was a Japanese anime director affiliated with Pierrot. He was best known as the director of critically acclaimed anime series The Twelve Kingdoms.
Filmography As director (incomplete list): Glass Mask (1998-1999) Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran (2001-2002) The Twelve Kingdoms (2002-2003) Midori Days (2004) Victorian Romance Emma (2005-2007) Kurokami (2009) The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
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External links
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462076/ (all pre-1996 films listed in this page at IMDB is a mistake)