Kunihiko Yuyama
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is a Japanese director of anime
films, television, and video series. His best-known work involves Pokémon
productions. Other anime he has directed include Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
, Plawres Sanshiro
, Wedding Peach
, and the adult-oriented Weather Report Girl
.
Developing an interest in animation while still at high school, Yuyama worked as an inbetweener on episodes of Star Blazers and Brave Raideen. He was a sketch artist and storyboarder on the foreign coproduction Barbapapa (1973) and joined Aoi Productions in 1978. The same yea, he had his directorial debut while working for Aoi on Galaxy Express 999, and soon struck up a successful working partnership with the screenwriter Takeshi Shudo on Goshogun. By 1982 he had been promoted to "chief director", an overseeing role on Gigi and the Fountain of Youth. While remaining in TV during the 1980s, he also played a leading role in anime's exodus into video. His work also showed a mastery of elements for a female audience, most obvious in his Three Musketeers spin-off, Aramis' Adventure. After working on Ushio and Tora, he gained true fame through his involvement with later works on Pokémon.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
films, television, and video series. His best-known work involves Pokémon
Pokémon (anime)
, abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...
productions. Other anime he has directed include Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
Kimagure Orange Road
, usually abbreviated as KOR, is a popular shōnen romantic comedy manga and anime series from the 1980s.Written by Izumi Matsumoto and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, it was later adapted into an anime series broadcast on Nippon Television, animated by Studio Pierrot and directed by...
, Plawres Sanshiro
Plawres Sanshiro
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirou Ushi. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine Shukan Shōnen Champion from August 6, 1982 to May 3, 1985. An anime adaptation aired in 1983 in Japan, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Greece and Algeria...
, Wedding Peach
Wedding Peach
is a shōjo manga by Nao Yazawa and Sukehiro Tomita that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. In North America it is translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, comprising six volumes....
, and the adult-oriented Weather Report Girl
Weather Report Girl
is a two-episode anime yuri erotic OVA comedy series originally released in Japan in August 1994 by Toho and released in the U.S. on VHS in September 1996 and DVD August 2005 by The Right Stuf International. It is based on a softcore erotic manga by Tetsu Adachi...
.
Developing an interest in animation while still at high school, Yuyama worked as an inbetweener on episodes of Star Blazers and Brave Raideen. He was a sketch artist and storyboarder on the foreign coproduction Barbapapa (1973) and joined Aoi Productions in 1978. The same yea, he had his directorial debut while working for Aoi on Galaxy Express 999, and soon struck up a successful working partnership with the screenwriter Takeshi Shudo on Goshogun. By 1982 he had been promoted to "chief director", an overseeing role on Gigi and the Fountain of Youth. While remaining in TV during the 1980s, he also played a leading role in anime's exodus into video. His work also showed a mastery of elements for a female audience, most obvious in his Three Musketeers spin-off, Aramis' Adventure. After working on Ushio and Tora, he gained true fame through his involvement with later works on Pokémon.