- Born
- Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. Formerly employed at Toei Animation, he went to work at Madhouse from 2005 to 2011. Hosoda left Madhouse in 2011 to establish his own animation studio, Studio Chizu. He first came to public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films in the Digimon Adventure series and the sixth film in the One Piece series.
In the later 2000s, he diversified more with other films, including 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2009's Summer Wars, and 2012's Wolf Children.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges
- Spouse?(? - present) (2 children)
- Some of his works revolve around digital technology.
- Family is a recurring theme in his films.
- [Bathing] Characters are shown taking baths.
- Frequently works with character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.
- The end credits of his films typically display stills of scenes from the film itself
- Japanese film director & animator.
- Graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art.
- A creator's personality is reflected in their animation. It's almost like you're viewing the person themselves when you watch it.
- Right now the world is filled with so many works. But, I think, above all else in animation there's still an abundance of possibilities like, 'Wouldn't it be interesting if I approached this genre using this perspective?' There are still so many experiments to be made. I haven't at all reached a level where I can say, 'I'm completely satisfied' when it comes to film creation.
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