ryo-timo

ryo-timo

Animeography

Ajin

Ajin

 add Storyboard (ep 1-2, 4, 7, 10, 13), Episode Director (ep 2, 4, 7, 10, 13)
Baccano!

Baccano!

 add Key Animation (OP, ep 1, 13)
Beck

Beck

 add Key Animation (ep 2-4, 7, 22, 24)
Hakugin

Hakugin

 add Director, Character Design
Idomo

Idomo

 add Director, Script, Character Design Not Yet Aired
Naruto

Naruto

 add Key Animation (OP9)
Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e

Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e

 add Animation Director (partial ep 24), 2nd Key Animation (ep 20), Key Animation (eps 3, 6, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23-24)
Pet

Pet

 add Principle Drawing (ep 5)
Seikaisuru Kado

Seikaisuru Kado

 add Storyboard (ep 5, 11), Episode Director (ep 2, 5, 11), Animation Director (ep 5, 11), Key Animation (ep 2, 11)
Tetsuwan Birdy Decode

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode

 add Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP, ED, eps 1, 13), Key Animation (eps 1-3), Assistant Animation Director (ep 2)
Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02

 add Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP, eps 7, 12), Key Animation (eps 7, 11-12)
Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta

Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta

 add Director, Storyboard (ep 1), Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 1-3, 5-7, 9-13), Animation Director (OP, ep 13), Assistant Animation Director (ep 10)
Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi

Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi

 add Director, Storyboard (ep 2-3), Episode Director (ep 3), Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (ep 1-3), Key Animation (OP)

Mangaography

About

ryo-timo is an illustrator and animator. His real name is Ryousuke Sawa (澤良輔). He was born May 6, 1979 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. ryo-timo started out as amateur GIF animator before turning professional. He initially failed an examination test for Gainax but was later scouted by Osamu Kobayashi for his television anime adaptation of the Beck manga. It was there he met noted animators Satoru Utsunomiya and Norio Matsumoto, the latter he continued mostly working with afterwards. His breakthrough as animator was Satelight's sci-fi series Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e, where he together with Matsumoto did some remarkable work, in particular the 12th episode was highly regarded by animation fans and other animators for the given display by the two. ryo-timo's dedication for animation could be also seen in the Mainichi and TAF award winner film Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, where he did a minute long shot of the main character, Makoto, running, for which he actually went to the real world street that Makoto is running down in Tokyo, then filmed himself running it. He then studied this footage and incorporated his own feelings into the animation.

Voice Acting Roles