Kimio Yabuki
Born: 1934-12-06 in Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
Known For: Directing
Biography
Kimio Yabuki (Japanese: 矢吹 公郎) is a Japanese animator. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best-known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan. In 1969, he teamed up with a young Hayao Miyazaki in the production of an animated version of Puss in Boots. Yabuki was an employee of Toei Animation until going freelance in 1973, but did work on several Toei productions (including Dororon Enma-kun, Ikkyu-san, and The Kabocha Wine) afterward. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
1999
- A Challenge ... (Director)
1993
- Weird Volunteers ... (Director)
1992
- Little Twins: How Our Summer Flew Past ... (Producer)
1989
- The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli ... (Creator)
1988
- Space Family Carlvinson ... (Director)
1987
- Chonma Sticks His Tongue Out ... (Director)
1985
- Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer ... (Director)
1984
- The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story ... (Director)
1983
- I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life ... (Director)
- Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete ... (Director)
1982
- The♥Kabocha Wine ... (Series Director)
1981
- Swan Lake ... (Director)
- Ikkyuu-san: It's Spring, Mischievous Princess! ... (Director)
1980
- Twelve Months ... (Director)
1979
- 日本名作童話シリーズ 赤い鳥のこころ ... (Producer)
1978
- Ikkyu-san and the Mischievous Princess ... (Director)
1975
- Ikkyū-san ... (Director)
- Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu ... (Director)
1973
- The Little Judge from Hell ... (Director)
1972
- Ikiteirutte Subarashii! ... (Director)
1969
- The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots ... (Director)
1968
- The World of Hans Christian Andersen ... (Director)
1965
- Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan ... (Director)
1964
- Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou ... (Director)