Yoshinori Kanada

Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. His works inspired the art and works of animators such as Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahito Yamashita, Akira Amemiya and Masami Obari. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him, and his influential work garnered special praise from many industry figures, such as Hayao Miyazaki.

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  Princess Mononoke

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  Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play

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  My Neighbor Totoro

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  Kiki's Delivery Service

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  Akira

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  Warriors of the Wind

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  Candy Candy

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  The Twelve Kingdoms

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  Ronin Warriors

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  Castle in the Sky

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• 2010The Revolutionary Animator Kanada Yoshinori
• 2002The Twelve KingdomsKey Animation
• 2001Angel TalesKey Animation
• 2001MetropolisKey Animation
• 1998Blue Submarine No. 6Key Animation
• 1998Popolocrois MonogatariStoryboard Artist
• 1997Princess MononokeAnimation
• 1997The Dog of FlandersKey Animation
• 1996XKey Animation
• 1995Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious PlayKey Animation
• 1994Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist ReportKey Animation
• 1994Final Fantasy: Legend of the CrystalsKey Animation
• 1992Talking HeadAnimation
• 1992Porco RossoKey Animation
• 1991Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro ShowAnimation Director
• 1990Devil Hunter YohkoKey Animation
• 1989Kiki's Delivery ServiceKey Animation
• 1988AkiraKey Animation
• 1988Ronin WarriorsKey Animation
• 1988Spirit WarriorKey Animation
• 1988My Neighbor TotoroKey Animation
• 1987Devilman - Volume 1: The BirthKey Animation
• 1987Space Fantasia 2001 NightsStoryboard
• 1987Campus Special Investigator HikaruonKey Animation
• 1986Phoenix: Karma ChapterKey Animation
• 1986Castle in the SkyLead Animator
• 1985The Chocolate Panic Picture ShowStoryboard Artist
• 1985Odin: Starlight MutinyAnimation Director
• 1984BirthAnimation
• 1984Warriors of the WindKey Animation
• 1984Video Warrior LaserionKey Animation
• 1983Genesis Climber MOSPEADAKey Animation
• 1983Final YamatoAnimation Director
• 1983HarmagedonKey Animation
• 1982Future War 198XMechanical Designer
• 1982Queen MillenniaKey Animation
• 1981Six God Combination GodmarsKey Animation
• 1981Bremen 4: Angels in HellKey Animation
• 1981Adieu Galaxy Express 999Key Animation
• 1980The New Adventures of GigantorKey Animation
• 1980Be Forever YamatoKey Animation
• 1980Toward the TerraKey Animation
• 1979Space Battleship Yamato: The New VoyageKey Animation
• 1979Galaxy Express 999: The MovieKey Animation
• 1979Josephina the WhaleAnimation
• 1978Farewell to Space Battleship YamatoKey Animation
• 1978Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3Animation
• 1976Candy CandyKey Animation
• 1974Space Battleship YamatoAnimation
• 1973The Little Judge from HellKey Animation
• 1971Sarutobi EcchanAnimation