Isao Takahata Filmography, Revision 4.2 (10/27/94) ========================================================================= INTRODUCTION Isao Takahata directed many of the early anime on which Hayao Miyazaki worked in a lesser capacity. Among them are WOLF BOY KEN, PRINCE OF THE SUN, the LUPIN III 1971 TV series, both PANDA KOPANDA shorts, HEIDI: GIRL OF THE ALPS, 3000 LEAGUES IN SEARCH OF MOTHER, and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. Also, Takahata produced NAUSICAA and LAPUTA, and was Music Director for KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE. On the other side of the coin, Miyazaki produced Takahata's THE STORY OF YANAKAWA CANAL and OMOIDE POROPORO. From Entry #297 of LISTS.NAUSICAA (Re: Assorted things...) by Atsushi Fukumoto (), September 6, 1991: Precisely speaking, Studio Ghibli is the production company of Miyazaki's films, and also GRAVE OF THE FIREFLY and OMOIDE-POROPORO. It was originally founded for production of LAPUTA. (NAUSICAA was produced at Topcraft Studio.) Miyazaki himself is currently the leader of NIBARIKI (Two Horse Powers), which is the office of Miyazaki and Takahata. If you can read kanji, you'll notice that all illustrations reprinted on magazines from Miyazaki's recent works are copyrighted (C) NIBARIKI. ISAO TAKAHATA FILMOGRAPHY EXPLANATION: ORIGINAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "EIGA WO TSUKURINAGARA KANGAETA KOTO" (What I Thought During Making Movies), written by Takatata Isao. POSTED TO HAYAO MIYAZAKI DISCUSSION GROUP by Atsushi Fukumoto, 9/23/91. EDITED AND RE-FORMATTED by Steven Feldman, September 27, 1991. NOTE: Those entries preceded by an asterisk ("*") indicate involvement with HAYAO MIYAZAKI on some level or other. NOTE: "Ekonte" is a mixture of storyboarding and continuity. By contrast, the term for Scene Designer is "Bamen Sekkei". TAKAHATA ISAO FILMOGRAPHY, Revision 4.2 (10/27/94) 1961 ANJU TO ZUSHIOUMARU Assistant director. 1962 TETSU MONOGATARI Production keeper and Assistant director. 1963 WANPAKU OUJI NO DAIJA TAIJI Assistant director. 1964 ANKOKUGAI SAIDAINO KETTOU Assistant director. 1964 * OKAMI SHONEN KEN (WOLF BOY KEN) Advisor. Director of C part of episode #6. Director of episodes #14, #19, #24, #32, #38, #45, #51, #58. In-betweener: MIYAZAKI HAYAO, et al. 1965 Director of episodes #66, #72, #80. 1965 * HASSURU PANCHI (HASSLE PUNCH) Director of opening. Key Animation: MIYAZAKI HAYAO. 1968 * TAIYO NO OUJI HORUSU NO DAIBOUKEN (PRINCE OF THE SUN: THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF HORUS) (Feature.) Director. Script: Fukazawa Kazuo Scene Design: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Animation Director: Ootsuka Yasuo Key Animation: Mori Yasuji, Okuyama Reiko, Otabe Youichi, MIYAZAKI HAYAO, Oota Akemi, Kikuchi Sadao, Kita Masatake [?] Due to the large delay of the production of TAIYO NO OUJI HORUSU NO DAIBOUKEN, he was demoted to the assistant director of HIMITSU NO AKKOCHAN. 1969 GEGEGE NO KITAROU Director of episode #62 1969 MO-RETSU A-TAROU Director of episodes #10, #14, #36. 1970 Director of episodes #44, #51, #59, #71, #77, #90. 1971 GEGEGE NO KITAROU (NEW SERIES) Director of opening and ending. Director of episode #5 1971 APATCHI YAKYUUGUN (APACHE BASEBALL TEAM) Director of episodes #2, #12, #17. 1971 * Moved to "A Production" with MIYAZAKI HAYAO and Otabe Youichi, to produce NAGAKUTSUSHITANO PIPPI (PIPPI LONGSTOCKINGS). Gave up in the pre-production stage because the original story writer did not agree to make it as anime. 1971 * LUPIN III Co-director, with MIYAZAKI HAYAO, of episodes #6 and after. (Episodes #6-13 at least partially directed by Takahata and/or Miyazaki. Episodes #14-23 directed entirely by Takahata and/or Miyazaki.) (Credited as "A Pro. Directors Group.") Original Story: Monkey Punch Animation Director: Ootsuka Yasuo Key Animation: Kawauchi Hideo, Kondo Yoshifumi, Aoki Yuzo, Imazawa Tetsuo, Manabe Joji, et al. 1972 * AKADO SUZUNOSUKE Temporarily acted as Chief Director. Continuity (Ekonte): MIYAZAKI HAYAO Key Animation: MIYAZAKI HAYAO. 1972 * PANDAKOPANDA (PANDA, PANDA CUB). (Short movie) Director. Original Idea, Script, Screen Design: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Animation Directors: Ootsuka Yasuo, Otabe Youichi Key Animation: Kawauchi Hideo, Kondo Yoshifumi, Aoki Yuzo, MIYAZAKI HAYAO, Saida Toshitsugu, et al. 1973 * PANDAKOPANDA AMEFURI SAAKASU NO MAKI (PANDA, PANDA CUB: RAINY DAY CIRCUS). (Short movie) Director. Original Idea, Script, Art Design, Screen Design: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Animation Directors: Ootsuka Yasuo, Otabe Youichi Key Animation: Kawauchi Hideo, Kondo Yoshifumi, Aoki Yuzo, Saida Toshitsugu, Tanahashi Kazutoku, MIYAZAKI HAYAO. 1973 * KOUYA NO SHONEN ISAMU (WASTELAND BOY ISAMU) Ekonte and Director of episode #15. Ekonte of episode #18. Key Animation: MIYAZAKI HAYAO (episode #15 only) 1974 * ARUPUSU NO SHOUJO HAIJI (Heidi: Girl of the Alps) Director. Original Story: Johanna Spyrri [sp?] Scripts: Yoshida Yoshiaki, Ookawa Hisao, Sasaki Mamoru Scene Design, Screen Layout: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Character Design, Animation Director: Otabe Youichi Key Animation: Hane Shouetsu, Murata Koichi, Saida Toshitsugu, Manabe Jouji, et al. 1975 * FURANDAASU NO INU (The Dog of Flanders) Ekonte of episode #15 Aid in Key Animation: MIYAZAKI HAYAO 1976 * HAHA WO TAZUNETE SANZEN-RI (3000 LEAGUES IN SEARCH OF MOTHER) Director, and Lyric of ending. Original Story: De Amicis Script: Fukazawa Kazuo Scene Design, Layout: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Character Design, Animation Director: Otabe Youichi Key Animation: Saida Toshitsugu, Hane Shouetsu, Kawauchi Hideo, Murata Kouichi, Tannai Tsukasa, Manabe Jouji, et al. Color Design: Yasuda Michiyo 1977 ARUPUSU NO ONGAKU SHOUJO NETTI NO FUSHIGI NA MONOGATARI Ekonte and Director of animation part. 1977 SHIITON DOUBUTSUKI, KUMANOKO JAKKII Ekonte of episodes #5, #18. 1978 PERIINU MONOGATARI Ekonte of episodes #3, #6. 1978 * MIRAI SHONEN KONAN (FUTURE BOY CONAN) Ekonte of episodes #7, #13, #20. Ekonte and Director of episodes #9, #10. Director: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Character Design: MIYAZAKI HAYAO 1979 * AKAGE NO AN (RED-HAIRED ANNE; ANNE OF GREEN GABLES) Director. Original Story: Lucy Maude Montgomery Scripts: Chiba Shigeki, Takahata Isao, Kamiyama Seijiro, et al. Scene Design, Screen Layout, Scene Organization: MIYAZAKI HAYAO up to ep. #15 Screen Layout: Sakurai Michiyo Animation Director, Character Design: Kondo Yoshifumi Key Animation: Sakurai Michiyo, Murata Kouichi, Saida Toshitsugu, Tomonaga Kazuhide, et al. Color Designation: Yasuda Michiyo 1981 JARINKO CHIE (Feature.) Director. Original Story: Haruki Etsumi Scripts: Shiroyama Noboru, Takahata Isao Animation Directors: Otabe Youichi, Ootsuka Yasuo Key Animation: Tomonaga Kazuhide, Tanaka Atsuko, Goto Noriko, Okuyama Reiko, Saida Toshitsugu, Tannai Tsukasa, et al. Art Director: Yamamoto Nizou Music: Hoshi Masaru 1981 SEROHIKI NO GOOSHU (GOSHU THE CELLIST) (Feature.) Director and Script. Original Story: Miyazawa Kenji Character Design, Key Animation: Saida Toshitsugu 1981 JARINKO CHIE (TV Series.) Chief Director. Ekonte and Director of episodes #2, #6, #11 under the name Takemoto Tetsu. Original idea of opening music, too. Original Story: Haruki Etsumi Scripts: Shiroyama Noboru, Shinozaki Kou [?], Miyamoto Masataka, Takayashiki Hideo et al. Directors: Sasaki Masamitsu, Yokota Kazuyoshi, Akiyama Katsuhito, Mizushi Kyosuke, Mikemoto Yasumi, et al. Character Design: Otabe Youichi Animation Directors: Saida Toshitsugu, Utagawa Kazuhiko, Otabe Youichi, Asakura Takashi, et al. Key Animation: Goto Noriko, Ikeda Junko, Kousaka Kitarou, Hoshikawa Nobuyoshi, Higuchi Yoshinori, Shimazaki Etsumi, et al. 1983 * NIMO IN SLUMBERLAND (LITTLE NEMO) (Feature.) Director of Japan-side production. Quit in pre-production stage. Scene Design: MIYAZAKI HAYAO. Also quit in pre-production stage. 1984 * KAZE NO TANI NO NAUSHIKA (NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF WIND) (Feature.) Executive Producer. Production Manager: Hara Tooru (for Topcraft Studio) Director: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Screenplay and Continuity: MIYAZAKI HAYAO 1986 * TENKUU NO SHIRO RAPYUTA (LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY) (Feature.) Executive Producer. Production Manager: Hara Tooru (for Topcraft Studio and Studio Ghibli) Director: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Screenplay and Continuity: MIYAZAKI HAYAO 1987 * YANAKAWA HORIWARI MONOGATARI (THE STORY OF CANALS IN YANAKAWA) (Documentary Film, with a few minutes of animation) Director, Script. Producer: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Script Coordinator: Hiromatsu Tsutae Key Animation: Tanaka Atsuko, Futaki Makiko Art Director: Yamamoto Nizou Color Design: Yasuda Michiyo Theme Music: Mamiya Yoshio 1988 HOTARU NO HAKA (GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES) (Feature.) Director, Script. Original Story: Nosaka Akiyuki Animation Director: Kondo Yoshifumi Layout, Assistant Animation Director: Momose Yoshiyuki Key Animation: Hane Shouetsu, Ishii Kuniyuki, Takano Noboru, et al. Art Director: Yamamoto Nizou Color Designation: Yasuda Michiyo Music: Mamiya Yoshio 1989 * MAJO NO TAKKYUUBIN (KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE) (Feature.) Director of Music. Director: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Screenplay and Continuity: MIYAZAKI HAYAO Character Designer: Kondo Katsuya Animation Directors: Ootsuka Shinji, Kondo Katsuya, Kondo Yoshifumi 1991 * OMOHIDE PORO PORO (Feature.) Director, Script, rough ekonte. Original Story: Okamoto Hotaru, Tone Yuuko Character Design: Kondo Yoshifumi Scene Design (detailed ekonte): Momose Yoshiyuki Animation Directors: Kondo Yoshifumi, Kondo Katsuya, Sato Yoshiharu Key Animation: Hane Shouetsu, Ishii Kuniyuki, Kagawa Ai, Ootsuka Shinji, et al. Art Design and Director: Oga Kazuo Color Designation: Yasuda Michiyo Music: Hoshi Masaru Executive Producer: MIYAZAKI HAYAO 1994 HEISEI TANUKI GASSEN PONPOKO (HEISEI-ERA TANUKI BATTLE PONPOKO) (Feature.) Director and ? (Released in Japanese theatres on July 16, 1994) ======================================================================== This filmography courtesy of the Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Group . 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