Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 - April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never worked as an animator before becoming a director. For the first two decades of his career from the 1960s to the 1980s, Takahata worked primarily as director for anime television. In 1985 he and his long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki formed Studio Ghibli with Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. From that point, his career transitioned into producing, directing, and writing films for Studio Ghibli. He is known for his five feature length anime films released under Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).
Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
(Self)
Ghibli's Bookshelf
(Self)
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
(Self)
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(Self)
The Secrets of My Neighbors the Yamadas
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
(Self)
NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director
(Self (archive footage))
2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli
(Self)
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata
(Himself)
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
(Self)
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
(Self)
Paul Grimault, image par image
(Himself)
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
(Self - Interviewee)
How Ghibli Was Born
(Himself)
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
(Self)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
(Himself)
The Making of Only Yesterday
(Self)
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
(Himself)
The Cat Returns - Making of
(Self)
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
(Self)
Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata
(Self)
The Birth of Studio Ghibli
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
(Self)
Kulturplatz
(Self)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(Producer)
Castle in the Sky
(Producer)
Panda! Go Panda!
(Director)
Grave of the Fireflies
(Director)
Grave of the Fireflies
(Screenplay)
Gauche the Cellist
(Director)
Only Yesterday
(Director)
Pom Poko
(Director)
My Neighbors the Yamadas
(Director)
Chie the Brat
(Director)
Chie the Brat
(Writer)
Winter Days
(Director)
Horus: Prince of the Sun
(Director)
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
(Director)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
(Director)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
(Writer)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(Director)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(Screenplay)
Toy Story 3
(Thanks)
Only Yesterday
(Screenplay)
Pom Poko
(Writer)
My Neighbors the Yamadas
(Screenplay)
Anne of Green Gables Digest Version
(Storyboard Artist)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
(Original Film Writer)
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
(Director)
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
(Writer)
Pom Poko
(Original Story)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
(Assistant Director)
The Red Turtle
(Other)
Gauche the Cellist
(Screenplay)
Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen
(Director)
Anne of Green Gables Digest Version
(Director)
Fantasia
(Director)
The Red Turtle
(Producer)
Au
(Producer)
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
(Director)
Heidi in the Mountains
(Director)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
(Director)
Heidi in the City
(Director)
The Mountain Alps
(Director)
Panda! Go Panda!
(Director)
Spooky Kitaro
(Co-Director)
Yuki's Sun
(Writer)
Story of Iron
(Production Assistant)
Story of Iron
(Assistant Director)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
(Producer's Assistant)
The Orphan Brother
(Assistant Director)
Taro the Dragon Boy
(Concept Artist)
Taro the Dragon Boy
(Original Concept)
Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
(Co-Director)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
(Director of Operations)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
(Screenplay)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
(Screenplay)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
(Director)
Anne of Green Gables
(Writer)
Future Boy Conan
(Director)
Lupin the Third
(Director)
Anne of Green Gables
(Director)
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
(Director)
Anne of Green Gables
(Series Composition)
Anne of Green Gables
(Series Director)
Chie the Brat
(Series Director)
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
(Creator)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
(Creator)