Key Animation: Norio Matsumoto
Direction/Storyboard: Toshiyuki Tsuru
Animation Supervision: Hirofumi Suzuki
Known as the dynamic duo, Tsuru/Suzuki were responsible for most of Naruto's great OPs and eps. This is the first of many times Norio joined them
Source: Naruto ep 48
Key Animation: Norio Matsumoto
Episode Direction/Storyboard/Animation Supervision: Atsushi Wakabayashi
The first time the golden duo of Wakabayashi and Matsumoto joined hands to blow minds on Naruto, with the former specifically storyboarding these action sequences for Norio