Tomoharu Katsumata (勝間田具治 Katsumata Tomoharu?) (born in 1938 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director best known for his work on various anime works. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. (anime in Japanese, A leading director at the Toei Animation studio during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Katsumata worked as a director on several of Toei's TV anime adaptations of manga by Go Nagai, including Devilman (1972), Mazinger Z (1972), Cutey Honey (1973), Great Mazinger (1974), and Gaiking (1976, which later became part of Jim Terry's Force Five package on U. ( is a Japanese animation studio owned by Toei Co Ltd. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films (日本動画映画 Nihon Dōga Eiga often shortened ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly is a Japanese manga creator and an important innovator of several genres within Anime and Manga. is the title of a popular Manga and Anime created by Go Nagai, as well as the name of the main character of the manga and anime known as Tranzor Z in North America is a Manga series by Go Nagai, serialized in Shueisha Shōnen Jump from October is a Japanese Media franchise created by Go Nagai. Cutie Honey first appears on volume 41 of the 1973 edition of Shōnen Champion. is the name of a Manga comic book and Anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z was a Super Robot Mecha Anime series produced by Toei Animation credited as an original idea by Akio Sugino. Force Five was a syndicated Anime Cartoon anthology during the early 1980s S. television).
Katsumata graduated from Nippon University's film school in 1960 and began working with the Kyoto division of the Toei Company that same year, cutting his teeth as an assistant director to Masahiro Makino on his samurai dramas. Nihon University ( 日本[[wikt 大学|大学]] Nihon Daigaku abbreviated as 日大 Nichidai is the largest University in Japan. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. () is a Japanese film and Television production and distribution Corporation. After a few years, Katsumata moved to Toei Doga (Toei Animation) in Tokyo, working as a director on some of Toei's early television series, including Ken the Wolf Boy (1963) and the original Cyborg 009 anime (1966). officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
Among Katsumata's other credits for Toei as a director include the TV series Captain Future (1978), Fist of the North Star (1983) and Saint Seiya (1986), and the feature films Mazinger Z vs. Captain Future was both a Science fiction magazine and a fictional character also known as Ken the Great Bear Fist, is a Japanese Manga series that was originally serialized from 1983 to 1988 in the Japanese magazine Weekly also known as Knights of the Zodiac, is a Manga series authored by Masami Kurumada, and later adapted to Anime. Devilman (1973), The Little Mermaid (Anderusen Douwa Ningyo Hime, 1975), and Arcadia of My Youth (1982). The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue is a Fairy tale by the Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Andersen about a young is an Anime film depicting the origin of Leiji Matsumoto's seminal character Captain Harlock.
Sources
- 勝間田具治 (Tomoharu Katsumata) (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
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