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Kitaro Kosaka

Kitaro Kosaka

Visual EffectsDirectorActorWriterArt Feb 28 (age 64) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 1982–2023 (41 year career)
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Biography

Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director. He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli, and with the famed director Hayao Miyazaki, of whose work he is himself an acknowledged fan. In 2003, he directed the cycling anime film, Na…

Known For

Spirited Away
Film

Spirited Away

Animation Director
Howl's Moving Castle
Film

Howl's Moving Castle

Animation Director
Princess Mononoke
Film

Princess Mononoke

Animation Director
Grave of the Fireflies
Film

Grave of the Fireflies

Key Animation
Castle in the Sky
Film

Castle in the Sky

Key Animation
Akira
Film

Akira

Key Animation
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Film

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Key Animation
The Wind Rises
Film

The Wind Rises

Animation Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Crew (43)

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