__notoc__ Tadao Nagahama (長浜忠夫 ''Nagahama Tadao''; September 26, 1936 – January 14, 1980) was a Japanese director of both puppet shows and anime, animation. He is best known as the director of Sunrise (company), Sunrise and Toei Company's Robot Romance Trilogy, which added human drama to the Super Robot 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 sports, comedies, ''Shōnen manga, shōnen'', ''Shōjo manga, shōjo'', and Super Robots. He and his wife contracted hepatitis while traveling overseas. Although his wife survived, he died from the disease at the age of 43.

Filmography

Puppetry

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

Anime

* ''Obake no Q-tarō'', 1965 (episode director) * ''Perman'', 1967 (episode director) * ''Star of the Giants'', 1968 (director) * ''Chingo Muchabei'', 1971 (episode director) * ''Obake no Q-tarō, Shin Obake no Q-tarō'', 1971 (director) * ''Gutsy Frog'', 1972 (director) * '':ja:侍ジャイアンツ, Samurai Giants'', 1973 (director) * ''Brave Raideen'', 1975 (director, episodes 27–50) * ''Combattler V'', 1976 (director) * ''Voltes V'', 1977 (director) * ''Ore wa Teppei'', 1977 (episode director) * ''Daimos'', 1978 (director) * ''Daltanious'', 1979 (recording director) * ''The Rose of Versailles'', 1979 (director, episodes 1–18) * '':ja:ずっこけナイトドンデラマンチャ, Zukkoke Knight De La Mancha'', 1980 (anime adaptation of ''Don Quixote'') * ''Ulysses 31'', 1981 (episode director)

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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