Yasuji Mori
January 28, 1925 – September 5, 1992 was an animator who worked with Toei Animation, while it was still known as Toei Doga. He was also a famous illustrator of children's books. Mori was responsible for one of the major animation styles within Toei Animation.
Yasuji Mori
- Name
- Yasuji Mori
- Born
- 28 January 1925
- Birthplace
- Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- 5 September 1992
- Occupation
- Animator
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Languages
- Japanese
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January 28, 1925 – September 5, 1992 was an animator who worked with Toei Animation, while it was still known as Toei Doga. He was also a famous illustrator of children's books. Mori was responsible for one of the major animation styles within Toei Animation.
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In The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon Mori was the first to be credited as animation director in Japan, although Akira Daikubara had the same post on The Tale of the White Serpent but was not credited as that. He later left Toei Animation to work with Nippon Animation.
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• Name — Yasuji Mori • Native Name — 森康二 • Born — 28 January 1925 • Birthplace — Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan • Died — 5 September 1992 • Occupation — Animator
Filmography
Filmography
• Key animator on The Tale of the White Serpent (1958) • Animation director on The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963) • Key animator on Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) • Animation director on Puss in Boots (1969) • Animation director on Rocky Chuck the Woodchuck (1973) • Character designer on Dog of Flanders (TV series) (1975) • Character designer on Laura, the Prairie Girl (1975) • Key animator on Future Boy Conan (1978) • Layout supervisor, Noozles (1984)
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- 1.Yasuji Mori. Mori Yasuji no sekai/The World of Yasuji Mori. 1992. Nibariki
- 2.Takashi Namiki. Mogura Note - Animated Drawings of Yasuji Mori 2. Prefazione di Isao Takahata. 2006. Anido Film
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