Katsumi Ono

Katsumi Ono
English name	Katsumi Ono
Japanese name	小野勝巳 (おのかつみ)
Rōmaji name	Ono Katsumi
Occupation	Director Storyboard artist

Katsumi Ono is a Japanese director and storyboard artist.

As director of Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V and Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS, outside of Yu-Gi-Oh he is also known as best directing Senki Zesshou Symphogear. He even supervised Yu-Gi-Oh Bonds Beyond Time.

Work

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Ono is credited as director in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes.

• #009 "Duel With a Ghoul"
  
• #015 "Winning Through Intimidation"
  
• #022 "Face Off, Part 1"
  
• #028 "The Night Before"
  

Ono is credited as storyboard artist in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes.

• #009 "Duel With a Ghoul"
  
• #022 "Face Off, Part 1"
  
• #028 "The Night Before"
  

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

He is credited as director in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episodes.

• #154 "Shining Forth to the Future"
  

He is credited as storyboard artist in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's episodes.

• #001 "On Your Mark, Get Set, DUEL!"
  
• #153 "Clashing Souls!"
  
• #154 "Shining Forth to the Future"
  

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

Ono is the main director for Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.

He is credited as director in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episodes.

• #001 "Swing Into Action: Part 1"
  
• #002 "Swing into Action: Part 2"
  

He is credited as storyboard artist in the following Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V episodes.

• #001 "Swing Into Action: Part 1"
  
• #086 "Against All Odds"
  
• #098 "Friendship Finale"
  
• #108 "Twins with Tudes"
  
• #126 "An Evil Ascends"
  
• #140 "A Ray of Hope"
  
• #147 "One Last Duel"
  
• #148 "That's a Wrap!"
  

Twitter

Through Twitter, Ono has answered many questions about the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. These include:

• The motif for Red Nova and his smoking mirror are the Aztec deity Tezcatlipoca.

• The name Crow Hogan (クロウ・ホーガン, Kurō Hōgan) is a based on the title Kuro Hogan (九郎判官, Kurō Hōgan) held by General Yoshitsune.

• The head of security during Kalin Kessler's arrest is the chief who is seen speaking to Tetsu Trudge in episode 2.

• The tail Mark of the Dragon is a mask; when Yusei had the mark replaced with the Head, it was a metaphorical shattering of the mask.

• Leo's heart Mark of the Dragon is based on hearts in Mayan and Aztec sacrifices to the Gods, which were eaten.

• Sherry LeBlanc's Duel Runner is called Sturm und Drang.

• Aporia's Duel Runner is called Trinidart Ouroboros and Mr. Uchiyama from set production comes up with these names.

• The faces on the "Timelords" are those of angels. The bodies are metal suits of armor being manipulated by the angel whose face it contains.

• The time while Z-one was fully organic is about 200 years later than the present days events of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.

• He considers Yliadus to be the souls of Z-one, Antinomy, Paradox, Aporia and many other people who are asleep within the Ark Cradle who are no longer of this world.

• It had always planned that Leo would become a Signer, since design of the Marks of the Dragon began.

• "Aporia" and "Z-one" are code names.

• Plans for more in-depth coverage of items on Z-one's data screen in episode 149, such as "Cosmic Blazar Dragon" and the Pegasus J. Crawford Cup Trinidad Riding Duel Grand Prix, had not precisely been decided on, at the time.

• Bruno did not have his own room in Poppo Time, but lived in the second floor living room.

• The statue of three people seen at the beginning of episode 152 represents the three Turbo Duelists of Team 5D's who protected the city. The statue holding up the pedestal represents how the trio support the city and its people.

• About half a year passes between episode 151 and 152.

• The future events of episode 154 are set eight years after its present day events. Leo and Luna are 21 and Jack is 29 years old in the future events.

• The present days events of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's take place over two to three years. Yusei is 18 at the beginning and 20 at the end.

• The events of The Enforcers take place three years before the present-day events.

• Yusei meeting Paradox happened just before the Crash Town events.

• Yusei deciding to fuse Synchro Monsters was a result of his meeting with Jaden and Yugi, having seen Jaden perform Fusion Summons and Yugi Summoning "Dark Magician", one of the monsters on "Speed Spell - Speed Fusion".

External links

• ja.wikipedia.org Katsumi Ono on the Japanese Wikipedia
• twitter.com Katsumi Ono on Twitter