Kitaro Kosaka
Known for
Visual Effects
Born
February 28, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director.
He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli, and with the famed director Hayao Miyazaki, of whose work he is himself an acknowledged fan.
In 2003, he directed the cycling anime film, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, set on the Vuelta a España road bicycle race, adapted from Iō Kuroda's manga Nasu, which Hayao Miyazaki, a fan of cycling, himself recommended to Kōsaka. The film soon went on...
Best known work
Spirited Away
2001
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Princess Mononoke
1997
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
Akira
1988
Castle in the Sky
1986
Warriors of the Wind
1984
The Wind Rises
2013
The Boy and the Heron
2023
Whisper of the Heart
1995Filmography
2023
The Boy and the HeronKey Animation
2021
BelleKey Animation
2018
Okko's InnDirector
2017
Letters from HibakushaDirector
2015
The Boy and the BeastKey Animation
2014
When Marnie Was ThereKey Animation
2013
The Wind RisesCharacter Designer, Animation Director
2012
2011
From Up on Poppy HillAnimation Director
2010
Mr. Dough and the Egg PrincessAnimation Director
2007
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with SuitcaseWriter, Director
2004
Howl's Moving CastleAnimation Director
2003
Nasu: Summer in AndalusiaDirector, Screenplay
2001
Spirited AwayAnimation Director
2001
MetropolisKey Animation
1999
CloverDirector
1998
Master KeatonTVCharacter Designer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Supervising Animation Director
1997
Princess MononokeAnimation Director
1995
Whisper of the HeartCharacter Designer, Animation Director
1994
Pom PokoKey Animation
1993
A-GirlDirector, Character Designer, Animation Director
1989
1988
AkiraKey Animation
1988
Grave of the FirefliesKey Animation
1987
Royal Space Force - The Wings of HonneamiseKey Animation