Visual Effects · born February 28, 1962 · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kitaro Kosaka
Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director.
He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli, and with the famed director Hayao Miyazaki, of whose work he is himself an acknowledged fan.
In 2003, he directed the cycling anime film, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, set on the Vuelta a España road bicycle race, adapted from Iō Kuroda's manga Nasu, which Hayao Miyazaki, a fan of cycling, himself recommended to Kōsaka. The film soon went on to become the first Japanese anime film ever to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Behind the camera (44)
The Boy and the HeronMovie · 2023 · Key Animation
BelleMovie · 2021 · Key Animation
Okko's InnMovie · 2018 · Director
Letters from HibakushaMovie · 2017 · Director
The Boy and the BeastMovie · 2015 · Key Animation
When Marnie Was ThereMovie · 2014 · Key Animation
The Wind RisesMovie · 2013 · Character Designer- The Wind RisesMovie · 2013 · Animation Director
From Up on Poppy HillMovie · 2011 · Animation Director
Mr. Dough and the Egg PrincessMovie · 2010 · Animation Director
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with SuitcaseMovie · 2007 · Director- Nasu: A Migratory Bird with SuitcaseMovie · 2007 · Writer
Howl's Moving CastleMovie · 2004 · Animation Director
Nasu: Summer in AndalusiaMovie · 2003 · Director- Nasu: Summer in AndalusiaMovie · 2003 · Screenplay
Spirited AwayMovie · 2001 · Animation Director
MetropolisMovie · 2001 · Key Animation
CloverMovie · 1999 · Director
Master KeatonSeries · 1998 · Character Designer- Master KeatonSeries · 1998 · Director
- Master KeatonSeries · 1998 · Storyboard Artist
- Master KeatonSeries · 1998 · Animation Director
- Master KeatonSeries · 1998 · Supervising Animation Director
Princess MononokeMovie · 1997 · Animation Director
Whisper of the HeartMovie · 1995 · Character Designer- Whisper of the HeartMovie · 1995 · Animation Director
Pom PokoMovie · 1994 · Key Animation
A-GirlMovie · 1993 · Director- A-GirlMovie · 1993 · Character Designer
- A-GirlMovie · 1993 · Animation Director
Yawara!Series · 1989 · Key Animation- Yawara!Series · 1989 · Storyboard Artist
- Yawara!Series · 1989 · Animation Director
AkiraMovie · 1988 · Key Animation
Grave of the FirefliesMovie · 1988 · Key Animation
Royal Space Force - The Wings of HonneamiseMovie · 1987 · Key Animation
Castle in the SkyMovie · 1986 · Key Animation
Angel's EggMovie · 1985 · Key Animation
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of BabylonMovie · 1985 · Key Animation
The Dagger of KamuiMovie · 1985 · Key Animation