Ryuji Masuda

is a Japanese CGI animation director. His works include Popee the Performer, Mr. Stain on Junk Alley and Funny Pets. He has been known to be active in both his native Kumamoto and Okinawa.

Works + List of works in media Release date Media Crew role Note January 4, 2000 - January 1, 2003 Popee the Performer (POPEE the ぱフォーマー, POPEE the pa fōmā) Director, original script/story writer Debut work January 6, 2003 - March 25, 2003 Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (ガラクタ通りのステイン, Garakuta-Doori no Sutein) Director, original script/story writer Drive Car (ドライブカー) Director, original script/story writer music video May 28, 2004 Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ (温泉タマゴ ~湯けむり奇談~) Director of "Yoshiko's 6th Sense", Screenplay writer of "Onsen Konoshi Doki" 3-in-1 live action/CG animated drama movie January 11, 2006 - March 28, 2006 Funny Pets (ファニーペッツ, Fanī Petsu (Alternative name: Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic)) Director, original script/story writer -2009 Petit Eva (Evangelion@School) CG Supervisor April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010 Charady's Daily Joke (キャラディのジョークな毎日, Charady no Joke no Mainichi) Overall Director November 22, 2013 OH! Jesus (オー！ジーザス) Director, original script/story writer manga-like anime

Awards In 2003, he received Excellent Animation Award in Cultural Affair Agencies Media Art Festival.

Books In 2002, he helped with the Popee the Performer manga (he wrote the Magazine Z manga).

In 2007, he wrote the Mr. Stain and Funny Pets picture books.

Others Special lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design. Member of Directors Guild of Japan.

Personal life During university, he studied film, but while looking for a job, he met anime director Seiji Endo, and although he got a job at an anime company, he left the company. He was impressed by the CG of Jurassic Park, which was being released at the time, and studied in the CG department of a game company.