Ryuji Masuda

== About ==
Ryuji Masuda (増田 龍治) is the director, writer and creator of Popee the Performer. Although Popee was his first work, he still posts art of it and answers questions on his X account from time to time.
Ryuji was born in 1968 in Kumamoto, Japan. He graduated from the Osaka University of Arts, and is a special lecturer at the Kyoto University of Art and Design.http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/profile/MASUDA_Ryuji/
He was married to Wakako Masuda, who illustrated the Popee the Performer manga and appears to have drawn most art that appears on his X account. His ex-wife also designed the characters and finalized the storyboards. They have two sons together, and they divorced in 2019.
== Works ==
Year 	Work 	Role
2000-2001 	Popee the Performer 	Creator, writer, director
2003 	Popee the Performer Countdown Special	Creator, writer, director
2003 	Ga-Ra-Ku-Ta: Mr. Stain on Junk Alley 	Creator, writer, directorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Stain
2003 	Drive Car 	Writer, directorhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050212205950fw_/http://www.garakuta.ws/dorivecar.html
2004 	Onsen Tamago ~Yukemuri Kidan~ 	Writer, directorhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050212205950fw_/http://www.garakuta.ws/dorivecar.html
2006 	Funny Pets 	Creator, writer, directorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Pets
2009 	Charady's Daily Joke 	Chief Directorhttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10657
2013 	Oh! Jesus 	Creator, writer
2016—2019, Cancelled Project Original tweet of the series was 9/15/16, they divorced in 2019	Phaeton & Me 	Creator, writer
2022—Present 	Chinchikurin 	Creator, writer (original concept only)
X Account
Wikipedia
Website
Old Website (Wayback Machine)
Category:Notable People