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Glen Murakami (born July 27, 1968 age:50) is a Japanese American animator, animation director and producer best known for his work on Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, Alien Force and Ultimate Alien. AnimationMurakami originally wanted to be a comic book artist. His friend from junior high and high school, Keith Weesner, got a job working on The Animated Series as a background artist and informed Murakami when they were hiring artists at Warner Bros.[1] Murakami was given a storyboard test, which he failed. But seeing his drawing talent, he was hired anyway.[2] Working closely with Bruce Timm, Murakami worked as a character designer and storyboard artist from 1991 to 1993.[3] From 1995 to 1999, Murakami worked as Art Director on The Animated Series and The New Batman/Superman Adventures.[3] Batman BeyondMurakami was promoted to producer for Batman Beyond and won an Emmy Award in 2001 for his work on the series.[3] In addition to producing, he also was credited for story on the movie, Return of the Joker. Teen TitansIn 2002, after a decade working on shows produced by his friend and mentor Bruce Timm, Murakami produced his first series without Timm, the Teen Titans. In addition to producing, he was also character designer on the series. Murakami approached the show with an unusual design style, setting them apart from the rest of DC Comics animated programing. The show's style was dubbed Murakanime or "Americanime". The popular series ran for five seasons, 65 episodes and concluded with the movie Trouble in Tokyo in 2006. Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate AlienFollowing Teen Titans, Murakami teamed up with late writer Dwayne McDuffie to develop a series for Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise. Murakami served as executive producer on Alien Force, which ran for three seasons and 46 episodes. Immediately following Alien Force, Murakami and McDuffie developed the follow-up series, Ultimate Alien. Beware the BatmanIn 2011, Warner Bros. Animation announced that Murakami would be executive producer on a computer-animated television series Beware the Batman.[4] ComicsMurakami illustrated the Star Wars comic Death Star Pirates - originally published in issues #16 through #20 of the Star Wars kids magazine in 1998 and later collected in Star Wars Tales Volume 2 by Dark Horse Comics. He also drew a cover for Teen Titans Go!, and wrote and drew for stories in Batman Adventures and Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories, winning an Eisner Award for his work in the Batman Adventures Holiday Special. Awards
InfluencesMurakami's influences include Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, John Byrne, Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, and Dave Stevens.[2] References1. ^"Glen Murakami Five Seasons", Five Seasons of Murakanime 2. ^1 "The Critical Eye | Bruce Timm and Glen Murakami", Interview at The Critical Eye, September 17, 1999. 3. ^1 2 3 "Glen Murakami >> Animation, Comics, Awards", Glenmurakami.com 4. ^Sam Register @ MIP Jr: "Beware the Batman"; "Super Best Friends Forever"; "Tom & Jerry"; "DC Nation" News External links
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