Isao Takahata

Known for DirectingBorn 1935-10-29Died 2018-04-05Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan

Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never worked as an animator before becoming a director. For the first two decades of his career from the 1960s to the 1980s, Takahata worked primarily as director for anime television. In 1985 he and his long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki formed Studio Ghibli with Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. From that point, his career transitioned into producing, directing, and writing films for Studio Ghibli. He is known for his five feature length anime films released under Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).Read more

Movies & web series

Anne of Green Gables Digest Version

The Making of Only Yesterday

Grave of the Fireflies

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Future Boy Conan

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki

Toy Story 3

NHK Educational TV Special

Castle in the Sky

The Cat Returns - Making of

Warriors of the Wind

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Kiki's Delivery Service

Lupin the 3rd

The Story of Heidi

The Red Turtle

Panda! Go Panda!

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Future Boy Conan

Only Yesterday

Anne of Green Gables

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

Heidi: Girl of the Alps

Pom Poko

Paul Grimault, image par image

Gauche the Cellist

Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

My Neighbors the Yamadas

Marco: Carry a Dream

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Chie the Brat

Gegege no Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye

Duel of the Underworld

Story of Iron

Chie the Brat

Heidi in the City

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

Laura, the Prairie Girl

Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm

Heidi in the Mountains

Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara

Taro the Dragon Boy

Winter Days