Gisaburo Sugii
Encyclopedia
is an anime
director
and Nihonga
artist. He is currently a member of the anime studio Group TAC
, and is most well known for his work as director of the Touch
series and the movie Night on the Galactic Railroad
. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan
.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
and Nihonga
Nihonga
or literally "Japanese-style paintings" is a term used to describe paintings that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials...
artist. He is currently a member of the anime studio Group TAC
Group TAC
Group TAC was a Japanese animation and computer graphics studio located in Shibuya, Tokyo, and founded in 1968. They have worked on movies, videos, TV shows, and commercials, and have contributed to all stages of the process, including planning, production, sound effects, and so on...
, and is most well known for his work as director of the Touch
Touch (manga)
is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
series and the movie Night on the Galactic Railroad
Night on the Galactic Railroad
, sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars, or Fantasy Railroad In The Stars, is a classic Japanese novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published in 1934 as part of published by...
. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan
Directors Guild of Japan
The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from...
.
Works
Listed chronologically.- Astro BoyAstro Boy (1960s)is a Japanese manga series first published in 1952 and television program first broadcast in Japan in 1963. The story follows the adventures of a robot named Astro Boy and a selection of other characters along the way....
(1963-1966, production, animation director, key animation) - New Treasure Island (1965, animation director)
- Gokū no DaibōkenGoku no Daibokenis a Japanese anime series that was directed by Gisaburō Sugii. Made by Mushi Productions, the anime's 39 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between January 7, 1967 and September 30, 1967. The anime is based on the Chinese epic Journey to the West....
(1967, supervising director) - DororoDororois a Japanese manga series from the critically acclaimed manga creator Osamu Tezuka in the late 1960s. The anime television series based on the manga consists of 26 half-hour episodes. It was made into a live-action film in 2007....
(1969, supervising director) - Lupin III Pilot Film (1969, key animation)
- Kanashimi no BelladonnaKanashimi no Belladonna, also known as "The Tragedy of Belladonna", is a 1973 feature film produced by the Japanese animation studio Mushi Production and distributor Nippon Herald Films...
(1973, animation director) - Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film)Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film)is a 1974 traditional animation musical feature film produced and animated by the Japanese studio Group TAC, based on the English fairy tale of the same name. The feature is the studio's first and the feature directing début of Gisaburō Sugii and has a screenplay by Shūji Hirami and a soundtrack of...
(1974, director) - Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi (1975-1994, episode director, script)
- Son Gokū Silk Road o Tobu!! (1982, character design, production coordination)
- NineNine (manga)is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues. The series was adapted into three television anime movies and a live-action television drama...
(1983, director) - Nine 2: Sweetheart DeclarationNine (manga)is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues. The series was adapted into three television anime movies and a live-action television drama...
(1983, director) - Glass MaskGlass Maskis a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialised in Hana to Yume from January 1976, and collected in 46 tankōbon volumes as of June 24, 2011. The story has also been adapted into anime and a live action television series. As of 2006, the collected volumes had 50 million...
(1984, supervising director) - Nine 3: FinalNine (manga)is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through May 1979 issues. The series was adapted into three television anime movies and a live-action television drama...
(1984, director) - Night on the Galactic RailroadNight on the Galactic Railroad, sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars, or Fantasy Railroad In The Stars, is a classic Japanese novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published in 1934 as part of published by...
(1985, director) - TouchTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1985-1987, supervising director) - Touch: Sebangō no Nai AceTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1986, director, script) - Touch 2: Sayonara no OkurimonoTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1986, supervising director) - The Tale of GenjiThe Tale of Genjiis a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century, around the peak of the Heian period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, the first psychological novel or the first novel still to be...
(1987, director) - Hiatari Ryōkō!Hiatari Ryoko!is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1980–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television...
(1987-1988, director) - Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato niTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1987, supervising director, script) - Hiatari Ryoko! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga ItaHiatari Ryoko!is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1980–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television...
(1988, supervising director) - Sweet Spot (1992, director, script)
- Nozomi WitchesNozomi Witches, sometimes also called Bewitching Nozomi, is a manga series by Toshio Nobe which was adapted into a three episode anime OVA series in 1992. Because Mitsuru Adachi did the character designs for the OVA series, it is sometimes mistakenly attributed as one of his works.-Plot:Nozomi is a beautiful...
(1992-1993, director, script) - Street Fighter II: The Animated MovieStreet Fighter II: The Animated MovieStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 Japanese animated film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting games written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 8, 1994, has...
(1994, director) - Soar High! IsamiSoar High! Isamiis a Japanese anime series made by Group TAC. The anime is based on The Hakkenden except it is set in the future. It is licensed by Hirameki International in the US. Directed by Gisaburô Sugii, the anime's 50 episodes were broadcast on NHK between April 8, 1995 and March 30, 1996.-Plot:Isami...
(1995-1996, supervising director) - Street Fighter II VStreet Fighter II V, is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii , the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV...
(1995, director) - Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996, director, screenplay)
- Touch: Miss Lonely YesterdayTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(1998, supervising director) - Super Doll Licca-chan (1998-1999, director)
- Super Doll Licca-chan: Licca-chan Zettai Zetsumei! Doll Knights no Kiseki (1999, director)
- Hi Damari no Ki (2000, director)
- Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002Captain Tsubasa, also known as Flash Kicker, is a popular long running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981...
(2001, supervising director) - Touch: Cross RoadTouch (manga)is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...
(2001, supervising director) - Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (2001, 2nd opening animation storyboards)
- Lament of the LambLament of the Lambis a horror manga, OVA series and live action film about Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. "Hitsuji no Uta" literally means "Song of the Sheep"...
(2003, director) - Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless OdysseySpace Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless OdysseySpace Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey is an OVA sequel to Space Pirate Captain Harlock.-Cast:*Lex Lang as Captain Herlock*Anthony Mozdy as Dr...
(2003, storyboards) - PhoenixPhoenix (manga)is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered Phoenix his "life's work"; it consists of 12 books, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era. The plots go back and forth from the remote future to prehistoric times. The cycle remains unfinished...
(2004, TV series, script, storyboards) - Arashi no Yoru NiArashi no Yoru Niis the first in a series of children's books authored by Yūichi Kimura and illustrated by Hiroshi Abe. In 1995, the book won the 42nd Sankei Children's Literature Culture Award and the 26th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award....
(2005, screenplay, director) - Cinnamoroll: The Movie (2007, director)
- Tetsuko no TabiTetsuko no Tabiis a Japanese non-fiction manga series authored by Hirohiko Yokomi and illustrated by Naoe Kikuchi. The manga was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Ikki between 2002 and 2006...
(2007, opening animation storyboards) - Gusukōbudori no Denki (release not set, director)