Yoshinori Kanada
Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. His works inspired the art and works of animators such as Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahito Yamashita, Akira Amemiya and Masami Obari. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him, and his influential work garnered special praise from many industry figures, such as Hayao Miyazaki.
Birth: A War of Two Worlds
(Animation)
Birth: A War of Two Worlds
(Animation Director)
Talking Head
(Animation)
Future War 198X
(Mechanical Designer)
My Neighbor Totoro
(Animation)
Princess Mononoke
(Animation)
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
(Storyboard)
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report
(Key Animation)
Akira
(Key Animation)
Porco Rosso
(Key Animation)
The Dog of Flanders
(Key Animation)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(Key Animation)
X: The Movie
(Key Animation)
Toward the Terra
(Key Animation)
Queen Millennia
(Key Animation)
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
(Key Animation)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
(Animation Director)
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
(Key Animation)
Harmagedon
(Key Animation)
Be Forever Yamato
(Key Animation)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
(Key Animation)
Kiki's Delivery Service
(Key Animation)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
(Key Animation)
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth
(Key Animation)
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell
(Key Animation)
Metropolis
(Key Animation)
Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon
(Key Animation)
Birth: A War of Two Worlds
(Original Story)
Final Yamato
(Animation Director)
The Chocolate Panic Picture Show
(Storyboard Artist)
Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro Show
(Animation Director)
Castle in the Sky
(Lead Animator)
The Little Judge from Hell
(Key Animation)
Josephina the Whale
(Animation)
The Twelve Kingdoms
(Key Animation)
Devil Hunter Yohko
(Key Animation)
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
(Key Animation)
Candy Candy
(Key Animation)
Space Battleship Yamato
(Animation)
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
(Key Animation)
Spirit Warrior
(Key Animation)
Video Warrior Laserion
(Key Animation)
Sarutobi Ecchan
(Animation)
Angel Tales
(Key Animation)
Six God Combination Godmars
(Key Animation)
New Tetsujin-28
(Key Animation)
Blue Submarine No. 6
(Key Animation)
Popolocrois Monogatari
(Key Animation)
Popolocrois Monogatari
(Concept Artist)
Popolocrois Monogatari
(Storyboard Artist)
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
(Key Animation)
Ronin Warriors
(Key Animation)