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

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Future Boy Conan

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

Toy Story 3

10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

Castle in the Sky

NHK Educational TV Special

The Cat Returns - Making of

Warriors of the Wind

Lupin the 3rd

Kiki's Delivery Service

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

The Red Turtle

The Story of Heidi

Future Boy Conan

Panda! Go Panda!

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Only Yesterday

Anne of Green Gables

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

Heidi: Girl of the Alps

Pom Poko

Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

Gauche the Cellist

Paul Grimault, image par image

My Neighbors the Yamadas

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

Marco: Carry a Dream

Chie the Brat

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye

Duel of the Underworld

Story of Iron

Chie the Brat

Heidi in the City

Heidi in the Mountains

Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

Laura, the Prairie Girl

Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara

Spooky Kitaro