Yoshinori Kanada
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- February 5, 1952
- Died
- July 21, 2009
- Birthplace
- Nara, Japan
Yoshinori Kanada (金田 伊功, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952 – July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. His works inspired the art and works of animators such as Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahito Yamashita, Akira Amemiya and Masami Obari. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him, and his influential work garnered special praise from many industry figures, such as Hayao Miyazaki.
Filmography
The Revolutionary Animator Kanada Yoshinori 2010
Actor
Metropolis 2001
Key Animation
Princess Mononoke 1997
Animation
The Dog of Flanders 1997
Key Animation
X 1996
Key Animation
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report 1994
Key Animation
Talking Head 1992
Animation
Porco Rosso 1992
Key Animation
Hisashi Eguchi's Kotobuki Goro Show 1991
Animation Director
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989
Key Animation
Akira 1988
Key Animation
My Neighbor Totoro 1988
Key Animation
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth 1987
Key Animation
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights 1987
Storyboard
Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon 1987
Key Animation
Phoenix: Karma Chapter 1986
Key Animation
Castle in the Sky 1986
Lead Animator
The Chocolate Panic Picture Show 1985
Storyboard Artist
Odin: Starlight Mutiny 1985
Animation Director
Birth 1984
Animation, Animation Director, Original Story
Warriors of the Wind 1984
Key Animation
Final Yamato 1983
Animation Director
Harmagedon 1983
Key Animation
Future War 198X 1982
Mechanical Designer
Queen Millennia 1982
Key Animation
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell 1981
Key Animation
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 1981
Key Animation
Be Forever Yamato 1980
Key Animation
Toward the Terra 1980
Key Animation
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage 1979
Key Animation
Credits from TMDB.