Yoshinori Kanada Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Yoshinori Kanada (?? ??, Kanada Yoshinori, February 5, 1952—July 21, 2009) was an influential Japanese animator originally from Nara, Japan. He is best known for his popular 1984 work Birth, one of the first original video animations released in the market. Though he did not create many character designs, he was famous for his character animation skills. His work on Galaxy Express 999 (1979) and Harmagedon (1983) were very influential to an entire generation of animators in Japan. These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement. During the 80s and 90s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke. He was also known for breaking down the directorial system in animation, allowing individual key animators to exert their own style into a particular work. He died at the age of 57 of a heart attack on July 21, 2009. The final episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was dedicated in memory of him.
He developed a unique, vibrant style of animation, which featured cool exaggerated action poses, unconventional perspectives, and intense lighting effects.
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He was inspired to become an animator from watching Hayao Miyazaki's Sora tobu yûreisen (1969) as a child. He would later work with Miyazaki on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), and Miyazaki was so impressed with his work he later brought him on for his later animated films.
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He was known for deviating significantly from storyboards and putting his own style on animating sequences. He had a knack for packing a lot of movement into a small number of frames and constantly managed to deliver the biggest bang under budget. However, his style often earned him the enmity of animation directors since he was distorting their work and adding to their workload.
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
layout artist
Metropolis
2001
key animator
Blue Submarine No. 6
1998
Video animator
Chô tokkyû Hikarian
1997
TV Series animation director
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
1997
Video animator
Reign: The Conqueror
1997
TV Series animator
Princess Mononoke
1997
key animator
Gestalt
1997
TV Mini-Series animator
Martian Successor Nadesico
1996
TV Series animator
X
1996
animator
Fushigi Yûgi
1995
TV Series animator: opening sequence
Sailor Moon Super S
1995
TV Series animator
Peacock King: Spirit Warrior 2
1994
Video animator
Yûgen kaisha
1994
Video short animator: ending sequence
Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld
1994
animator
Fainaru fantajî
1994
Video animator
Devil Hunter Yohko
1992
TV Mini-Series animator - 1 episode
Talking Head
1992
animator
Porco Rosso
1992
animator
Cosmic Fantasy 2
1991
Video Game animator
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
key animator
Misutâ ajikko
1988
TV Series key animator - 1 episode
Akira
1988
key animator - as Yoshinori Kaneda
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
1988
TV Series animator
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
animator
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
1987
TV Series animation director - 13 episodes
Devilman
1987
TV Mini-Series key animator
2001 Ya Monogatari
1987
Video animator
Hi no tori: Hôô hen
1986
animator
Castle in the Sky
1986
lead animator
Ôdîn - Kôshi hobune stâraito
1985
animation director
Bâsu
1984
animation director / animator / character designer
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