Hiroshi Kanazawa
Encyclopedia
is an anime
character designer and animator
who currently works for Studio Comet
. Along with Noboru Ishiguro
, Norio Yazawa, Tōru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau (or "JAB") until it folded. After leaving JAB, Kanazawa worked for Tsuchida Production
for a while before his current position at Studio Comet.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
character designer and animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
who currently works for Studio Comet
Studio Comet
is an animation studio based in Tokyo, Japan. It was established January 21, 1986.-Notable staff:*Hiroshi Kanazawa *Kazuo Harada *Shin Misawa...
. Along with Noboru Ishiguro
Noboru Ishiguro
is a Japanese animator who is noteworthy for directing the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, Yōkai Ningen Bem, Megazone 23, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Noozles, and the 2008 completed series Tytania.He was in a hawaiian style music band in his...
, Norio Yazawa, Tōru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau (or "JAB") until it folded. After leaving JAB, Kanazawa worked for Tsuchida Production
Tsuchida Production
is a defunct anime production company in Japan. After Osamu Tsuchida left Studio Yuni , he founded Tsuchida Production in 1976 to do animation, production, finish animation, and other contract work related to the production of anime...
for a while before his current position at Studio Comet.
Works
- Ashita Tenki ni Naare (character design, general animation director)
- Captain Tsubasa JCaptain Tsubasa, also known as Flash Kicker, is a popular long running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981...
(character design) - DokabenDokabenis a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima, serialized in Akita Shoten Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981. Chapters of the series published in 48 Tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. It was later made into an anime by the same name...
(animation director) - Dokonjōgaeru (original designs)
- Dragon WarriorDragon Warrior (TV series)is a 1989 Japanese animated television series based on the video game series of the same name.The complete series boxset was released on 10 September 2006. Only 13 Episodes were shown in the United States dubbed in English by Saban Entertainment.- Plot :...
(character design) - Ganba no BōkenGanba no Bokenis a Japanese anime series that was directed by Osamu Dezaki. Its 26 episodes were broadcast on NTV between April 7, 1975 and September 29, 1975. The series has been adapted into a movie, called , which was released in Japan by Tokyo Movie Shinsha on September 20, 1991...
(original designs) - Hatsumei Boy Kanipan (main character designs)
- High School! KimengumiHigh School! Kimengumiis a manga series written by Motoei Shinzawa which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1982 to 1987. The title literally translates to High School! Funny-face Club or High School! Weird Face Club. An anime TV series and movie based on the series were also released...
(character design, animation director) - High School Mystery Gakuen Nana Fushigi (character design, animation director)
- Lupin IIILupin III, also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of...
(1st TV series, original designs) - Maboroshi Mabo-chan (character design, animation director)
- Marchmallow Times (character design)
- Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu (character design, animation director)
- Mizuiro JidaiMizuiro Jidaiis manga series which was serialized in 1991 by Shogakukan Inc. in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao. An television anime version ran for 47 episodes in 1996/1997 on TV Tokyo. During the run of the anime a continuation of the story called "Shin Mizuiro Jidai" was run in Ciao Magazine. The series was...
(animation director) - Munich e no Michi (animation director)
- Ojamanga Yamada-kunOjamanga Yamada-kunis a manga series by Hisaichi Ishii.-TV series:A 103-episode anime TV series was produced for the Fuji TV network and aired from 28 September 1980 to 10 October 1982...
(animation director) - Ranpō (character creation)
- Sasuga no Sarutobi (character creation)
- Tsuide ni TonchinkanTsuide ni Tonchinkanis a gag manga series by Koichi Endo which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Jump in issues 49–50 in 1984, and then ran from 1985 through 1989 . There are 18 volumes of the manga. The manga was adapted into a 43–episode anime series which ran on Fuji TV from October 10, 1987 through October 1, 1988...
(character design, general animation director) - Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai (animation director)
- Yakyūkyō no Uta (animation director)