Yutaka Nakamura

Yutaka Nakamura  is an animator, designer, and cinematographer.


 His works include key-animation on projects such as Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy, Fullmetal Alchemist or Eureka Seven. He is known for his dynamic and unique action sequences, 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 mixed a unique action cinematography and animation timing to create distinctive action scenes in animation. His work was discussed in an animation panel focused on Japanese animators, called "Yutaka Nakamura: Grandmaster Battle Animator" One of his most notable animation works includes the last action scene in the movie "Sword of the Stranger". (source)