Hisashi Sakaguchi
Visual Effects · Director · Writer · Character Designer
Born May 5, 1946 · Saitama, Japan
Active 1978–1995 · Awards: Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Inheritance
Hisashi Sakaguchi was a Japanese manga artist and animator. After working under Osamu Tezuka, he began focusing on creating his own manga, including the Ikkyū biography series Ikkyū, before dying at the age of 49.
Filmography
Adachi-ga Hara (1991) — Storyboard · Director · Art Designer · Character DesignerBremen 4: Angels in Hell (1981) — Mechanical DesignerAstro Boy (1980) — SettingsPhoenix 2772 (1980) — Key AnimationFumoon (1980) — Director · Writer · ProducerUndersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) — SettingsOne Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978) — Character Designer · Art Direction