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Sunao Katabuchi

Sunao Katabuchi (片渕 須直, Katabuchi Sunao, born 1960) is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is director of Contrail Co. Ltd.[1] He has been a part-time lecturer at Nihon University College of Art since 2006, and a Project Professor at the college of Art of at the same university since 2018.[2][3] He has also served as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts since 2013.[2] He is married to a fellow director of anime Chie Uratani.

Sunao Katabuchi
片渕 須直
Sunao Katabuchi in 2019
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Hirakata, Japan
Alma materNihon University
Occupations
Years active1982–present
Employers
Known forBlack Lagoon
Mai Mai Miracle
In This Corner of the World
SpouseChie Uratani

Early life and education

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Sunao Katabuchi's signature, 2016

Katabuchi was born in Hirakata, Osaka in 1960.[1]

While studying at Nihon University College of Art's Department of Cinema, he participated in the writing team of Sherlock Hound directed by Hayao Miyazaki.[1][2]

Career

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After graduating, he joined Telecom Animation Film.[4] In the same year,[which?] Hayao Miyazaki asked him to participate in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as a scriptwriter, but he had to decline for various reasons.[4]

He traveled to the U.S. several times to work on Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, a Japan-U.S. co-production of an animated film produced by Telecom, but decided to leave the company after becoming fed up with the project going astray as it was being pushed around by the American side.[5][6] Then he started working at Mushi Production.

He was seconded to Studio Ghibli from Mushi Productions to work as an assistant director for Hayao Miyazaki on Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989.[1][2] Katabuchi was originally going to direct the film, but when the sponsoring company made it clear that they had no intention of investing in anything other than a film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Katabuchi stepped aside.[7]

Katabuchi joined Studio 4°C in 1992. Around this time, he was asked to train new directors and animators for Studio Ghibli, which had changed from a system of recruiting freelance staff for each production to a proper company structure and began hiring new employees.[8][9] When he finished his work at Ghibli, they wanted him to stay on, but he refused.[10]

He made his directorial debut with the Nippon Animation TV series Famous Dog Lassie in 1996.[1]

He made his feature film directorial debut with Princess Arete.[1] A fter working on various outside projects, he returned to Studio 4 °C and began work on Princess Arete in 1998. The film was released in 2001 and won Excellent Works of the Year in the Domestic Feature Film Category at Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2002.[citation needed]

After Princess Allyte, Katabuchi moved his main activities to Madhouse.[citation needed]

He directed, composed and wrote the screenplay for Black Lagoon series since 2006.[1]

In 2016, Katabuchi directed In This Corner of the World produced by MAPPA, which was released on November 12, 2016 in Japan, and planned to be released in fifteen countries including UK, France, Germany, Mexico and US.[11]

Works

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Films

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  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Assistant Director, 1989
  • Upon The Planet (この星の上に, Kono Hoshi no Ue ni) - Director, 1998[12]
  • Princess Arete (アリーテ姫, Arīte Hime) - Director, Writer, 2001
  • Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法, Maimai Shinko to Sennen no Mahō) - Director, Writer, 2009
  • In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) - Director, Writer, 2016
  • In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (この世界の(さらにいくつもの）片隅に, Kono Sekai no (Sarani Ikutsumono)Katasumi ni) - Director, Writer, 2019
  • The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black (TBA)[13]

Television productions

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OVA

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Video games

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Commercials

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  • Panasonic 3CCD lovery size - Animation Director, 2004
  • Toyota ITS Ha:mo Concept movie Road to promise - Director, 2012
  • NHK Flowers blossom (花は咲く, hana wa saku) PV of animation version - Director, 2013[15][16]

Awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ Founder and director (取締役)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "ABOUT コントレールとは" (in Japanese). 株式会社コントレール. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "第12回 日藝賞" (in Japanese). 日本大学芸術学部. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "教職員". Dept. of CINEMA, College of Art, Nihon Univ. (in Japanese). Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "第30回 ようやく人前に出せるところに". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. April 26, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "第33回 突貫作業へのいざない". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. December 14, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "第39回 これでおしまい". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. July 5, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "第47回 宅急便の宅送便「次は自分たちで、ね」". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "第53回 原動機付自転車にまたがるようになった一件". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. October 25, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "第56回 色々と再出発". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. November 15, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "第55回 木々と花々の趣味、物騒な趣味". WEBアニメスタイル (in Japanese). 株式会社スタイル. November 8, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "「この世界の片隅に」片渕監督の海外渡航をサポートするクラウドファンディングが始動" (in Japanese). IID, Inc. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  12. ^ "この星の上に « ANIDO official website" (in Japanese). ANIDO. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  13. ^ "『この世界の片隅に』片渕須直監督の新作映画発表 『つるばみ色のなぎ子たち』枕草子が書かれた平安時代が舞台 映像公開". Oricon. 21 May 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "アニメ「花は咲く」 明日へ —支えあおう— NHK東日本大震災プロジェクト" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  16. ^ "親と子の「花は咲く」 (SINGLE+DVD)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  17. ^ "文化庁メディア芸術祭歴代受賞作品" (in Japanese). Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  18. ^ "The Hiroshima Peace Film Award Winners of the Hiroshima International Film Festival 2016" (in Japanese). HIFF. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  19. ^ "キネマ旬報ベスト・テン、読者選出賞でも「この世界の片隅に」「ハドソン川」が1位" (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  20. ^ "第７１回毎日映画コンクール 心に迫る一本 日本映画大賞・日本映画優秀賞候補作" (in Japanese). Mainichi Newspaper. December 16, 2016.
  21. ^ "「この世界の片隅に」片渕須直監督、ブルーリボン賞監督賞に アニメ映画で初" (in Japanese). The Huffington Post Japan. Jan 26, 2017.
  22. ^ "「第２６回東京スポーツ映画大賞」ノミネート決定 ２・２６授賞式" (in Japanese). TOKYO-SPORTS. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  23. ^ "受賞・ノミネート 劇場用長編アニメ「この世界の片隅に」公式サイト". 「この世界の片隅に」製作委員会 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  24. ^ "平成29年度「児童福祉文化賞表彰式」" (in Japanese). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  25. ^ "芸術選奨受賞者が決定、新人賞に浦井健治、山田和樹ら。" (in Japanese). eplus inc. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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