Takashi Yanase
Crew · Creator · Director · Screenplay
Born Feb 6, 1919 · Kochi, Japan
Active 1969–2013 · Awards: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class
Takashi Yanase was a Japanese writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist. He was best known as the creator of the picture book and animated series Anpanman. Yanase was chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association from May 2000 to 2012.
Filmography
Metropolis (2001) — Special Voice Appearance (voice)A Thousand and One Nights (1969) — Art DirectionRinging Bell (1978) — Original StoryAnpanman to Hajimeyou! Rhythm De Dekirukana (2009) — (voice)Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie (2006) — CreatorGo! Anpanman (1988) — CreatorGo! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack (1990) — WriterGo! Anpanman: The Flying Picture Book and the Glass Shoes (1996) — CreatorGo! Anpanman: The Secret of Tsumiki Castle (1992) — Original StoryGo! Anpanman: Roboly and the Warming Present (2023) — Original StoryGo! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles (2011) — (voice)Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Roll and Lola's Floating Castle (2002) — Original StoryGo! Anpanman: Dororin and the Transformation Carnival (2022) — Original StoryLittle Jumbo (1977) — Director · AuthorThe Kindly Lion (1970) — Screenplay · Director · AuthorGo! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the Rainbow (1997) — CreatorAnpanman: Revive Banana Island! (2012) — RabbitThe Rose and Joe (1977) — Screenplay · Director · AuthorAnpanman: Purun, the Soap Bubble (2007) — CreatorAnpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song (2010) — CreatorGo! Anpanman: The Lyrical Magical Witch's School (1994) — Original StoryGo! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars (2009) — CreatorAnpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope (2014) — CreatorGo! Anpanman: Bulbul's Big Treasure Hunt Adventure (2017) — Creator