KÅ ji Morimoto (æ£®æœ¬æ™ƒå ¸, Morimoto KÅ ji, born December 26, 1959)
is a Japanese anime director. Some of his works include being an
animator in the Akira film; shorts in Robot Carnival, Short Peace, and
The Animatrix; and key animation in anime such as Kiki's Delivery
Service, City Hunter, and Fist of the North Star. He is the co-founder
of Studio 4°C.Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka
Designers' college in 1979 and a couple of years later joined the
studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series Tomorrow's Joe. While
working there, he saw some animation by Takashi Nakamura in Gold
Lightan, an otherwise standard mecha TV series by a rival studio. He
was impressed, and it inspired him to quit his job and become a
freelance animator.Morimoto often collaborated with Nakamura, most
notably in Katsuhiro Otomo’s "The Order to Stop Construction"
segment of the anthology film Neo-Tokyo. This opened many doors for
him, from working as animation director on Otomo's landmark feature
Akira and a chance to direct a short for the Robot Carnival anthology.
Around this time he founded Studio 4°C with producer Eiko Tanaka and
fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato.Since then, Morimoto has focused almost
exclusively on his directing work. His work became increasingly
unusual with time. This is best represented by the concert scenes in
Macross Plus and his short film Noiseman Sound Insect.
is a Japanese anime director. Some of his works include being an
animator in the Akira film; shorts in Robot Carnival, Short Peace, and
The Animatrix; and key animation in anime such as Kiki's Delivery
Service, City Hunter, and Fist of the North Star. He is the co-founder
of Studio 4°C.Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka
Designers' college in 1979 and a couple of years later joined the
studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series Tomorrow's Joe. While
working there, he saw some animation by Takashi Nakamura in Gold
Lightan, an otherwise standard mecha TV series by a rival studio. He
was impressed, and it inspired him to quit his job and become a
freelance animator.Morimoto often collaborated with Nakamura, most
notably in Katsuhiro Otomo’s "The Order to Stop Construction"
segment of the anthology film Neo-Tokyo. This opened many doors for
him, from working as animation director on Otomo's landmark feature
Akira and a chance to direct a short for the Robot Carnival anthology.
Around this time he founded Studio 4°C with producer Eiko Tanaka and
fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato.Since then, Morimoto has focused almost
exclusively on his directing work. His work became increasingly
unusual with time. This is best represented by the concert scenes in
Macross Plus and his short film Noiseman Sound Insect.
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