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Eiji Tsuburaya円谷英二alternative words: Tsuburaya Eiji keywords: director , movie related topics: Toho , Godzilla , Mothra , King ghidrah related web sites: http://tachyon.asaka.ne.jp/~tokyudry/bmain.htm explanation: Born in 1901 in Fukushima prefecture. He engaged as mechanic in an aviation school then in a small movie firm. There, he contributed greatly to this emerging industry by inventing many equipment and techniques. During WWII, he was asked by the army to create war films by using special effects. For that reason, after the war, he had to temporary leave Toho and engaged in subcontractor projects. But it is Godzilla released by Toho in 1954 which brought him a fame. He died in 1970 by a hurt attack. Hayao Miyazaki宮崎駿alternative words: Miyazaki Hayao keywords: anime , author , director related topics: Studio Ghibli , Nausicaa of the valley of wind , My neighbor Totoro , Kiki's Delivery Service , Porco Rosso , Princess Mononoke related web sites: http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~rst/index.shtml explanation: Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, this talented producer of anime and manga began his career in Toei Doga (now Toei Animation) as an anime assistant in 1963. After having climbed all the rungs of the production, he founded an own company, " Studio Ghibli" in 1985. His main works are: Nausicaa of the valley of wind (1984), My neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso (1992) and Princess Mononoke (1997). Katsuhiro Otomo大友克洋alternative words: Otomo Katsuhiro, Katsuhiro Ootomo, Ootomo Katsuhiro keywords: anime , author , director , manga related topics: Akira related web sites: http://www.interq.or.jp/blue/junya/ , http://www.beyond-c.co.jp , http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/alt/000/text/o.html explanation: Born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi prefecture. He began his carrier with "Gurn report", an adaptation of Merimee's short novel. First, his works became popular among manga maniacs thanks to detailed description of scenery. Then, with an influence of French author, Mebius, his works leaned more toward SF manga such as Fireball , Domu, Apple paradise. His fame became definitive thanks to a futurist manga, Akira, published on "Young Magazine" of Kodansha from 1982 to 1990. Page number: 1 3 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |