Shūkō Murase (村瀬 修功, Murase Shūkō, born May 31, 1964) is a Japanese anime director and animator.^[1] A member of Sunrise, he is noted for contributing the character designs and key animation to New Mobile Report Gundam Wing and Argento Soma. In 2000, he contributed the main character designs to Final Fantasy IX. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with Witch Hunter Robin.

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