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      Sugii Gisaburo

      SUGII Gisaburo (1940, Japan) is an anime artist and filmmaker. In the 1960s he became friends with Tezuka Osamu, and directed four episodes of Astro Boy (1963). In 1974, he directed his first animated feature Jack and the Beanstalk. For Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985) he was awarded the Ofuji Noburo Award at Mainichi Film Concours. Stormy Night (2005) was nominated for Best Animation Film at the Japan Academy Film Prizes. Together with Yamamoto Eiichi he directed the short film One Arm (2018), which premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

      Filmography

      (selection) Astro Boy (1963, TV series, co-dir), Goku no daiboken/Adventures of the Monkey King (1967, TV series), Dororo (1968, TV series), Jack and the Beanstalk (1974), Manga Nippon mukashi banashi (1975, TV series, co-dir), Tasukeai no rekishi: Seimei hoken no hajimari (1976, short), Garasu no kamen/The Glass Mask (1984, TV series), Tatchi/Touch (1985, TV series, co-dir), Ginga-tetsudô no yoru/Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985), Tatchi: Sebangô no nai êsu/Touch: Ace Without a Number on His Back (1986), Tatchi 2: Sayonara no Okurimono/Touch 2: The Farewell Gift (1986, co-dir), Hiatari Ryôkô! (1987, TV series), Tatchi 3: Kimi ga tôrisugita ato ni/Touch 3: Don't Pass Me By (1987, co-dir), Murasaki Shikibu: Genji monogatari/The Tale of Genji (1987), Hiatari Ryoko! Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita/Sunny Ryoko! You Were There in a Dream (1988), Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban/Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), Tobe! Isami/Soar High! Isami (1995, TV series, co-dir), Street Fighter II: V (1995, TV series, co-dir), Rupan sansei: Towairaito Jemini no himitsu/Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini (1996, TV), Super Doll Lika-chan (1998, TV series, co-dir), Tatchi: Are kara kimi wa... Miss Lonely Yesterday (1998, TV, co-dir), Sûpâ Dôru Licca-chan: Licca-chan zettai zetsumei! Dôru naitsu no kiseki (1999, short), Hidamari no ki (2000, TV series), Touch: Cross Road (2001, co-dir), Hitsuji no uta (2003, short), Arashi no yoru ni/Stormy Night (2005), Cinnamon the Move (2007, short), Tôfu kozô/Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy (2011), Gusukô Budori no denki/The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012), Kataude/One Arm (2018, short, co-dir)

      More info: Wikipedia, Sugii Gisaburo

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