Joined Mushi Animation Production in the 60s and was very soon promoted to animation direction of several TV Series including Moomin and Wansa-kun. After his collaboration on the TV series Space Battleship Yamato (1974-75), he made his film debut in its theatrical version in 1977. His debut as a director in a long-feature format couldn't have been more succesful: Vampire Hunter D (1985), made for the Video Animation market. Shortly after he directed his only long-feature film, Fist of the No ...[Read Story]