Kitaro Kosaka
Visual Effects · Character Designer · Animation Director · Key Animation
Born Feb 28, 1962 · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Active 1982–present
Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director. He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production.
Filmography
Spirited Away (2001) — Animation DirectorHowl's Moving Castle (2004) — Animation DirectorPrincess Mononoke (1997) — Animation DirectorGrave of the Fireflies (1988) — Key AnimationCastle in the Sky (1986) — Key AnimationAkira (1988) — Key AnimationWarriors of the Wind (1984) — Key AnimationThe Wind Rises (2013) — Character Designer · Animation DirectorWhisper of the Heart (1995) — Character Designer · Animation DirectorWhen Marnie Was There (2014) — Key AnimationThe Boy and the Beast (2015) — Key AnimationThe Boy and the Heron (2023) — Key AnimationFrom Up on Poppy Hill (2011) — Animation DirectorBelle (2021) — Key AnimationPom Poko (1994) — Key AnimationAngel's Egg (1985) — Key AnimationMetropolis (2001) — Key AnimationOkko's Inn (2018) — DirectorRoyal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987) — Key AnimationGauche the Cellist (1982) — AnimationSherlock Hound (1984) — Animation Director · Key AnimationNasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003) — Director · ScreenplayLupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) — Key AnimationMr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010) — Animation Director