Cast & creator
Kitaro Kosaka
Best known for Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Yawara!
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kitarō Kōsaka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Kitarô Kôsaka, Kitaro Kousaka, Kitarou Kosaka, Kitarō Kōsaka, Kousaka Kitarou
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film credits
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television credits
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1982–2023 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
Howl's Moving Castle
Animation Director
2004
Spirited Away
Animation Director
2001
Yawara!
Storyboard Artist
1989Yawara!
Animation Director
1989Yawara!
Key Animation
1989
Princess Mononoke
Animation Director
1997
Warriors of the Wind
Key Animation
1984
Master Keaton
Character Designer
1998Master Keaton
Director
1998Master Keaton
Storyboard Artist
1998Master Keaton
Animation Director
1998Master Keaton
Supervising Animation Director
1998
Akira
Key Animation
1988
The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation
2023
Castle in the Sky
Key Animation
1986
Sherlock Hound
Animation Director
1984Sherlock Hound
Key Animation
1984
Whisper of the Heart
Character Designer
1995Whisper of the Heart
Animation Director
1995
The Wind Rises
Character Designer
2013The Wind Rises
Animation Director
2013
Pom Poko
Key Animation
1994
When Marnie Was There
Key Animation
2014
From Up on Poppy Hill
Animation Director
2011
Belle
Key Animation
2021
Keigo Higashino Mysteries
2012
Angel's Egg
Key Animation
1985
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Key Animation
1985
The Boy and the Beast
Key Animation
2015
Metropolis
Key Animation
2001
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
Key Animation
1987
Okko's Inn
Director
2018
Gauche the Cellist
Animation
1982
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase
Writer
2007Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase
Director
2007
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Director
2003Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Screenplay
2003
Clover
Director
1999
The Dagger of Kamui
Key Animation
1985
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Animation Director
2010
A-Girl
Director
1993A-Girl
Character Designer
1993A-Girl
Animation Director
1993
Letters from Hibakusha
Director
2017
Grave of the Fireflies
Key Animation
1988