- Mamoru Hosoda
-
Mamoru Hosoda Born September 19, 1967
Nakaniikawa District, Toyama, JapanOccupation animation director Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru, born on September 19, 1967, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama) is a Japanese animator and director. Since 2005, he has been a staff director at Madhouse, where he has made his acclaimed films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars.
Hosoda was commisioned by Studio Ghibli to direct Howl's Moving Castle but left the project during the early production stages.[citation needed]
Hosoda studied oil painting at the Kanazawa College of Art.
Contents
Works
As Director
- Digimon Adventure (TV, episode 21)
- Digimon: The Movie
- Digimon Adventure (film, 1999)
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (film, 2000)
- Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān (TV, episode 40)
- Superflat Monogram (short film, 2003, with contribution by Takashi Murakami)
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (film, 2005)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (film, 2006)
- Summer Wars (film, 2009)
As Key Animator
- Dragon Ball Z
- Galaxy Express 999 ~Eternal Fantasy~
- Slam Dunk
- Sailor Moon
- Sailor Moon SuperS movie
External links
- Mamoru Hosoda at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST – Jonathan Clements gets into the hidden meanings of Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars.
See also 
This article about a performing arts director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
