Hayao Miyazaki
Born: January 5, 1941 (age 69)
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation: Film Director, Screenwritter, Character-designer, Animator storyboard Artist
Years Active: 1963-Present
List of works:
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation: Film Director, Screenwritter, Character-designer, Animator storyboard Artist
Years Active: 1963-Present
List of works:
- Lupin III Part I, 1971-1972 anime series (with Isao Takahata)
- Yuki's Sun, 1972 (Pilot film for a never-realized anime series)
- Future Boy Conan, 1978 anime series
- The Castle of Cagliostro, 1979 film
- Lupin III Part II, 1980 anime series (2 episodes in season 4 under the pseudonym Tsutomu Teruki)
- Sherlock Hound, 1982 anime series
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 film
- Castle in the Sky, 1986 film
- My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 film
- Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989 film
- Porco Rosso, 1992 film
- Princess Mononoke, 1997 film
- Spirited Away, 2001 film (winner, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2002)
- Howl's Moving Castle, 2004 film (nominee, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2005)
- Ponyo, 2008 film
- The Secret World of Ariety, 2012 film
Arina Tanemura
Born: March 12, 1978 (age 32)
Aichi, Japan
Occupation: Mangaka
Years Active: 1997-present
List of Works:
Aichi, Japan
Occupation: Mangaka
Years Active: 1997-present
List of Works:
- (1997) I.O.N. English translation: I.O.N (2008)
- (1998) Kamikaze Kaitō Jannu English translation: Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (2005)
- (1998) Kanshakudama no Yuutsu English translation: Short-Tempered Melancholic (2008)
- (2000) Jikuu Ihōjin KYOKO English translation: Time Stranger Kyoko (2008)
- (2001) Furu Mūn o Sagashite English translation: Full Moon o Sagashite (2005)
- (2004) Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu English translation: The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (2007)
- (2008) Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Misutoresu Fōchun English translation: Mistress Fortune (2011)
- (2009) Sakura Hime Kaden English translation: The Legend of Princess Sakura (2011)
Ken Akamatsu
Born: July 5, 1968 (42)
Kangawa Prefecture
Occupation: Mangaka
Years Active: ???-Present
List of Works:
Itsudatte My Santa!
A.I. Love You
Love Hina
Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
Hito Natsu no Kids Game
Mao Chan
Kangawa Prefecture
Occupation: Mangaka
Years Active: ???-Present
List of Works:
Itsudatte My Santa!
A.I. Love You
Love Hina
Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
Hito Natsu no Kids Game
Mao Chan
Rumiko Takahashi
Born: October 10, 1957 (53)
Niigata, Japan
Occupation: Animator, writer, penciler, inker
Years active: 1975-present
List of works:
1978/1987 Urusei Yatsura
1980/1987 Maison Ikkoku
1984/1994 Mermaid Saga
1987/1996 Ranma ½
1987/2007 One-Pound Gospel
1987/ongoing Rumic Theater
1996/2008 InuYasha
2009/ongoing Rin-ne
Niigata, Japan
Occupation: Animator, writer, penciler, inker
Years active: 1975-present
List of works:
1978/1987 Urusei Yatsura
1980/1987 Maison Ikkoku
1984/1994 Mermaid Saga
1987/1996 Ranma ½
1987/2007 One-Pound Gospel
1987/ongoing Rumic Theater
1996/2008 InuYasha
2009/ongoing Rin-ne
Akira Toriyama
Born: April 5, 1955
Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan
Occupation Manga artist, game artist
Years active 1979-present
List of works:
Dr. Slump- 1980 to 1984
Dragon Ball - 1984 through 1995
Cross Epoch - 2006 One-shot, with Eiichiro Oda
Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan
Occupation Manga artist, game artist
Years active 1979-present
List of works:
Dr. Slump- 1980 to 1984
Dragon Ball - 1984 through 1995
Cross Epoch - 2006 One-shot, with Eiichiro Oda
Peach-Pit
Name(s): Banri Sendo (leader, story and script) and Shibuko Ebara (story and script)
Born: ???
Co-op name: Peach-Pit (name derives from beverly hills 90210 hangout)
Occupation: Manga artists
Years Active: ???
List of works:
Born: ???
Co-op name: Peach-Pit (name derives from beverly hills 90210 hangout)
Occupation: Manga artists
Years Active: ???
List of works:
- Prism Palette (プリズムパレット, Purizumuparetto?) (2001)
- DearS (ディアーズ, Diāzu?) (2002–2005)
- Rozen Maiden (ローゼンメイデン, Rōzen Meiden?) (2002–2007, 2008–present)
- Zombie-Loan (ゾンビローン, Zonbi Rōn?) (2003–2011)
- Shugo Chara! (しゅごキャラ!, Shugo Kyara!?) (2006–2010)
- Illustlation (2008–2009)
- Ōkami Kakushi (おおかみかくし?) (2009)
- Shugo Chara! Encore! (しゅごキャラ!アンコール, Shugo Kyara! Ankōru?) (2010)