Fumio Kurokawa Explained

, is a Japanese storyboard artist and animated film director. He directed a number of animated television series produced by Nippon Animation during the 1970s and 1980s. Kurokawa was the series director of Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, included among the "100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces" in the 2007 encyclopedia Anime Classics Zettai!.[1]

Filmography

Year TV series Studio Role Reference
1992 Christopher Columbus Director
1989-1990 Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli Director
1989 Celestial Prince or Utsunomiko (subtitled Earth Chapter) Director [2]
1987 Grimm Masterpiece Theatre Director (1 episode)
1987 Tales of Little Women Director; with Kazumi Fukushima, Kōzō Kusuba, and Yugo Serikawa
1986 The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love Storyboard artist
1986 Animated Classics of Japanese Literature Director
1985 Little Princess Sara Director
1984 Noozles Storyboard artist
1983 Aesop's Fables Director; with Eiji Okabe and Jun Hagiwara
1983 Storyboard artist
1981 Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari Animator; with Iku Suzuki
1981 Around the World with Willy Fog Director; with Luis Ballester [3]
1981 Swiss Family Robinson Storyboard artist
1980 Tsurikichi Sanpei Director (Episode)
1980 Little El Cid no Boken Director
1977 Angie Girl (or The Casebook of Charlotte Holmes) Nippon Animation Director; with Shinya Yamada
1977 (or Seton Animal Chronicle: Bearcub Jacky) Director; with Yoshihiro Kuroda [4]
1976 Little Lulu and Her Little Friends Director
1975 Director; with Kunihiko Okazaki [5]
1972-1974 Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman or Battle of the Planets Director (105 episodes); with Eiko Toriumi, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Jinzo Toriumi and Katsuhisa Yamada
1971 Animentary Ketsudan or Animentary: Critical Moments
1969-1971 Attack No. 1 Director (34 episodes)
1968-1969 Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Director (3 episodes)

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces . Brian Camp . Julie Davis . Stone Bridge Press . 2007 . 9781611725193 . 21–22 .
  2. Book: The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation . 3rd . . . Stone Bridge Press . 2015 . 9781611729092 .
  3. Book: A Companion to Spanish Cinema . Bernard P. E. Bentley . Boydell & Brewer . 2008 . 9781855661769 . 252 .
  4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=OOIsAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA198 . 333 popkulturowe rzeczy . Bartek Koziczyński . In Rock . 2007 . 9788360159644 . 198 . Mali mieszkańcy wielkich gór . Polish .
  5. Book: The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films . . Routledge . 2011 . 9781135853952 . 406 .