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Sunao Katabuchi
is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is director of Contrail Co. Ltd. He has been a part-time lecturer at Nihon University College of Art since 2006, and a Project Professor at the college of Art of at the same university since 2018. He has also served as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts since 2013. He is married to a fellow director of anime Chie Uratani. Biography Katabuchi was born in Hirakata, Osaka in 1960. While studying at Nihon University College of Art's Department of Cinema, he participated in the writing team of ''Sherlock Hound'' directed by Hayao Miyazaki. After graduating, he joined Telecom Animation Film. In the same year, Hayao Miyazaki asked him to participate in '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' as a scriptwriter, but he had to decline for various reasons. He traveled to the U.S. several times to work on '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', a Japan-U.S. co-pr ...
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Hirakata
260px, Hirakata Park is a city in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 397,681 in 183075 households and a population density of 6100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hirakata is located in northeastern of Osaka Prefecture, almost halfway between the metropolis of Osaka and Kyoto. It is on the left bank of the Yodogawa River, and forms a triangle of and north–south. It is bordered by the Ikoma Mountains to the east. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture *Neyagawa *Katano *Takatsuki *Shimamoto Kyoto Prefecture *Yawata * Kyōtanabe Nara Prefecture * Ikoma Climate Hirakata has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hirakata is . The average annual rainfall is with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . ...
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Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in ward of Tokyo, expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age, and he joined Toei Animation in 1963. During his early years at Animation he worked as an in-between artist and later collaborated with director . Notable films to which contributed at include '' Doggie March'' and ''Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon''. He provided key animation to other films at , such as ''Puss in Boots'' and ''Animal Treasure Island'', before moving to A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed ''Lupin the Third Part I'' alongside . After moving to (later known as Nippon Animation) in 1973, worked as an animator on ''World Masterpiece Theater'', and dir ...
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Tokyo Sports Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the ''Tokyo Sports''. Categories There are following categories: *Best Film * Best Actor *Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress *Best Director * Best Newcomer *Best Foreign Film *Special Award * Special Film Award See also *Japanese Adult Video Awards Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... External links List of awards on Tokyo Sports List of awards on Tokyo Sports 1991 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1991 Japanese film awards Recurring events established in 1991 {{film-award-stub ...
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Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanese newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shinbun) as well as the Japanese Associated Press withdrew their support for the Blue Ribbon Awards and established the , (which were held a mere six times). In 1967, the awards were cancelled following a series of demoralizing national political scandals that became known as "The Black Mist" and eventually enveloped Japan's baseball industry.Johnston, Michael. "Influence Markets", ''Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005), , p. 79. In 1975, the awards were revived, and have continued until the present day. The annual award ceremony is held in a variety of places in Tokyo every F ...
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Mainichi Film Awards
The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' organized a festival then called ''Zen Nihon eiga konkūru'' (全日本映画コンク ー ル? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946. Awards * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film * Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Director * Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography * Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction * Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score * Mainichi Film Awa ...
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Kinema Junpo
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' has been published twice a month. The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Technical High School at the time). In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three issues were printed on art paper and had four pages each. ''Kinejun'' initially specialized in covering foreign films, in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan. While long emphasizing film criticism, it has also served as a trade journal, reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new films and trends.加藤幹郎 ...
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Brussels Animation Film Festival
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brussels co ...
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized by the Canadian Film Institute on a biennial basis and with the co-operation of the International Animated Film Association, the Festival organization now remains in the hands of the CFI. It moved from a biennial to an annual festival in 2005. Today the festival is recognized as the largest animation festival in North America, and regularly attracts upwards of 25,000 attendees when it is held each September. History The Ottawa International Animation Festival was founded in 1975 by various figures in the world of Canadian animation, most prominently Bill Kuhns, Frederik Manter, Prescott J. Wright, Frank Taylor, and Kelly O'Brien. Many Canadian film and media institutions, such as the National Film Board of Canada, Télévision de Radio-Can ...
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Tokyo International Anime Fair
The Tokyo International Anime Fair also known as was one of the largest anime trade fairs in the world, held annually in Tokyo, Japan. The first event was held in 2002 as "Tokyo International Anime Fair 21". The event was held at Tokyo Big Sight, a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo Bay, in late March. Usually, the first one or two days of the fair were weekdays and the entrance was open only to industry members and the press; the last two days were scheduled on the weekend and the fair was open to the public. Besides being an international trade fair, the TAF included related events such as business symposia and other events. Notably, the Tokyo Anime Awards were given for domestic and foreign creations and creators in the event with the name of the event. The event was supported by the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs of Tokyo. Although the event did not have a long history, it and its prizes were recognized in the industry. In 2014, it was merged with the Anime Co ...
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Princess Arete
(also ''Princess Arite'') is a 2001 Japanese animated film written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, animated and produced by Studio 4°C and distributed by Omega Entertainment. It is based on Diana Coles's 1983 story ''The Clever Princess''. The film is a non-traditional approach to the standard tales of fairy tale princesses, and it is known in Japan as one of the most successful animated feminist works. Plot Under the rule of her solemn father, the King, the young Princess Arete grows up in a lonely tower awaiting a suitor worthy of her. While the suitors accomplish countless treasure-collecting quests for the King, the princess begins to experience an awakening curiosity in the outside world. Sneaking out of the castle several times, she begins to recognize that she has been missing out on life while locked away in the isolation of her tower. One night, Arete investigates the gifts given to her by her suitor and finds a book telling her the stories of ancient witches' and wi ...
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Famous Dog Lassie
is a 1996 Japanese anime television series animated by Nippon Animation as the 22nd entry of the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' staple. The anime is based on the 1940 novel ''Lassie Come-Home'' by Eric Knight and also the second animated Lassie series ever produced, since ''Lassie's Rescue Rangers''. The series didn't broadcast in other countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Chile, Brazil, and Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical .... Themes * Opening Theme: by Jun Morioka * Ending Theme: by Jun Morioka Episodes # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # References External links Official Site at Nippon Animation * 1996 anime television series debuts Adventure anime and manga Animated television series about do ...
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Kiki's Delivery Service
is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport (which licensed the trademark for the film) and the Nippon Television Network. It stars the voices of Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma and Kappei Yamaguchi. The story follows Kiki (Takayama), a young Witchcraft, witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance in teenage Japanese girls.Nausicaa.net The Hayao MIYAZAKI Web.
The Hopes and Spirit of Contemporary Japanese Girls By Hayao Miyazaki 1989. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
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