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Yoshinori Kanada
Nara, Japan
Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 198…
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Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. His works inspired the art and works of animators such as Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahito Yamashita, Akira Amemiya and Masami Obari. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him, and his influential work garnered special praise from many industry figures, such as Hayao Miyazaki.
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2002
The Twelve Kingdoms
TV show Key Animation
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2001
Angel Tales
TV show Key Animation
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2001
Metropolis
Movie Key Animation
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1998
Blue Submarine No. 6
TV show Key Animation
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1998
Popolocrois Monogatari
TV show Storyboard Artist
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1997
Princess Mononoke
Movie Animation
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1997
The Dog of Flanders
Movie Key Animation
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1996
X
Movie Key Animation
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1995
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
TV show Key Animation
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1994
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
Movie Key Animation
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1994
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
TV show Key Animation
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1992
Talking Head
Movie Animation
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1992
Porco Rosso
Movie Key Animation
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1991
Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro Show
Movie Animation Director
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1990
Devil Hunter Yohko
TV show Key Animation
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1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie Key Animation
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1988
Akira
Movie Key Animation
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1988
Ronin Warriors
TV show Key Animation
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1988
Spirit Warrior
TV show Key Animation
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1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Movie Key Animation
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1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Movie Key Animation
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1987
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
Movie Storyboard
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1987
Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon
Movie Key Animation
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1986
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Movie Key Animation
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1986
Castle in the Sky
Movie Lead Animator
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1985
The Chocolate Panic Picture Show
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1985
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Movie Animation Director
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1984
Birth
Movie Animation
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1984
Warriors of the Wind
Movie Key Animation
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1984
Video Warrior Laserion
TV show Key Animation
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1983
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
TV show Key Animation
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1983
Final Yamato
Movie Animation Director
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1983
Harmagedon
Movie Key Animation
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1982
Future War 198X
Movie Mechanical Designer
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1982
Queen Millennia
Movie Key Animation
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1981
Six God Combination Godmars
TV show Key Animation
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1981
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell
Movie Key Animation
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1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Movie Key Animation
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1980
The New Adventures of Gigantor
TV show Key Animation
