Editing Masami ÅŒbari

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'''Masami Ōbari''' (大張正己, Ōbari Masami) (born [[January 24]], [[1966]]) is a Japanese character designer, animation director and overall artist known primarily for his work on mecha-related anime productions.  As a director, some of his work includes ''Super Robot Wars'', ''Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer'' and the original ''Bubblegum Crisis''.  As a mecha designer, some of his work includes ''Dancouga'', ''Gravion'' and ''Brave Police J-Decker''.  He originally worked for [[Production Reed]] and later formed his own studio, Studio G-1 (later known as Studio G-1 Neo).

According to [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' laserdisc box set booklet<ref>http://www.tfrid.com/nojava.html</ref>, Ōbari made his professional debut on ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', directing and animating [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s transformation sequence.  It is popularly cited that he directed the full episode "[[Call of the Primitives]]"<ref>http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%BC%B5%E6%AD%A3%E5%B7%B1#.E6.BC.94.E5.87.BA.E3.80.81.E7.9B.A3.E7.9D.A3.E3.80.81.E4.BD.9C.E7.94.BB.E7.9B.A3.E7.9D.A3.E3.80.81.E5.90.84.E7.A8.AE.E3.83.87.E3.82.B6.E3.82.A4.E3.83.B3.E3.81.AA.E3.81.A9</ref>, as the anime-esque character designs unique to that episode share in his overall aesthetic.  The lack of overseas credits attached to ''The Transformers'' episodes, unfortunately, make that an unconfirmed belief.

Ōbari would later provide cover artwork to the ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' Autobot Collection laserdisc (and later, DVD) box set for Disk 1.

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masami_Obari Masami Obari at Wikipedia]
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%BC%B5%E6%AD%A3%E5%B7%B1#18.E7.A6.81.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1 Masami Obari at Japanese Wikipedia]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4240 Masami Obari at Anime News Network]

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