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Mamoru Hosoda (細田守) is a film director and animator, known for his works for many anime, most notably his own movies and Digimon series.
About[]
He debuted as a screenwriter with his work in GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996).[1]
He is the chief of the Studio Chizu, a studio he created after he was suggested by Hayao Miyazaki not to join the Studio Gibli.
Bibliography[]
Works[]
Kitaro series[]
Other notable series[]
- Digimon Adventure (movie)
- Digimon Adventure
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
- Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix!
- Coo From a Distant Sea
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Summer Wars
- Wolf Children
- The Boy and the Beast
- Mirai
- Belle
Trivia[]
- He made his directorial debut in GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996).[3]
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Dai-Kaijū and Coo From a Distant Sea are some of his earliest movie careers. Interestingly, both films feature cetaceans as important characters, and Hosoda has been using "whales" as key characters or images in all of his works since The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
- According to the interview on PLUS MADHOUSE 3 細田守, Hosoda admitted that images from The Spirit of the Beehive inspired for his work for Series 4 Episode 113.
References[]
- ↑ フリースタイル7号
- ↑ www.toei-anim.co.jp, Retrieved on October 26th, 2021
- ↑ From an interview with Mamoru Hosoda (listener: Ryusuke Hikawa / 氷川竜介) of "Freestyle No. 7" (フリースタイル7号)
External links[]
- Mamoru Hosoda on English Wikipedia
- Mamoru Hosoda on Digimon Wiki for additional information of Hosoda theming whales