Masao Takiyama
Encyclopedia
is president and representative director of the Japan
ese anime
satellite television network Animax
, AXN Japan
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
.
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
in 1973.
ese anime
satellite television network Animax
, AXN Japan
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
.
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
in 1973.
ese anime
satellite television network Animax
, AXN Japan
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
.
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
in 1973.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese anime
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....
satellite television network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
, AXN Japan
AXN
AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
.
Biography
A noted anime producer and production designer, Takiyama first began his career in anime with Fuji Creative Corporation, a subsidiary of Fuji TelevisionFuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent...
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Godfathers
is a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University is a private university, whose main office is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district...
in 1973.
TV anime
- Serendipity Monogatari: Pyua-tō no Nakama-tachiSerendipity the Pink Dragonis a 26-episode anime TV series produced by NTV and Zuiyo which aired weekly from 1 July 1983 to 23 December 1983 in Japan. The series was based on the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove. After a boy is shipwrecked on a deserted island, he finds a pink egg which hatches into the pink dragon ...
(1983) - Time Travel TondekemanTime Travel Tondekemanis an anime series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Akira Sugino. It was written by Junki Takegami and produced by Animax network president Masao Takiyama....
(1989) - Ningyo Hime Marina no Bōken (1991)
- Ashita e Free Kick (1992)
- Jura TripperJura Tripperis the title of a 1995 anime series consisting of 39 25-minute episodes. It is a loosely-based literary adaptation on the novel Deux Ans De Vacances by French author Jules Verne.-Plot outline:...
(1995) - KogepanKogepan' is a Japanese character from the company San-X, who, like Sanrio creations Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru, can be found in books, anime, toys, stationery, and a number of other formats. The character is a burnt red bean bread bun who lives in a panya , trying to fit in and make friends with the other...
(2001) - Hungry Heart: Wild StrikerHungry Heart: Wild Strikeris a Japanese soccer manga and anime series, authored by Captain Tsubasa creator Yōichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion...
(2002–03) - Ultra ManiacUltra Maniacis a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features 8th grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. It premiered in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine in February 2001...
(2003) - Aishiteruze BabyAishiteruze Babyis a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004...
(2004) - Gallery FakeGallery Fakeis a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Story:On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, , was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
(2005) - Jinzō Konchū Kabuto Borg VXV (2006–2007)
- Jūsō Kikō Dancouga NovaJuso Kiko Dancouga Novais a Super Robot anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions and is directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also in charge of mechanical design. The series is supposedly a follow up of its predecessor, but became a spiritual sequel to Gravion...
(2007) - Persona -trinity soul-Persona -trinity soul-is a Japanese anime TV series which is part of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. It is a spin-off of the PlayStation 2 game Persona 3, taking place ten years after the game's events....
(2008) - KurozukaKurozukais a novel and Japanese manga series written by Baku Yumemakura and illustrated by Takashi Noguchi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Super Jump starting in 2003 by Shueisha and ended in December 2006...
(2008) - Viper's CreedViper's Creedis a Mecha action anime series created by Sony Pictures Japan with animation by AIC Spirits and Digital Frontier. Though Hiroyuki Kanbe is the main director of the show, Shinji Aramaki is solely responsible for the creation and conception of the show...
(2009)
Movies
- MetropolisMetropolis (anime)Metropolis is a 2001 [anime] film and loosely based on the 1949 Metropolis manga created by the late Osamu Tezuka, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, though the two do not share plot elements. The anime, however, does draw aspects of its storyline directly from the...
(2001) - Tokyo GodfathersTokyo Godfathersis a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
(2003) - SteamboySteamboyis a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk film, produced by Sunrise, and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira. The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2004. Steamboy is the most expensive full length Japanese animated movie made to date...
(2004) - Paprika (2006)
- Resident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: Degeneration, known in Japan as , is the first full-length CG animation feature based upon Capcom's Resident Evil video game series. The film was made by Capcom Studios in cooperation with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Entertainment...
(2008)
External links
is president and representative director of the JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese anime
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....
satellite television network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
, AXN Japan
AXN
AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
.
Biography
A noted anime producer and production designer, Takiyama first began his career in anime with Fuji Creative Corporation, a subsidiary of Fuji TelevisionFuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent...
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Godfathers
is a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University is a private university, whose main office is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district...
in 1973.
TV anime
- Serendipity Monogatari: Pyua-tō no Nakama-tachiSerendipity the Pink Dragonis a 26-episode anime TV series produced by NTV and Zuiyo which aired weekly from 1 July 1983 to 23 December 1983 in Japan. The series was based on the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove. After a boy is shipwrecked on a deserted island, he finds a pink egg which hatches into the pink dragon ...
(1983) - Time Travel TondekemanTime Travel Tondekemanis an anime series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Akira Sugino. It was written by Junki Takegami and produced by Animax network president Masao Takiyama....
(1989) - Ningyo Hime Marina no Bōken (1991)
- Ashita e Free Kick (1992)
- Jura TripperJura Tripperis the title of a 1995 anime series consisting of 39 25-minute episodes. It is a loosely-based literary adaptation on the novel Deux Ans De Vacances by French author Jules Verne.-Plot outline:...
(1995) - KogepanKogepan' is a Japanese character from the company San-X, who, like Sanrio creations Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru, can be found in books, anime, toys, stationery, and a number of other formats. The character is a burnt red bean bread bun who lives in a panya , trying to fit in and make friends with the other...
(2001) - Hungry Heart: Wild StrikerHungry Heart: Wild Strikeris a Japanese soccer manga and anime series, authored by Captain Tsubasa creator Yōichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion...
(2002–03) - Ultra ManiacUltra Maniacis a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features 8th grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. It premiered in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine in February 2001...
(2003) - Aishiteruze BabyAishiteruze Babyis a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004...
(2004) - Gallery FakeGallery Fakeis a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Story:On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, , was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
(2005) - Jinzō Konchū Kabuto Borg VXV (2006–2007)
- Jūsō Kikō Dancouga NovaJuso Kiko Dancouga Novais a Super Robot anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions and is directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also in charge of mechanical design. The series is supposedly a follow up of its predecessor, but became a spiritual sequel to Gravion...
(2007) - Persona -trinity soul-Persona -trinity soul-is a Japanese anime TV series which is part of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. It is a spin-off of the PlayStation 2 game Persona 3, taking place ten years after the game's events....
(2008) - KurozukaKurozukais a novel and Japanese manga series written by Baku Yumemakura and illustrated by Takashi Noguchi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Super Jump starting in 2003 by Shueisha and ended in December 2006...
(2008) - Viper's CreedViper's Creedis a Mecha action anime series created by Sony Pictures Japan with animation by AIC Spirits and Digital Frontier. Though Hiroyuki Kanbe is the main director of the show, Shinji Aramaki is solely responsible for the creation and conception of the show...
(2009)
Movies
- MetropolisMetropolis (anime)Metropolis is a 2001 [anime] film and loosely based on the 1949 Metropolis manga created by the late Osamu Tezuka, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, though the two do not share plot elements. The anime, however, does draw aspects of its storyline directly from the...
(2001) - Tokyo GodfathersTokyo Godfathersis a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
(2003) - SteamboySteamboyis a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk film, produced by Sunrise, and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira. The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2004. Steamboy is the most expensive full length Japanese animated movie made to date...
(2004) - Paprika (2006)
- Resident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: Degeneration, known in Japan as , is the first full-length CG animation feature based upon Capcom's Resident Evil video game series. The film was made by Capcom Studios in cooperation with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Entertainment...
(2008)
External links
is president and representative director of the JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese anime
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....
satellite television network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
, AXN Japan
AXN
AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...
and Mystery Channel, each subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
.
Biography
A noted anime producer and production designer, Takiyama first began his career in anime with Fuji Creative Corporation, a subsidiary of Fuji TelevisionFuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
, where he was influential for producing numerous noted anime series and licensing them for release across several overseas and international markets, including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. He first joined Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in 1998, being influential in launching Animax, which became the first ever television network dedicated solely to anime. He also produced the acclaimed Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent...
-directed films Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Godfathers
is a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
and Paprika, and has sat on numerous well-known summits on Japanese animation. In addition to his management and production responsibilities, Takiyama has also sat on the panels of numerous Animax events. He has received a bachelor of arts degree of the Department of Literature of Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University is a private university, whose main office is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district...
in 1973.
TV anime
- Serendipity Monogatari: Pyua-tō no Nakama-tachiSerendipity the Pink Dragonis a 26-episode anime TV series produced by NTV and Zuiyo which aired weekly from 1 July 1983 to 23 December 1983 in Japan. The series was based on the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove. After a boy is shipwrecked on a deserted island, he finds a pink egg which hatches into the pink dragon ...
(1983) - Time Travel TondekemanTime Travel Tondekemanis an anime series directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Akira Sugino. It was written by Junki Takegami and produced by Animax network president Masao Takiyama....
(1989) - Ningyo Hime Marina no Bōken (1991)
- Ashita e Free Kick (1992)
- Jura TripperJura Tripperis the title of a 1995 anime series consisting of 39 25-minute episodes. It is a loosely-based literary adaptation on the novel Deux Ans De Vacances by French author Jules Verne.-Plot outline:...
(1995) - KogepanKogepan' is a Japanese character from the company San-X, who, like Sanrio creations Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru, can be found in books, anime, toys, stationery, and a number of other formats. The character is a burnt red bean bread bun who lives in a panya , trying to fit in and make friends with the other...
(2001) - Hungry Heart: Wild StrikerHungry Heart: Wild Strikeris a Japanese soccer manga and anime series, authored by Captain Tsubasa creator Yōichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion...
(2002–03) - Ultra ManiacUltra Maniacis a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features 8th grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. It premiered in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine in February 2001...
(2003) - Aishiteruze BabyAishiteruze Babyis a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004...
(2004) - Gallery FakeGallery Fakeis a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Story:On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, , was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
(2005) - Jinzō Konchū Kabuto Borg VXV (2006–2007)
- Jūsō Kikō Dancouga NovaJuso Kiko Dancouga Novais a Super Robot anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions and is directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also in charge of mechanical design. The series is supposedly a follow up of its predecessor, but became a spiritual sequel to Gravion...
(2007) - Persona -trinity soul-Persona -trinity soul-is a Japanese anime TV series which is part of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. It is a spin-off of the PlayStation 2 game Persona 3, taking place ten years after the game's events....
(2008) - KurozukaKurozukais a novel and Japanese manga series written by Baku Yumemakura and illustrated by Takashi Noguchi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Super Jump starting in 2003 by Shueisha and ended in December 2006...
(2008) - Viper's CreedViper's Creedis a Mecha action anime series created by Sony Pictures Japan with animation by AIC Spirits and Digital Frontier. Though Hiroyuki Kanbe is the main director of the show, Shinji Aramaki is solely responsible for the creation and conception of the show...
(2009)
Movies
- MetropolisMetropolis (anime)Metropolis is a 2001 [anime] film and loosely based on the 1949 Metropolis manga created by the late Osamu Tezuka, itself inspired by the 1927 German silent film of the same name, though the two do not share plot elements. The anime, however, does draw aspects of its storyline directly from the...
(2001) - Tokyo GodfathersTokyo Godfathersis a 2003 anime film by the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon.Tokyo Godfathers was Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, co-wrote the script with Kon.Tokyo Godfathers...
(2003) - SteamboySteamboyis a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk film, produced by Sunrise, and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira. The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2004. Steamboy is the most expensive full length Japanese animated movie made to date...
(2004) - Paprika (2006)
- Resident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: DegenerationResident Evil: Degeneration, known in Japan as , is the first full-length CG animation feature based upon Capcom's Resident Evil video game series. The film was made by Capcom Studios in cooperation with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Entertainment...
(2008)