is a

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artist influenced by both the

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and

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movements. Most of his paintings are set in the fantastical land of . He created reference and background art for the

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film ''

Whisper of the Heart is a 1995 Japanese animated romantic drama film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on the 1989 manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network ...

'' and also provided a cameo appearance as the voice of Minami. More recently, his works were given a more direct adaptation in the short film which is shown exclusively at the

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. He directed the 2007

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'' Iblard Jikan'', produced by Studio Ghibli. Inoue is currently a professor at

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. He attended the

Kanazawa College of Art The Kanazawa College of Art (金沢美術工芸大学, ''Kanazawa Bijutsu Kōgei Daigaku'', literally Kanazawa Art and Industrial Design University) (colloquially known as Bidai or Kanabi) is a public university in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A ...

from 1971 to 1973.

References

External links

Welcome to Iblard
(in Japanese, English, Chinese, and French)
Naohisa Inoue
at

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Gallery
*Polar Bear Gallery, Singapore @ http://www.contemporaryart.com.sg 1948 births Japanese speculative fiction artists Fantasy artists Japanese painters Living people People from Ibaraki, Osaka Studio Ghibli people Japanese surrealist artists {{Japan-painter-stub