- Tatsuo Yoshida
was a Japanese
anime pioneer who founded anime studioTatsunoko Productions .Born in 1932, Yoshida grew up in the hardship of war-torn
Japan . A self-taught artist, his first job was as working for local newspapers inKyoto . After finding success as amanga artist inTokyo , including winning theShogakukan Manga Award in 1972 for "Minashigo Hutch ",cite web | url=http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcomics.shogakukan.co.jp%2Fmangasho%2Frist.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en | title=小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19] in 1962 he founded Tatsunoko with his two younger brothers, Kenji (who took over Tatsuo's position as producer after he died) and Toyoharu (a.k.a. Ippei Kuri). The studio's name has a double Japanese meaning of "Tatsu's child" and "sea dragon" which was the inspiration for itsseahorse logo.Understanding the future of
television , Yoshida made the jump from print to the screen and found modest success with the anime racing series "Mach Go Go Go". Once adapted to theEnglish language market, it would achieve Blockbuster status as "Speed Racer " around the world. Yoshida's magical talent for storytelling again found success with the action series "Gatchaman " (also known as "Battle of the Planets ") and "Casshan " (now remade as the live-action film "Casshern ").Though Tatsuo Yoshida's brilliant career was cut short by his untimely death from liver cancer in 1977, Tatsunoko Productions has continued to partner with top creators to create additional hit series such as "
Macross " ("Robotech "), "Mospeada ", "Generator Gawl ", "Time Bokan ", and "Karas ".Anime credits
*"Ninja Squad Moonlight" (1964, also known as "
Phantom Agents ")
*"Space Ace" (1965)
*"Mach Go Go Go " (1967, also known as "Speed Racer")
*"Judo Boy " (1969)
*"Hakushon Daimaou " (1969, also known as "Bob in the Bottle" or "The Genie Family")
*"Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman" (1972, also known as "Battle of the Planets")
*"Shinzo Ningen Casshan " (1973)
*"Time Bokan " (1974)
*"Yattaman " (1977)References
*"Speed Racer: The Original Manga" by Tatsuo Yoshida (ISBN 1-56389-686-9)
External links
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