- Tadao Nagahama
Infobox Comics creator
name = Tadao Nagahama
長浜 忠夫
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birthdate =September 26 ,1936
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deathdate =January 14 ,1980
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nationality = Japanese
area = Animation Director
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notable works = Combattler V Voltes V Daimos
awards =Tadao Nagahama (長浜 忠夫 "Nagahama Tadao") (b.
September 26 ,1936 , d.January 14 ,1980 ) was a director of bothpuppet shows and animation. Since he was a director who couldn't draw, he needed ananimation director he could describe his vision to.His most important contribution to animation was arguably the Romantic Trilogy, which added human drama to the
Super Robot Genre.Nagahama also directed several hit anime series that are still well known among Japanese viewers. Moreover, he produced the hit with works of all genres, including
sports ,comedies ,shonen ,shojo , andSuper Robot s.He has been referred to as "
the Emperor " in imitation offilm director Akira Kurosawa .He and his wife contracted
hepatitis while traveling overseas. Although his wife survived, he died from the disease at the age of 43.Contrary to popular belief, he did not create the Romantic Trilogy. He only directed it. Saburo Hatte (who would later go on to create
Golion /Voltron ) was the actual creator.Filmography
puppetry
*伊賀の影丸(Iga no Kagemaru), 1964
*ひょっこりひょうたん島(Hyokkoryoutan Island), 1964-1969anime
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Obake no Q-tarō , 1965 (episode director)
*Pāman , 1967 (episode director)
*Star of the Giants , 1968 (director)
*Chingo Muchabei , 1971 (episode director)
*Shin Obake no Q-tarō, 1971 (director)
*ど根性ガエル(Do-Konjo Gaeru), 1972 (director)
*侍ジャイアンツ(Samurai Giants), 1973 (director)
*Brave Raideen , 1975 (director, episodes 27-50)
*Combattler V , 1976 (director)
*Voltes V , 1977 (director)
*おれは鉄兵(Ore wa Teppei), 1977 (episode director)
*Daimos 1978 (director)
*Daltanius , 1979 (director)
*The Rose of Versailles , 1979 (director, episodes 1-18)
*ずっこけナイトドンデラマンチャ(Zukkoke Knight Don de La Mancha), 1980 (anime adaptation ofDon Quixote )
*Ulysses 31 , 1981 (episode director)External links
* [http://members.tripod.com/~voltes_5/v5creator.html Tadao Nagahama]
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