Hiroyuki Kitakubo

{{Short description|Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter}}

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| name = Hiroyuki Kitakubo

| birth_name = {{nihongo2|北久保 弘之}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|15}}

| birth_place = Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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| nationality = Japanese

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| notableworks = Robot Carnival, Roujin Z, Golden Boy, Blood: The Last Vampire

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| occupation = Director, animator, screenwriter

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| awards = "Individual Award": The 6th Animation Kobe (2001)

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{{nihongo|Hiroyuki Kitakubo|北久保 弘之|Kitakubo Hiroyuki|born November 15, 1963{{cite web | title=2000 Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Grand Prize BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE | url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2000/animation/000357/ | publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs | accessdate=2011-06-28 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825063805/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2000/animation/000357/ | archivedate=2011-08-25 }}}} is a Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter.

Kitakubo began work in the anime industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam television series.{{cite book | author=Ruh, Brian | date=June 12, 2004 | title=Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | page=160 | isbn=978-1-4039-6334-5}}{{cite book | title=Pacific Friend Volume 29, Issues 1-12 | date=2001 | publisher=Jiji Gaho Sha, Inc. | page=46}} He debuted as a director with the Cream Lemon episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including Black Magic M-66 with Masamune Shirow and Akira with Katsuhiro Otomo. Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from Robot Carnival, the original video animation (OVA) series Golden Boy, and the films Roujin Z and Blood: The Last Vampire.{{cite book |title=Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces |last=Camp |first=Brian |author2=Davis, Julie |year=2007 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1-933330-22-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/animeclassicszet0000camp/page/318 318–9] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/animeclassicszet0000camp/page/318 }}{{cite book | author=Beck, Jerry | author-link=Jerry Beck | date=October 28, 2005 | title=The Animated Movie Guide | publisher=Chicago Review Press | pages=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/235 235–6] | isbn=978-1-55652-591-9 | url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/235 }} In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film.{{cite web | title=アニメーション神戸-これまでの記録（第1回～10回） | trans-title=Animation Kobe - the previous record (Parts 1～10) | url=http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/index.php | publisher=Animation Kobe | language=Japanese | accessdate=2011-06-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913191748/http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/index.php | archive-date=2011-09-13 | url-status=dead }} Blood: The Last Vampire also won grand prize at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival and first prize the 2001 World Animation Celebration.{{cite web | title=Blood Awarded First Prize at World Animation Festival | date=August 24, 2001 | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-08-24/blood-awarded-first-prize-at-world-animation-festival | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=2011-06-28}}