Hiroyuki Morita (森ç"° å® å¹¸, Morita Hiroyuki, born June 26, 1964 in
Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese animator and director. He is best known
for working as director on the Studio Ghibli film The Cat
Returns.Morita was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and graduated from
Fukuoka Kenritsu Chikushikoto School. During his high school days, he
produced an independent animated film called Glass-wari ShÅ nen
(ガラス゠りå°'å¹´, The Glass-Breaking Boy), which won a prize in
an animation magazine contest at the time. One of the production staff
members for the film was Katsuyuki Toda, who later became a manga
artist.After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering at Fukuoka University, he joined the animation
production company Shaft. His first work as an animator was Hiatari
RyÅ kÅ !. Afterwards, he became a freelancer and worked as an
inbetweener on movies such as Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service, a key
animator for Roujin Z, Hashire Melos!, Memories, Perfect Blue and many
others, and an episode director for the OVA Golden Boy. Being an
animator who cares about fundamentals, Morita even danced the
choreography for the idols in Perfect Blue.Other Studio Ghibli
productions he has worked on include My Neighbors the Yamadas and Koro
no Daisanpo, a short film for the Ghibli Museum. This led to him being
selected to direct The Cat Returns. In 2007, he directed his first TV
series, Bokurano: Ours.
Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese animator and director. He is best known
for working as director on the Studio Ghibli film The Cat
Returns.Morita was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and graduated from
Fukuoka Kenritsu Chikushikoto School. During his high school days, he
produced an independent animated film called Glass-wari ShÅ nen
(ガラス゠りå°'å¹´, The Glass-Breaking Boy), which won a prize in
an animation magazine contest at the time. One of the production staff
members for the film was Katsuyuki Toda, who later became a manga
artist.After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering at Fukuoka University, he joined the animation
production company Shaft. His first work as an animator was Hiatari
RyÅ kÅ !. Afterwards, he became a freelancer and worked as an
inbetweener on movies such as Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service, a key
animator for Roujin Z, Hashire Melos!, Memories, Perfect Blue and many
others, and an episode director for the OVA Golden Boy. Being an
animator who cares about fundamentals, Morita even danced the
choreography for the idols in Perfect Blue.Other Studio Ghibli
productions he has worked on include My Neighbors the Yamadas and Koro
no Daisanpo, a short film for the Ghibli Museum. This led to him being
selected to direct The Cat Returns. In 2007, he directed his first TV
series, Bokurano: Ours.
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