Masami Hata
Biography
Masami Hata (波多 正美, November 5, 1942) is a Japanese anime director and animator born in Taipei, Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era, and raised in Toyama prefecture. He is a veteran director who has been active since the dawn of Japanese TV anime. After joining Mushi Production, he participated in Tezuka's works such as Goku no Daibouken and later worked on Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son-Gokū (The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son Gokuu, co-directed by Rintaro) at Madhouse. A veteran direc…
Known For
Dororo
Director
Fighting Spirit
Director
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
Second Unit Director
Initial D
Director
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Director
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
Director
Tomorrow's Joe
Director
Adachi and Shimamura
Director
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Filmography
Crew (48)
Movies (32)
Mouse Story: The Adventures of George and Gerald
2007Director
Mouse Story: The Adventures of George and Gerald
2007Storyboard Artist
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
2001Second Unit Director
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
2001Storyboard Artist
My Father's Dragon
1997Director
Hello Kitty: Santa's Missing Hat
1995Director
Keroppi in Robin Hood
1994Director
Kiki to Lala no Habatake! Pegasus
1994Director
Keroppi in The Adventures of Gulliver
1993Director
Keroppi in Find the Pink Mushroom
1993Director
Kiki & Lala's Hansel and Gretel
1993Director
Keroppi in the Christmas Eve Gift
1992Director
Santa & His Reindeer Kuppi
1992Director
Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
1991Director
Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers
1991Director
Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers
1991Script
Keroppi and the Beanstalk
1990Director
Pokopon no Yukai na Saiyuuki
1990Director
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989Director
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989Storyboard Artist
Kiki & Lala's Blue Bird
1989Director
The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
1989Director
The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
1989Screenplay
Hello Kitty no Cinderella
1989Director
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
1986Director
Nayuta
1986Director
A Journey Through Fairyland
1985Director
Sea Prince and the Fire Child
1981Director
Sea Prince and the Fire Child
1981Writer
Ringing Bell
1978Director
Little Jumbo
1977Director
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
1970Animation
Television (16)
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
2023Director
The Dawn of the Witch
2022Action Director
Adachi and Shimamura
2020Director
Dororo
2019Director
Garo: The Animation
2014Director
Stitch!
2008Series Director
Phoenix
2004Storyboard Artist
Fighting Spirit
2000Director
Initial D
1998Director
Initial D
1998Storyboard Artist
Dream Star Button Nose
1985Director
Dream Star Button Nose
1985Storyboard
Manga Fairy Tales of the World
1976Director
Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai
1971Director
Tomorrow's Joe
1970Director
Tomorrow's Joe
1970Storyboard
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