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Katsuya Kondo
Ehime, Japan
Katsuya Kondō (近藤 勝也, born June 2, 1963, in Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator, and animation director. He is best known for his cha…
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Katsuya Kondō (近藤 勝也, born June 2, 1963, in Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator, and animation director. He is best known for his character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon. His character designs are considered the epitome of the Studio Ghibli style. After graduating from high school, he began working for Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino at their Studio Annapuru. Under the direction of Shinji Ōtsuka, Kondō worked as a key animator of the TV anime series Cat's Eye. He then worked as a free agent on such shows as The Mighty Orbots, Rainbow Brite, and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. His first work with Studio Ghibli was as a key animator on Castle in the Sky. After working on the Gainax film The Wings of Honneamise and the OVAs Devilman and Meikyū Bukken File 538, Kondō began to be known for the high quality of his work. Kondō collaborated with Ken'ichi Sakemi on a manga retelling of the Joan of Arc story, as well as doing the character designs for the Jade Cocoon video game series. He also collaborated with Sakemi by creating the character designs for the 1990 NTV TV movie Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (based on Sakemi's novel Kōkyū Monogatari), which tells the story of a young country girl who is chosen to become one of the Emperor's concubines. He also worked with Tomomi Mochizuki on the NHK Minna no Uta music video titled Kaze no Tōri Michi, produced by Ajia-do Animation Works for Sayuri Horishita. In 2007, he was announced as the supervising animator of the Studio Ghibli film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. He also wrote the lyrics for the film's theme song. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katsuya Kondō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-
Movie Character Designer
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2023
The Boy and the Heron
Movie Key Animation
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2022
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies
Movie Director
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2021
Earwig and the Witch
Movie Character Designer
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2016
The Journey Continues
Movie Director
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2016
Balance
Movie Director
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2016
Encounter
Movie Director
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2014
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
TV show Character Designer
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2014
When Marnie Was There
Movie Key Animation
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2013
The Wind Rises
Movie Key Animation
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2011
From Up on Poppy Hill
Movie Character Designer
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2010
Arrietty
Movie Key Animation
- 2008
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2008
Ponyo
Movie Animation Director
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2007
Den-noh Coil
TV show Key Animation
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2006
House Hunting
Movie Animation Director
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2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Movie Key Animation
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2000
The Aurora
Movie Character Designer
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1999
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Movie Key Animation
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1997
Princess Mononoke
Movie Animation
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1994
Pom Poko
Movie Key Animation
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1993
Ocean Waves
Movie Animation Director
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1992
Everything Ghibli Special Short Shorts
TV show Creator
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1992
Porco Rosso
Movie Key Animation
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1991
Only Yesterday
Movie Animation Director
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1990
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
Movie Character Designer
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1990
Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird
Movie Key Animation
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1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie Animation Director
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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
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Movie Key Animation
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1987
Twilight Q
TV show Key Animation
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1986
Castle in the Sky
Movie Key Animation
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1986
Amon Saga
Movie Key Animation
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1986
Maison Ikkoku
TV show Key Animation
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1983
Cat's Eye
TV show Key Animation
