! Pretty Cure (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  19. ↑ タナカリオン [@tanakarion] (February 1, 2020). "Yuta Tanaka confirms he storyboarded the opening for 'Healin' Good Pretty Cure'" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved February 1, 2020– via Twitter.
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  23. ↑ "『映画プリキュアオールスターズＦ』 インタビュー 監督・田中裕太さん、総作画監督・キャラクターデザイン・板岡 錦さん対談で明かされた制作秘話【ネタバレあり】" ["Pretty Cure All Stars F" Interview Director Yuta Tanaka, Chief Animation Director/Character Designer Nishiki Itaoka The production secrets revealed in a conversation (Contains spoilers)]. animate Times (Interview). Japan. October 6, 2023. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2024. page 2, page 3, page 4
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