Hisayuki Toriumi
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, sometimes credited as Eiko Toriumi, was a Japanese director best known for having directed the television program Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
. He also created several anime
and manga
series.
series of the 1970s, but broke away from Tatsunoko in 1979 to become one of the founding members of Studio Pierrot
, where he worked on series such as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Mysterious Cities of Gold. In his later years he retired from the animation business to become a freelance novelist.
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
is a 5-member superhero team that is composed of the main characters in several Japanese anime created by Tatsuo Yoshida and originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later adapted into several English-language versions...
. He also created several anime
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....
and manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series.
Biography
Toriumi cut his teeth working on Gatchaman and several other Tatsunoko ProductionTatsunoko Production
, often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. Founded in October 1962 by acclaimed anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida along with his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu...
series of the 1970s, but broke away from Tatsunoko in 1979 to become one of the founding members of Studio Pierrot
Studio Pierrot
is a Japanese animation/animation studio, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters is located in Mitaka, Tokyo.The company has a simple logo of the face of a clown...
, where he worked on series such as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Mysterious Cities of Gold. In his later years he retired from the animation business to become a freelance novelist.
Filmography
- Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman (1972)
- Demetan Croaker, The Boy FrogDemetan Croaker, The Boy Frog, also known as Demetan the Frog and The Brave Frog, is a 39 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired in 1973.-Overview:...
(1973) - Tekkaman: The Space KnightTekkaman: The Space Knightis an anime produced by Tatsunoko Productions in 1975. A short-lived English adaptation aired in the US in 1984.Two decades later, it was followed by the much more popular Tekkaman Blade, which was dubbed in the U.S. by Saban as Teknoman....
(1975) - Goliath the Super Fighter (1976)
- Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman: Gekijô-banKagaku ninja tai Gatchaman: Gekijô-banis the 1978 movie version of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.- Plot :Sosai X traveled millions of light years to reach the planet Earth and creates a mutant Berg Katse. 30 years later he is the leader of the terrorist organisation known as Galactor. They want to conquer the world...
(1978) - Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman IIGatchaman II (TV Series)is the direct sequel to Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, set two years after the first television series. After the defeat of Leader X, he exacts his revenge by mutating a young girl into Gel Sadra, making her the new leader of Galactor. While Galactor returns, Dr.Nambu and the International Science...
(1978) - Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman FGatchaman Fis the direct sequel to Gatchaman II. In the continuing saga, a surviving fragment of Leader X mutates into Leader Z, and recruits megalomaniac Count Egobossler to create an army to conquer the world...
(1979) - The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980)
- Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982)
- Area 88Area 88is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war torn country...
(1985) - Lily C.A.T.Lily C.A.T.Lily C.A.T. is a science fiction anime film released in 1987. Carl Macek, best known for producing and story editing Robotech, produced the English version of the film...
(1987) - SalamanderSalamander (anime)is an 1988 OVA miniseries based on Konami's arcade game, Salamander. There were three volumes released on VHS and Laserdisc. The series is not canon however; as the MSX Gradius series states that the events with Gofer takes place over two-hundred years after the crisis with Zelos and his Salamander...
(1988) - Like the Clouds, Like the WindLike the Clouds, Like the Windis a made-for-TV anime movie produced by Studio Pierrot for NTV and based on the novel by Ken'ichi Sakemi. It is often incorrectly thought to be produced by Studio Ghibli due to the character designs by Katsuya Kondō , partially due to an error in its first fan translation that attributed the...
(1989) - Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon KingsSohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kingsis a set of novels based loosely on Chinese mythology.It was written by Yoshiki Tanaka in collaboration with Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano and manga artist group Clamp . It is written with a humorous and satirical tone...
(1991)