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Toshio Hirata is a Director and Opening/Ending Animation Japonais born on 16 february 1938

Toshio Hirata

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Nationality Japon
Birth 16 february 1938
Death 25 august 2014 (at 76 years)

Toshio Hirata (平田 敏夫, Hirata Toshio) né le 16 février 1938 et mort le 25 août 2014, est un réalisateur d’anime et animateur japonais.

Biography

Toshio Hirata est né le 16 février 1938 dans la petite ville de Tendō dans la préfecture de Yamagata au Japon. Il sort diplômé de l'Université d'art de Musashino en 1961 puis intègre le studio Toei dōga. Il y travaille en tant qu'animateur sur plusieurs films du studio comme Anju To Zushio Maru en 1961 ou Wanpaku ōji no orochi taiji en 1963.

Comme beaucoup d'autres animateurs, il quitte Toei pour Mushi Production et travaille comme directeur d'épisode sur de nombreuses séries du studio jusqu'en 1970. Il arrête à cette époque sa collaboration avec Mushi, alors en grosse difficulté financière et travaille pour de nombreux studios. En 1981, il fait ses premiers pas à la réalisation avec Unico du studio Madhouse. Il devient un habitué de ce studio et réalise plusieurs films, moyen métrages et OAV durant les années 80. À partir du milieu des années 90, il a beaucoup ralenti ses activités, ne réalisant qu'une fois (Pet Shop of Horrors en 1999), se contentant du rôle de superviseur ou de storyboarder.

Il tenait une rubrique de 2006 à 2007 sur le site de Madhouse appelée Hirata Kantoku no tsuredzure ninki (平田監督のつれづれ日記, le journal ennuyeux du réalisateur Hirata) qui consistait en une série de dessins agrémentée de ses commentaires.

Usually with

Takeshi Aono
Takeshi Aono
(2 films)
Rintarō
Rintarō
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Toshio Hirata (4 films)

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Director

Barefoot Gen 2, 1h25
Directed by Toshio Hirata
Genres Drama, War, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Junji Nishimura, Katsuji Mori, Seiko Nakano, Taeko Nakanishi, Takeshi Aono, Hiroshi Ōtake
Rating70% 3.5342053.5342053.5342053.5342053.534205
Barefoot Gen 2 takes place in 1948, approximately three years after the end of the original movie, as Gen, his mother, and his adopted brother Ryuta try to survive as Hiroshima, like the rest of Japan, struggles to rebuild following the catastrophic devastation of the Second World War.

Visual effects

Metropolis
Metropolis (2001)
, 1h47
Directed by Rintarō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Robot films
Actors Kōsei Tomita, Norio Wakamoto, Tarō Ishida, Takeshi Aono, Norihiro Inoue, Masaru Ikeda
Roles Key Animation
Rating71% 3.5985553.5985553.5985553.5985553.598555
In the futuristic city of Metropolis humans and robots coexist. Robots are discriminated against and segregated to the city's lower levels. A lot of Metropolis' human population are unemployed and deprived, and many people blame the robots for taking their jobs.
Catnapped!
Catnapped! (1998)
, 1h16
Directed by Takashi Nakamura
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats
Actors Fumihiko Tachiki, Noriko Hidaka, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Michael Sorich, Mayumi Iizuka, Brianne Brozey
Roles Opening/Ending Animation
Rating68% 3.415223.415223.415223.415223.41522
For a whole week, Toriyasu and his little sister, Meeko, have been missing their pet dog, Papadoll. Toriyasu thinks he ran off, but Meeko claims it was an alien abduction. Though Toriyasu mocks Meeko for her over-imaginative ways, she isn't far off from the truth. On the way to school, Meeko sees what looks like a cat in clothes slipping into the shadows. Later that evening, three anthropomorphic feline scientists, Henoji, Suttoboke and HoiHoi go into Toriyasu and Meeko's room intending to take Toriyasu with them on a trip. Instead they end up waking and taking Meeko as well. She accompanies them in their vehicle (a balloon that resembles a cheshire cat) with a tired Toriyasu.
Jack and the Beanstalk, 1h36
Directed by Gisaburō Sugii
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jack Grimes, Masachika Ichimura, Linda Yamamoto, Corinne Orr, Kō Nishimura, Billie Lou Watt
Roles Animation
Rating71% 3.5810053.5810053.5810053.5810053.581005
Although the film's story is rooted in the familiar fairy tale of the same name, this version does add a few new characters and plot twists. The tale starts out in the manner that most of us are accustomed to—Jack resides with his mother in a small house out in the country. Being very poor, they eventually find themselves forced to sell their cow, which has stopped giving milk. Jack runs into a mysterious man on the way into town and trades the cow for a handful of "magic" beans. Jack's mother is not very thrilled with him and ends up throwing the beans out the window.