Curated category
Japanese animators
- Michiyo YasudaMichiyo Yasuda was born in Tokyo's Nakano ward, growing up in the Higashi-fushimi neighborhood of what is now Nishitōkyō city.
- Akira NishitaniAkira Nishitani joined Capcom in 1986. This year marked the beginning of a career that would reshape fighting games. He worked alongside Akira Yasuda, who…
- Kenzō MasaokaKenzo Masaoka was a Japanese animator and voice actor who helped lay the technical foundations of anime as we know it. He was the first person in Japan to…
- Noburō ŌfujiNoburō Ōfuji left behind a legacy so enduring that one of Japan's most prestigious film prizes carries his name. The Mainichi Film Awards' Ōfuji Noburō…
- Yoshiaki NishimuraYoshiaki Nishimura entered the film industry in 1985. He joined Studio Ghibli shortly after its founding by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
- Mitsuyo SeoMitsuyo Seo died on the 24th of August 2010 at the age of 98, outliving nearly the entire world he had helped create. He was a Japanese animator…
- Yasuo ŌtsukaYasuo Otsuka was a Japanese animator whose career touched nearly every major studio in the history of Japanese animation.
- Ōten ShimokawaOten Shimokawa drew directly onto film stock with ink and rubbed away figures with his fingers to make them move. At a time when celluloid cels had to be…
- Yoshifumi KondōYoshifumi Kondō died on the 21st of January 1998, at age 47, of an aortic dissection at Tachikawa City Hospital in Tokyo.
- Hideaki AnnoHideaki Anno was born in Ube, Yamaguchi, the son of Fumiko and Takuya Anno, and the world of Japanese animation would eventually pivot on decisions he made…
- Katsuhiro OtomoKatsuhiro Otomo was born in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, in a region so rural that, as a child, he said there was simply nothing to do. So he read manga.
- Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tomino was born on the 5th of November 1941 in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, into a family shaped by civic power and industrial engineering.
- Hiroyuki MoritaHiroyuki Morita was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and grew up during the 1960s. He attended Fukuoka Kenritsu Chikushikoto School, where he began creating his…
- Osamu DezakiOsamu Dezaki could freeze time. Not literally, but on screen he came as close as anyone in the history of Japanese animation.
- Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai was born in Koumi, Nagano. His family runs a construction company. He studied Japanese literature at Chuo University.
- Tadahito MochinagaTadahito Mochinaga began his animation career in the middle of World War II Japan. He served as an assistant to Seo Mitsuyo on Momotarō's Sea Eagles, an…
- Osamu TezukaOsamu Tezuka spent his final hours in a Tokyo hospital bed, drawing. When a nurse tried to take his equipment away, his last words were: "I'm begging you…
- Kihachirō KawamotoKihachirō Kawamoto first walked into the art department of Toho film studio in 1946 as a young production design assistant in his early twenties.
- Shūkō MuraseShūkō Murase entered the animation industry during a period of intense growth for Studio Sunrise. His early career began with work on Yoroiden Samurai…
- Yoshikazu YasuhikoYoshikazu Yasuhiko grew up drawing in a small town in Hokkaido, dreaming of becoming a manga artist. He would eventually become famous for something else…