Kimio Yabuki ( ja, 矢吹公郎) is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple 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 gam ...

. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the

Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...

studio, his best-known film in the West is ''

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer ''Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer'' is a 1985 American animated fantasy film directed by Bernard Deyriès and Kimio Yabuki. The film was produced by DIC Enterprises, Inc. and Hallmark Cards, and was released in the United States on November ...

'' from

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, produced by the French-American company DiC with animation work done in Japan. In 1969, he teamed up with a young

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 widel ...

in the production of an animated version of ''

Puss in Boots "Puss in Boots" ( it, Il gatto con gli stivali) is an Italian fairy tale, later spread throughout the rest of Europe, about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for hi ...

''. Yabuki was an employee of Toei Animation until going freelance in 1973, but did work on several Toei productions (including ''Dororon Enma-kun'', ''Ikkyu-san'', and ''The Kabocha Wine'') afterward.

Filmography

Director

* 1963–1965: '' Ōkami Shōnen Ken'' (狼少年ケン, ''Wolf Boy Ken''; TV series) * 1968: '' Andersen Monogatari'' (アンデルセン物語) * 1969: ''

Puss 'n Boots "Puss in Boots" ( it, Il gatto con gli stivali) is an Italian literature, Italian fairy tale, later spread throughout the rest of Europe, about an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the ...

'' (長靴をはいた猫, ''Nagagutsu o Haita Neko'') * 1973–1974: ''

Dororon Enma-kun , also known as ''Satanikus!'', is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would ge ...

'' (ドロロンえん魔くん) * 1975–1982: '' Ikkyū-san'' (一休さん) * 1980: '' Twelve Months'' (世界名作童話森は生きている, ''Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Mori wa Ikiteiru'') * 1981: ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' * 1982–1984: ''

The Kabocha Wine is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1981 to 1984. ''The Kabocha Wine'' received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category ...

'' (Ｔｈｅかぼちゃワイン) * 1985: ''

'' * 1988: ''

Space Family Carlvinson is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoh Asari. It was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's ''Monthly Shōnen Captain'' between 1985 and 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A r ...

'' (宇宙家族カールビンソン, ''Uchū Kazoku Carlvinson'')

Writer

* 1984: '' Twelve Months'' (film) * 1989: ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...

'' (TV series)

Assistant director

* 1963: ''

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon is a Japanese animated fantasy adventure film, the 6th feature produced by Toei Animation (then Tōei Dōga), released in Japan on March 24, 1963. English-dubbed versions have been released under several titles, including ''The Little Prince an ...

'' (わんぱく王子の大蛇退治, ''Wanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji'')

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