__notoc__ Tadao Nagahama (長浜忠夫 ''Nagahama Tadao''; September 26, 1936 – January 14, 1980) was a Japanese director of both

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shows and

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. He is best known as the director of

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and

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's Robot Romance Trilogy, which added human drama to the

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Genre. Nagahama also directed several hit anime series that are still well known among Japanese viewers. Moreover, he produced hits with works of all genres, including

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, '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and

s. He and his wife contracted

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while traveling overseas. Although his wife survived, he died from the disease at the age of 43.

Filmography

Puppetry

* 伊賀の影丸 (''Iga no Kagemaru''), 1964 * ひょっこりひょうたん島 (''Hyokkori Hyōtanjima''), 1964–1969

Anime

* ''

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'', 1965 (episode director) * ''

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'', 1967 (episode director) * '' Star of the Giants'', 1968 (director) * ''Chingo Muchabei'', 1971 (episode director) * '' Shin Obake no Q-tarō'', 1971 (director) * '' Gutsy Frog'', 1972 (director) * '' Samurai Giants'', 1973 (director) * ''

Brave Raideen is a super robot anime series. Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), it aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. Th ...

'', 1975 (director, episodes 27–50) * '' Combattler V'', 1976 (director) * ''

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'', 1977 (director) * ''

Ore wa Teppei is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with ...

'', 1977 (episode director) * '' Daimos'', 1978 (director) * ''

Daltanious is an anime television series which aired on Tokyo Channel 12 from March 21, 1979 to March 5, 1980. Produced by Toei Animation, with animation co-produced by Nippon Sunrise, consisting of 47 episodes. Plot In 1995, Earth has been conquered ...

'', 1979 (recording director) * ''

The Rose of Versailles , also known as ''Lady Oscar'' and ''La Rose de Versailles'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine '' Margaret'' from 1972 to 1973, while a revival of the s ...

'', 1979 (director, episodes 1–18) * '' Zukkoke Knight De La Mancha'', 1980 (anime adaptation of ''

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'') * ''

Ulysses 31 (french: link=no, Ulysse 31) is an anime series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulixes" or "Ulysses" in Latin) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes as a co-production between DIC Audiovis ...

'', 1981 (episode director)

External links

Tadao Nagahama
* 1936 births 1980 deaths Anime directors Deaths from hepatitis Japanese art directors Japanese lyricists People from Kagoshima Prefecture Sunrise (company) people Japanese voice directors {{Anime-bio-stub