Yoshitomo Yonetani
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
anime
director and animation director
. A member of the studio Sunrise
, he has directed numerous series, including Gaogaigar, Brigadoon: Marin & Melan
, and Betterman
, and has recently worked on numerous series, including Planetes
and both iterations of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
series.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
anime
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....
director and animation director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
. A member of the studio Sunrise
Sunrise (company)
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
, he has directed numerous series, including Gaogaigar, Brigadoon: Marin & Melan
Brigadoon: Marin & Melan
is a science fiction anime that ran from 2000–2001, produced by the Sunrise company , and was adapted as a manga by Nozomi Watase. Its story takes place in Japan in 1969; it is about an orphan girl named Marin Asagi who befriends an alien being called Melan Blue...
, and Betterman
Betterman
is a Japanese anime television series which began airing in 1999. It was created by Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" under the direction of Yoshitomo Yonetani...
, and has recently worked on numerous series, including Planetes
Planetes
is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004...
and both iterations of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so...
series.
Works (as director)
- Gaogaigar 1997
- BettermanBettermanis a Japanese anime television series which began airing in 1999. It was created by Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" under the direction of Yoshitomo Yonetani...
1999 - Brigadoon: Marin & MelanBrigadoon: Marin & Melanis a science fiction anime that ran from 2000–2001, produced by the Sunrise company , and was adapted as a manga by Nozomi Watase. Its story takes place in Japan in 1969; it is about an orphan girl named Marin Asagi who befriends an alien being called Melan Blue...
2000 - The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FinalThe King of Braves GaoGaiGar Finalis the OVA sequel to the 1997 anime television series The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. The series begun in 2000, created by Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" under the direction of Yoshitomo Yonetani, and the first Yūsha metaseries funded by both Takara and Bandai and produced by Sunrise.-Premise:The...
2000 - Amuri in Star Ocean 2008
- Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera 2011