Katsuya KondÅ (è¿'è—¤ å‹ ä¹Ÿ, KondÅ Katsuya, born June 2, 1963 in
Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, character
designer, animator and animation director. He is best known for his
character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery
Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon.
His character designs are considered the epitome of the Studio Ghibli
style.After graduating from high school, he began working for Osamu
Dezaki and Akio Sugino at their Studio Annapuru. Under the direction
of Shinji ÅŒtsuka, KondÅ worked as a key animator of the TV anime
series Cat's Eye. He then worked as a free agent on such shows as The
Mighty Orbots, Rainbow Brite and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi
Bears. His first work with Studio Ghibli was as a key animator on
Castle in the Sky. After working on the Gainax film The Wings of
Honneamise and the OVAs Devilman and MeikyÅ« Bukken File 538, KondÅ
began to be known for the high quality of his work.KondÅ collaborated
with Ken'ichi Sakemi on a manga retelling of the Joan of Arc story, as
well as doing the character designs for the Jade Cocoon video game
series. He also collaborated with Sakemi by creating the character
designs for the 1990 NTV TV movie Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
(based on Sakemi's novel KŠkyū Monogatari), which tells the story of
a young country girl who is chosen to become one of the Emperor's
concubines. He also worked with Tomomi Mochizuki on the NHK Minna no
Uta music video titled Kaze no TÅ ri Michi, produced by Ajia-do
Animation Works for Sayuri Horishita. In 2007, he was announced as the
supervising animator of the Studio Ghibli film Ponyo on the Cliff by
the Sea. He also wrote the lyrics for the film's theme song.Listed
alphabetically by year, with oldest at top.
Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, character
designer, animator and animation director. He is best known for his
character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery
Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon.
His character designs are considered the epitome of the Studio Ghibli
style.After graduating from high school, he began working for Osamu
Dezaki and Akio Sugino at their Studio Annapuru. Under the direction
of Shinji ÅŒtsuka, KondÅ worked as a key animator of the TV anime
series Cat's Eye. He then worked as a free agent on such shows as The
Mighty Orbots, Rainbow Brite and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi
Bears. His first work with Studio Ghibli was as a key animator on
Castle in the Sky. After working on the Gainax film The Wings of
Honneamise and the OVAs Devilman and MeikyÅ« Bukken File 538, KondÅ
began to be known for the high quality of his work.KondÅ collaborated
with Ken'ichi Sakemi on a manga retelling of the Joan of Arc story, as
well as doing the character designs for the Jade Cocoon video game
series. He also collaborated with Sakemi by creating the character
designs for the 1990 NTV TV movie Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
(based on Sakemi's novel KŠkyū Monogatari), which tells the story of
a young country girl who is chosen to become one of the Emperor's
concubines. He also worked with Tomomi Mochizuki on the NHK Minna no
Uta music video titled Kaze no TÅ ri Michi, produced by Ajia-do
Animation Works for Sayuri Horishita. In 2007, he was announced as the
supervising animator of the Studio Ghibli film Ponyo on the Cliff by
the Sea. He also wrote the lyrics for the film's theme song.Listed
alphabetically by year, with oldest at top.
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