Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本 義行 Sadamoto Yoshiyuki?) (born January 29, 1962, in Tokuyama (now Shunan), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese character designer, mangaka, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is the Japanese word for a comic artist or Cartoonist. Outside of Japan, Manga usually refers to a Japanese Comic book and mangaka is a Japanese Anime studio famous for productions such as The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia The Secret of Blue Water, Before the studio was founded under the official name (it was originally called Daicon Film), he served as animator on the second animated project: the Daicon IV opening animation. Daicon IV was a Sci-fi convention held in 1983 in Osaka, Japan; the 22nd Nihon SF Taikai. His first assignment as character designer in Gainax was for Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, released in 1987. is the first feature-length Anime movie produced by Gainax in 1987 He also worked as animator on Gunbuster and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, and he came back to this specialty for the first episode of Diebuster (also known as Gunbuster 2 or Top wo Nerae! 2). Gunbuster, known in Japan as is a six episode Anime OVA series created by Gainax in 1988 is a Japanese animated Television series inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and the He is also the character designer of the best known Gainax anime series, Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as the author of its manga adaptation (which is also Sadamoto's first full-length manga work). commonly referred to as NGE, Eva, or Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful influential and controversial Japanese Anime that is a long-running Manga series by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and published by Kadokawa Shoten; begun in the February issue of Shōnen Ace in December
In addition to his work on Evangelion, Sadamoto did character designs for Nadia, FLCL, .hack//Sign, Diebuster and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. is an Original video animation series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee which Diebuster, known in Japan as is a six episode Anime Original Video Animation (OVA series created by Gainax in 2004 is the official international title adopted in 2006 for the release of a Japanese animated film which is an adaptation of a Japanese novel written by Yasutaka Tsutsui in 1965 soon become His first artbook is entitled Alpha, and presents a collection of illustrations by Sadamoto that were made before Evangelion (including Nadia and The Wings of Honneamise).
In 2003, Viz published a collection of his works, entitled Der Mond (German for "The Moon"). Viz Media LLC, headquartered in San Francisco California, is an Anime, Manga and Japanese Entertainment company founded in 1986 This is a list of episodes and media based on the Anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Other artbooks that include some of Sadamoto's works are Die Sterne (German for "The Stars") and Groundwork of FLCL.
Sadamoto is also the author of a short manga named Route 20 that was derived from an aborted anime project. He was also author of two short novels, Dirty Work and System of Romance. He is currently serving as co-creator and character designer for the .hack game franchise.
Sadamoto also worked as an artist for the cover of Eric Clapton's album Pilgrim. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Pilgrim is a rock Album by Eric Clapton released in 1998. The album was recorded at Olympic Studio in London.
According to Yasuo Otsuka, who guided Sadamoto as a newcomer, there are only three people whom he regarded as more skillful than himself that he has met during his career. (born July 11, 1931, in Shimane Prefecture) is a Japanese Animator who worked with Toei Animation and Studio Ghibli. One of them is Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The other two are Sadao Tsukioka who became a visual creator, and award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. is a
When Otsuka met the three men, he seems to have felt that he was taking off his hat to them at once. However, he thinks that only Miyazaki completely mastered a genuinely superior animation technique at present. He guesses, "Aa too excellent person might despair in the group work".
In recent years, Sadamoto has concentrated primarily on comics and on illustration work. Since the early 1990s, his animation work has consisted primarily of character design and supervision, although this may be changing with his involvement in 2007 as key animator on episode 27 of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and animation director and key animator on Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.
References
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
External links
- An interview with Sadamoto, translated in Animerica in Vol. Anime News Network (ANN is an Anime industry News Website that reports on the status of Anime, Manga, Japanese popular Animerica is one of the original Magazines reviewing Anime and Manga in North America. 6, issue No. 8
- Interview in Der Mond
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