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Toei Animation
- Hayao MiyazakiOn the 5th of January 1941, Hayao Miyazaki was born in the town of Akebono-cho within Tokyo City. His father Katsuji Miyazaki directed a company that…
- Yasuo ŌtsukaYasuo Otsuka was born in Shimane Prefecture during the early 1930s. At age 10, he visited Tsuwano and saw a steam locomotive for the first time.
- Isao TakahataOn the 29th of June 1945, a nine-year boy named Isao Takahata stood in the ruins of Okayama City. He and his sibling had been separated from their family for…
- Toei AnimationOn the 23rd of January 1948, Kenzō Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto established Japan Animated Films in Tokyo. This small group of animators began their work with…
- Joe HisaishiHisaishi was born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan. He started learning the violin at the age of four using the Suzuki method. His father took him to watch hundreds…