Kazuhide Tomonaga


Kazuhide Tomonaga is a Japanese director, animator, storyboarder, and cartoonist who worked with Toei Animation, Group TAC, Oh! Production, TMS Entertainment, Studio Ghibli, Bones, DIC, Warner Bros. Animation and Square. He is currently a director of Telecom Animation Film Company. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association. His style inspired another famous animator,.
He is best known for the Lupin the Third franchise; other works he is known for include Galaxy Express 999, Castle in the Sky, ', Space Battleship Yamato, Tiny Toon Adventures, , Animaniacs, Sonic X, ', the intro to Inspector Gadget, and the video game Kingdom Hearts''.

Biography

Before the high school went to Beijing, he spent half a year in Osaka as an office worker. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo after six months of salaryman life in Osaka.

Career

, debuted in the tv anime "Devil Man" video. In the era, where was represented, he participated in Mazinger Z and Space Battleship Yamato. In the oh! production era, Komatsubara Kazuo, Drawing Director, UFO Robo Glendizer, Magnerobo Ga Keen, Superhuman Squadron Baratak, etc., mainly Toei video production Robot Anime, Komatsubara Kazuo Animation Picture Book, Komatsuhara Kazuo,. 1979 went to Telecom from OH! Productions in Showa 54, and made his debut in 1980," "," . Since then, he has participated in works by Telecom Animation Film Company, works for Japan, and works by the parent company TMS Entertainment.
Especially high in attention and evaluation 1974 TV anime Space Battleship Yamato, Battleship Yamato recollection scene and the battle scene of the seven-colored star cluster1979 Telecom production Anime movie car chase scene of Lupin III: Cagliostro, the battle scene of Arcadia at the climax of the theater anime Galaxy Railway 999, Arcadia, It is a and so on.
1984, Yoshifumi Kondo, co-produced with Little Nemo, Pilot Edition, is a reputation in the American anime industry. Yuichiro Koguro, one of Tomonaga's masterpieces, is also known as yuichiro.
According to his peers Yasuo Otsuka is highly regarded for their action skills, such as their sense of movement and their strong sense of mechanics,. "Tomonaga is a rival and a friend," said Igo Kaneda, who also participated in the space battleship Yamato and Galactic Railway 999..
1982 Production was started around 1982, and the character who appeared in the tv animation Sherlock Hound which participated as a drawing director, Todd was designed by Hayao Miyazaki modeled on the appearance of Tomonaga
He has worked on both the show's openings to Inspector Gadget, and via TMS. and was as one of the animation supervisors for the video game Kingdom Hearts via Telecom Animation Film Company. as well as worked on some Studio Ghibli films via Telecom Animation Film when that company was hired by Ghibli to help animate some of their films.
2016, the 25th Japanese Movie Critics Awards, the Anime Category Merit Award.

Works

Video Games