Rintaro

Rintaro
Born	Shigeyuki Hayashi January 22, 1941 (1941-01-22) (age 70) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Kuruma Hino
Years active	1958 - present
Awards	Won Alexander Senki, Netizen's Choice Award, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (1998) Metropolis, 2nd Place, Best Animation Film, Fant-Asia Film Festival (2001) Nominations Metropolis, Best Film (nomination), Festival de Cine de Sitges (2001)

Rintaro (りんたろう, Rintarō^?, born January 22, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan) is the pseudonym of Shigeyuki Hayashi (林 重行, Hayashi Shigeyuki^?),^[1][2] a well-known director of anime.^[3][4][5] He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse (which he co-founded),^[6] though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio.^[1] He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden.^[1][7] His works have won and been nominated for multiple awards, including a nomination for Best Film (Metropolis) at the 2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges.^[8]

Rintaro is a fan of science fiction, and has been influenced by American westerns, gangster films, film noir, and French films.^[7][9] Additionally, he was influenced by Osamu Tezuka, and worked with him on Kimba the White Lion and Astro Boy.^[7][9] He said that when he was making Metropolis, which was based on Tezuka's manga of the same name, he "wanted to communicate Tezuka's spirit".^[7] Rintaro personally introduced the film at the Big Apple Anime Fest in 2001, where it was screened before its theatrical release by TriStar Pictures.^[10]

Rintaro has also worked under the name Kuruma Hino, in addition to his best known pseudonym and his birth name.^[1] His pseudonym is sometimes miswritten as Rin Taro or Taro Rin.^[11][12] He is a founding member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.^[13]

Biography

Rintaro's first job in the animation industry was as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden, which he worked on while working at Toei Animation.^[1][7] After working on two additional films there, he began working for Mushi Productions, the studio run by Osamu Tezuka. His first directing job was the fourth episode of the 1963 series Astro Boy.^[1] After leaving Mushi in 1971 to become a freelancer, he worked on many TV series and films, and established himself as one of the most respected and well-known anime directors in Japan.^[1]

In recent years, Rintaro has lectured at Kyoto Seika University.^[14]

Films

• Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia (1978)
• Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
• Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
• Harmagedon (1983)
• The Dagger of Kamui (1985)
• Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986)
• Neo Tokyo - Labyrinth (1987)
• X (1996)
• Alexander: The Movie
• Metropolis (2001)
• 48 x 61 (2004)
• Yona Yona Penguin (2009)

OVA

• Take the X Train (1987)
• The Phoenix -Space- (1987)
• Bride of Deimos (1988)
• Matasaburo of the Winds (1988)
• I Am Son Goku (1989)
• Doomed Megalopolis (1991)
• Peacock King (1988)
• Down Load (1992)
• New Peacock King (1994)
• Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994)
• Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey (2002)

TV series

• Moomin (1972)
• Hoshi no Ko Chobin (1974)
• Wanpaku Omukashi Kumu Kumu (1975)
• Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi (Co-director) (1975)
• Jetter Mars (1977)
• Arrow Emblem Hawk of the Grand Prix (1977)
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978)
• Ganbare Genki (1980)
• Lupin VIII (1982)
• Dragon Quest (1989)

Sources:^{[1][2][7][15]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Llewellyn, Richard (2007-05-12). "Rintaro Filmography". Animated Divots. http://www.animated-divots.com/rintaro.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Rintaro". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727336/. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
3. ^ "Captain Harlock: Endless Odyssey cancelation explained". Anime News Network. 2002-06-24. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-06-24/captain-harlock-endless-odyssey-cancelation-explained. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
4. ^ "Rintaro in Chicago". Anime News Network. 2004-01-26. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-01-26/rintaro-in-chicago. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
5. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller. "Anime Master Rintaro’s Metropolis Is Playful, Humane and Visually Stunning". New York Press. http://www.nypress.com/15/4/film/film.cfm. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
6. ^ "Rintaro, Madhouse to Animate 2008 Penguin CG Movie". Anime News Network. 2007-05-24. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-24/rintaro-madhouse-to-animate-2008-penguin-cg-movie. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Berkwits, Jeff (2002-01-22). "Interview: Animation legend Rintaro reinvents the city to build a better Metropolis". Sci Fi.com Science Fiction Weekly. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20080505093621/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue248/interview.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
8. ^ "Awards for Rintaro". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727336/awards. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "An Anime Metropolis". NPR's Morning Edition. 2002-01-24. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jan/metropolis/020124.metropolis.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
10. ^ "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. 2001-11-14. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-11-14/baaf-wrap-up-pr. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
11. ^ "Taro Rin?". Anime News Network. 2002-01-25. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-01-25/taro-rin. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
12. ^ "Akira by Streamline?". Anime News Network. 2002-07-01. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-01/akira-by-streamline. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
13. ^ "JAniCA 発起人及び世話人・事務方一覧" (in Japanese). Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). http://www.janica.jp/03JAniCA-Founders.html. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
14. ^ "Oshii to Take Guest Post at Tokyo Keizai University". Anime News Network. 2008-01-12. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-12/oshii-to-take-guest-post-at-tokyo-keizai-university. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
15. ^ "りんたろう" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0022640.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

External links

• Rintaro at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Rintaro at the Internet Movie Database
• (Japanese) Rintaro page at Madhouse

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Name	Rintaro
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Date of birth	1941-01-22
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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