Yamaguchi Yasuo

Animation history researcher. Born in 1935 in Sado, Niigata Prefecture. Joined film company Tōei’s Tokyo studio in 1958 where he worked as an assistant director before switching to Tōei Dōga (the forerunner of Tōei Animation) in 1963. Directed numerous episodes of animated television series, including Ken the Wolf Boy and Gegege no Kitarō. Also worked as a planning producer on such series as Candy Candy and Sailor Moon. Helped found the Tōei Animation Institute, an animator-training facility. Author of Nihon no Anime Zenshi: Sekai o Sei shita Nihon Anime no Kiseki (Complete History of Japanese Animation: The Miracle of Japan’s World-conquering Animation, Ten-Books, 2004). Previously served as executive director of the Association of Japanese Animations.

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