animator
An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animat ...
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character designer
Character or Characters may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
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filmmaker
Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...
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He is known for working with
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Anime, Japanese ani ...
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Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Univer ...
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Makoto Shinkai
, known as
, is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. He is known for his anime feature films produced with CoMix Wave Films.
Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with ...
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He was the animation director and character designer for three of the four anime films in the top five box office revenues of Japanese films of all time: ''
Princess Mononoke
is a 1997 Japanese animated historical drama, historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, the film follows Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who journeys west to cure his curs ...
'', ''
Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese Anime film, animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.Your Name
is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. Inspired by the frequency of natural disasters in Japan, the film depicts the story of high scho ...
''.
Career
Ando took the entrance exam for Studio Ghibli while he was a student at the Nihon University College of Art and was accepted.
At the young age of 25, Ando was chosen to be the chief animation director of ''
Princess Mononoke
is a 1997 Japanese animated historical drama, historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, the film follows Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who journeys west to cure his curs ...
''.
Ando also served as Hayao Miyazaki's right-hand man on ''
Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese Anime film, animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.
Ando has been involved in Satoshi Kon's films since 2003, and served as character designer and animation director for Kon's 2006 film ''
Paprika
Paprika is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers, traditionally ''capsicum annuum''. It can have varying levels of Pungency, heat, but the peppers used for hot paprika tend to be milder and have thinner flesh than those used to produce ...
''.
He worked as a character designer and animation director for Hiroyuki Okiura's '' A Letter to Momo'' in 2012.
He joined Studio Ghibli films for the first time in a long time in 2013 as a member of the animation staff for '' The Tale of Princess Kaguya''. In 2014, he worked on '' When Marnie Was There'' as an animation director for Studio Ghibli for the first time in 13 years since ''Spirited Away'', and also co-wrote the script for the film.
He led the animation team for the Makoto Shinkai-directed ''
Your Name
is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. Inspired by the frequency of natural disasters in Japan, the film depicts the story of high scho ...
'' in 2016.
Ando made his directorial debut with '' Shika no Ō: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi'', alongside co-director Masayuki Miyaji. He also served as character designer and animation director.
Filmography
Films
* '' Only Yesterday'' (1991) – in-between animation
* ''
Porco Rosso
is a 1992 Japanese Anime, animated Adventure film, adventure fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1989 manga ''Hikōtei Jidai''. The film stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio ...
'' (1992) – key animation
* ''
Ocean Waves
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Whisper of the Heart
is a 1995 Japanese animated coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on Aoi Hiiragi's 1989 manga ''Mimi o Sumaseba''. Produced by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho, the film stars ...
'' (1995) – key animation
* ''
Princess Mononoke
is a 1997 Japanese animated historical drama, historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, the film follows Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who journeys west to cure his curs ...
'' (1997) – character design with his mentor
Yoshifumi Kondo
Yoshifumi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Yoshifumi can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義文, "justice, literature"
*義郁, "justice, aroma/to move"
*義史, "just ...
, chief animation director
* ''
My Neighbors the Yamadas
is a 1999 Japanese animated comedy film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and distributed by Shochiku.Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese Anime film, animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho.Tokyo Godfathers
is a 2003 Japanese animated Christmas tragicomedy adventure film written and directed by Satoshi Kon. The film stars live-action actors such as Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, and Aya Okamoto as the lead voice actors.
Kon was inspired by the 1 ...
Tekkonkinkreet
, also known as ''Black & White'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Big Comic Spirits''. The story takes place in the fictiona ...
'' (2006) – key animation
* ''
Paprika
Paprika is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers, traditionally ''capsicum annuum''. It can have varying levels of Pungency, heat, but the peppers used for hot paprika tend to be milder and have thinner flesh than those used to produce ...
Miss Hokusai
is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Sugiura, telling the story of Katsushika Ōi who worked in the shadow of her father Hokusai. It was adapted into an anime film directed by Keiichi Hara, that was releas ...
'' (2015) – key animation
* ''
Your Name
is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. Inspired by the frequency of natural disasters in Japan, the film depicts the story of high scho ...
'' (2016) – character design with Masayoshi Tanaka, animation director
* ''
Napping Princess
is a 2017 Japanese anime fantasy adventure film written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama. It was produced by Signal.MD and stars Mitsuki Takahata. It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 18, 2017. An English dubbed version was r ...
'' (2017) – key animation
* ''
Mary and the Witch's Flower
is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi from a screenplay by Yonebayashi and Riko Sawaguchi. It was produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 197 ...
'' (2017) – key animation
* '' The Deer King'' (2022) – director with
Masayuki Miyaji
, born on , is a Japanese anime director and supervisor.
Biography
Upon graduating from Nihon University's art department's school of film, Miyaji took part in Studio Ghibli's ''Higashi-Koganei Sonjoku'' training program in 1998. He studied under ...
, storyboard, character design, chief animation director
TV series
* ''
The Legend of Zorro
''The Legend of Zorro'' is a 2005 American Western swashbuckler film directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Lloyd Phillips, with music by James Horner, and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It ...
'' (1996) – key animation
* ''
Overman King Gainer
is a mecha anime television series, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura and Ken'ichi Yoshida. The series ran from September 7, 2002 t ...
'' (2002) – key animation
* ''
Paranoia Agent
is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to ''Shōnen Bat' ...
Denno Coil
, also known as ''Coil – A Circle of Children''; is a Japanese science fiction anime television series produced by Madhouse (company), Madhouse. The series is created, directed and written by Mitsuo Iso, it aired for 26 episodes in Japan o ...
The Animatrix
is a 2003 adult animated science fiction anthology film produced by the Wachowskis. The anime compiles nine animated short films, detailing the backstory of ''The Matrix'' film series, in addition to providing side stories that expand the uni ...
'' (2003) (on the Kid's Story segment) – key animation
Music videos
* ''
On Your Mark
''Ghibli Experimental Theater On Your Mark'' ( Japanese: ジブリ実験劇場 On Your Mark, Hepburn: ''Jiburi Jikkengekijō On Yua Māku'') is an animated music video created by Studio Ghibli for the song " On Your Mark" (also released in E ...
'' (1995) – character design, animation director
Web animation
* ''
Japan Animator Expo
is a weekly series of original net animations released as part of a collaboration between Hideaki Anno's Studio Khara and Dwango, consisting of various anime shorts produced by many directors. The project began release from 7 November 2014 t ...