Yoshinori Kanada

Yoshinori Kanada

  • Birthday: 1952-02-05
  • Deathday: 2009-07-21
  • Place of birth: Nara, Japan
  • Also know as: 金田伊功

Biography

Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. His works inspired the art and works of animators such as Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahito Yamashita, Akira Amemiya and Masami Obari. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him, and his influential work garnered special praise from many industry figures, such as Hayao Miyazaki.

Filmography

Production

The Chocolate Panic Picture Show

1985

As Storyboard Artist

Birth: A War of Two Worlds

1984

As Animation Director

Birth: A War of Two Worlds

1984

As Animation

Talking Head

1992

As Animation

Princess Mononoke

1997

As Animation

My Neighbor Totoro

1988

As Animation

Eguchi's Hisashi's Kotobuki Goro Show

1991

As Animation Director

Castle in the Sky

1986

As Lead Animator

Future War 198X

1982

As Mechanical Designer

Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report

1994

As Key Animation

Akira

1988

As Key Animation

Porco Rosso

1992

As Key Animation

The Dog of Flanders

1997

As Key Animation

X: The Movie

1996

As Key Animation

Toward the Terra

1980

As Key Animation

Queen Millennia

1982

As Key Animation

Phoenix: Karma Chapter

1986

As Key Animation

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

1985

As Animation Director

Harmagedon

1983

As Key Animation

Be Forever Yamato

1980

As Key Animation

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

1981

As Key Animation

Kiki's Delivery Service

1989

As Key Animation

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979

As Key Animation

Bremen 4: Angels in Hell

1981

As Key Animation

Metropolis

2001

As Key Animation

Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter

1983

As Animation Director

Space Fantasia 2001 Nights

1987

As Storyboard

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