About
Kitaro Kosaka
Overview
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.
He has worked on numerous other projects for the studio Madhouse, including adaptations of manga artist Naoki Urasawa's works with the studio, including Yawara, Master Keaton and Monster, and adaptations of two of Clamp's works, including Clover and Double X, both of them being short films.
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Known for
Acting |
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| 2012 | Keigo Higashino Mysteries | Actor | 69 Fair |
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Directing |
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| 2018 | Okko's Inn | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Nasu: Summer in Andalusia | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Clover | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1993 | A-Girl | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2007 | Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Nasu: Summer in Andalusia | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Visual Effects |
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| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 71 Good |
| 2021 | Belle | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | The Boy and the Beast | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 74 Good |
| 2014 | When Marnie Was There | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 74 Good |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises | Visual Effects | Character Designer | 75 Good |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 75 Good |
| 2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 71 Good |
| 2010 | Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 82 Very good |
| 2001 | Spirited Away | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 84 Very good |
| 2001 | Metropolis | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | Master Keaton | Visual Effects | Character Designer | 70 Good |
| 1997 | Princess Mononoke | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 81 Very good |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Visual Effects | Character Designer | 75 Good |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Visual Effects | Animation Director | 75 Good |
| 1994 | Pom Poko | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 67 Fair |
| 1988 | Akira | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 77 Good |
| 1988 | Grave of the Fireflies | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 82 Very good |
| 1987 | Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 60 Fair |
| 1986 | Castle in the Sky | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 77 Good |
| 1985 | Angel's Egg | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 67 Fair |
| 1985 | Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 59 Average |
| 1985 | The Dagger of Kamui | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Visual Effects | Key Animation | 76 Good |
| 1982 | Gauche the Cellist | Visual Effects | Animation | 60 Fair |