After leaving Madhouse Studio, he became a freelancer and worked on the conceptual design for the Revolutionary Girl Utena series and the storyboard writer and animation director for and Ojarumaru.
He became a freelancer. He worked on the conceptual design for the Revolutionary Girl Utena series for and Ojarumaru. He worked on the conceptual design for the storyboard writer and animation director for and Ojarumaru. He was leaving Madhouse Studio.