Known For
Visual Effects
Born
Feb 05, 1952
Died
Jul 21, 2009
Place of Birth
Nara, Japan
Credits
51 titles
Yoshinori Kanada
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Revolutionary Animator Kanada Yoshinori
The Twelve Kingdoms
Key Animation
Angel Tales
Key Animation
Metropolis
Key Animation
Blue Submarine No. 6
Key Animation
Popolocrois Monogatari
Storyboard Artist
Princess Mononoke
Animation
The Dog of Flanders
Key Animation
X
Key Animation
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
Key Animation
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
Key Animation
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
Key Animation
Talking Head
Animation
Porco Rosso
Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro Show
Animation Director
Devil Hunter Yohko
Key Animation
Kiki's Delivery Service
Key Animation
Akira
Key Animation
Ronin Warriors
Key Animation
Spirit Warrior
Key Animation
My Neighbor Totoro
Key Animation
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Key Animation
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
Storyboard
Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon
Key Animation
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Key Animation
Castle in the Sky
Lead Animator
The Chocolate Panic Picture Show
Storyboard Artist
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Animation Director
Birth
Animation
Warriors of the Wind
Key Animation
Video Warrior Laserion
Key Animation
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
Key Animation
Final Yamato
Animation Director
Harmagedon
Key Animation
Future War 198X
Mechanical Designer
Queen Millennia
Key Animation
Six God Combination Godmars
Key Animation
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell
Key Animation
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Key Animation
The New Adventures of Gigantor
Key Animation
Be Forever Yamato
Key Animation
Toward the Terra
Key Animation
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Key Animation
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Key Animation
Josephina the Whale
Animation
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
Key Animation
Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
Animation
Candy Candy
Key Animation
Space Battleship Yamato
Animation
The Little Judge from Hell
Key Animation