is a Japanese

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director and

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artist. He is best known for his work as director of the ''

Touch In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch ( haptic perception), as well as temperature ( thermoception), body position (proprioception), and pain. It ...

'' series, the movie adaptation of the '' Arashi no Yoru ni'' children's book series, and the movie ''

Night on the Galactic Railroad , sometimes translated as ''Milky Way Railroad'', ''Night Train to the Stars'' or ''Fantasy Railroad in the Stars'', is a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published in 1 ...

''. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan and the

Japanese Animation Creators Association The or JAniCA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving working conditions for workers in the anime industry. The group was formed in June 2007. History On October 15, 2007 over 500 animators gathered together to announce the formatio ...

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Listed chronologically. * ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan by its original name , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 '' tankōbon'' ...

'' (1963-1966, production, animation director, key animation) * '' New Treasure Island'' (1965, animation director) * ''

Gokū no Daibōken is a Japanese anime series that was directed by Gisaburō Sugii is a Japanese anime director and Nihonga artist. He is best known for his work as director of the ''Touch'' series, the movie adaptation of the '' Arashi no Yoru ni'' childr ...

'' (1967, supervising director) * '' Dororo'' (1969, supervising director) * '' Lupin III Pilot Film'' (1969, key animation) * '' A Thousand and One Nights'' (1969, key animation) * ''Kori no Kuni no Misuke'' (1970, production) * ''Dobutsumura no Shoboshi'' (1972, production) * ''

Kanashimi no Belladonna is a 1973 Japanese adult animated art film produced by the animation studio Mushi Production and distributed by Nippon Herald Films. It is the third and final entry in Mushi Production's adult-oriented '' Animerama'' trilogy, following '' A Thous ...

'' (1973, animation director) * ''Tasukeai no Rekishi -Seimei Hoken no Hajimari-'' (1973, production) * ''

Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 4th edition On Commons and as Benjamin Tabart's moralized "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807. Henry Co ...

'' (1974, director) * ''Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi'' (1975-1994, episode director, script) * ''Son Gokū Silk Road o Tobu!!'' (1982, character design, production coordination) * ''

Nine 9 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 9 or nine may also refer to: Dates * AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era * 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era * 9, numerical symbol for the month of September Places * Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...

'' (1983, director) * '' Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration'' (1983, director) * '' Glass Mask'' (1984, chief director) * '' Nine 3: Final'' (1984, director) * ''

'' (1985, director) * ''

'' (1985-1987, supervising director) * '' Touch: Sebangō no Nai Ace'' (1986, director, script) * '' Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono'' (1986, supervising director) * '' The Tale of Genji'' (1987, director) * '' Hiatari Ryōkō!'' (1987-1988, director) * '' Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni'' (1987, supervising director, script) * '' Hiatari Ryoko! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita'' (1988, supervising director) * '' Sweet Spot'' (1991, director, script) * '' Nozomi Witches'' (1992-1993, director, script) * '' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' (1994, director) * '' Soar High! Isami'' (1995-1996, supervising director) * ''

Street Fighter II V is an anime series produced by Group TAC, loosely based on the 1994 fighting game ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo''. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii (who also directed the earlier '' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''), the series first ai ...

'' (1995, director) * '' Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (1996, director, screenplay) * '' Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday'' (1998, supervising director) * ''

Super Doll Licca-chan is a Japanese anime television series which ran on TV Tokyo in 1998–1999. Kodansha also serialized a manga based on the anime series in its monthly manga magazine ''Nakayoshi''. The story follows an ordinary elementary school girl named ...

'' (1998-1999, director) * '' Super Doll Licca-chan: Licca-chan Zettai Zetsumei! Doll Knights no Kiseki'' (1999, director) * ''

Hidamari no Ki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. ''Hidamari no Ki'' received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general ma ...

'' (2000, director) * '' Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002'' (2001, supervising director) * '' Touch: Cross Road'' (2001, supervising director) * '' Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!'' (2001, 2nd opening animation storyboards) * ''Toki Kono Chikyu (Hoshi) no Mirai o Mitsumete'' (2003, director) * ''

Lament of the Lamb , alternatively titled ''The Lament of a Lamb'' or ''Sheep's Song'', is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kei Toume. It follows Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. It was adapted i ...

'' (2003, director) * '' Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey'' (2003, storyboards) * ''

Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

'' (2004, TV series, script, storyboards) * '' Arashi no Yoru Ni'' (2005, screenplay, director) * '' Cinnamoroll: The Movie'' (2007, director) * ''

Tetsuko no Tabi is a Japanese nonfiction manga series authored by Hirohiko Yokomi and illustrated by Naoe Kikuchi. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' between 2001 and 2006. A thirteen-episode anime televisio ...

'' (2007, opening animation storyboards) * ''Tofu Kozo'' (2011, general director, screenplay) * '' The Life of Guskou Budori'' (2012, director, writer, storyboards) * ''Furusato meguri Nippon no Mukashibanashi'' (2017, supervisor) * ''Rinshi!! Ekoda chan'' (2019, episode 2 director)

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1940 births Anime directors Japanese artists Living people People from Numazu, Shizuoka {{Anime-bio-stub

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