Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi

male, 58 years old
Fujisawa Mamoru, kikujiro, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, from Nagano Prefecture, NausicaaoftheValleyoftheWind
Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守 "Fujisawa Mamoru"), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi is a composer and director responsible for over 100 soundt...
Mahiro Maeda

Mahiro Maeda

male
Gatekeepers 21, Japanese, anime, Final Fantasy designer, last exile, Anime Expo…The Second Renaissance, The Vision of Escaflowne, NausicaaoftheValleyoftheWind, Gankutsuōu - The Count of Monte Cristo, The Second Renaissance Parts I and II
Mahiro Maeda is one of the most prominent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for...
Yoshinori Kanada

Yoshinori Kanada

male
Animator, princess mononoke, Superflat, Japanese, Harmegeddon, directoral system…NausicaaoftheValleyoftheWind
Yoshinori Kanada is an influential Japanese animator. Best known of his popular work in 1984, Birth, one of the first OVAs released in the market....
Hideo Ogata

Hideo Ogata

male
Magazine editor, stomach cancer, manga, studio ghibli, Magazine founder, eulogy…NausicaaoftheValleyoftheWind
is a producer and planner in Japan. He was also the founding editor of "Animage" magazine, the second largest anime and manga magazine in Japan,...