Legendary Japanese animator, animation director, and character designer. Currently affiliated with Studio Pierrot. Kubo started working as an animator since the mid 1960s. He worked on a number of a Japanese animated cartoons with various animation companies. In the mid 1980s, he joined the newly formed PAC, which handled almost all of the animation duties of the various Rankin/Bass cartoons. His brother is fellow animator Hidemi Kubo.
Known For
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
(2023)
Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
(2007)
Key Animation and Animation Director
The Last: Naruto the Movie
(2014)
Key Animation
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
(2015)
Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
(2006)
Key Animation and Animation Director
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
(2004)
Animation Director
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
(2005)
Key Animation
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
(1984)
Key Animation
The Hobbit
(1977)
Animation Supervisor
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
(2006)
Key Animation
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!