Yutaka Minowa (箕輪 豊, Minowa Yutaka) is a character designer and animation director who works with Madhouse, a Japanese animation company. His work is recognised in the Yoshiaki Kawajiri movies he has designed characters for, among them Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. He also did the character design and animation direction for the short "Program" in The Animatrix.[1]