Kitaro Kosaka
Visual Effects · Animation Director · Character Designer · 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) - Animation Director · Character DesignerWhen 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