Toshiyuki Inoue

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-06-20 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

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Toshiyuki Inoue

Biography

Toshiyuki Inoue is one of the most important animators in Japan. Nicknamed “the perfect animator” for his proficiency, ability, and range of expression going from cartoony deformation to absolute photorealism, Inoue is a legendary artist. Beginning his career in 1982, he was quickly promoted to character design and animation direction on Gu Gu Ganmo. His work on Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, Akira, and Kiki’s Delivery Service propelled him to fame in the following years. He became one of the leading artists in the “realist” movement that developed after Akira and worked on many iconic productions such as Ghost in the Shell, Jin-...

Production

2023

The Boy and the Heron

as Key Animation

2002

A Tree of Palme

as Character Designer

2012

1995

Memories

as Character Designer

1995

Memories

as Animation Supervisor

2003

Tokyo Godfathers

as Animation Director

2003

Tokyo Godfathers

as Key Animation

2023

maboroshi

as Key Animation

2021

The Deer King

as Lead Animator

2023

The Concierge

as Key Animation

2004

Steamboy

as Key Animation

1999

2006

Paprika

as Key Animation

2015

Miss Hokusai

as Key Animation

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Key Animation

2002

Millennium Actress

as Animation Director

2002

Millennium Actress

as Key Animation

2000

Blood: The Last Vampire

as Key Animation

1991

Roujin Z

as Key Animation

2002

A Tree of Palme

as Key Animation

1991

Only Yesterday

as Key Animation

2014

Giovanni's Island

as Key Animation

2021

Belle

as Key Animation

1989

Venus Wars

as Key Animation

1992

Run, Melos!

as Key Animation

2014

Tomcat's Big Adventure

as Key Animation

1991

Fly! Peek the Whale

as Key Animation

1987

1989

Kiki's Delivery Service

as Key Animation

1986

Barefoot Gen 2

as Key Animation

1985

Gu-Gu Ganmo

as Animation Director

2022

The First Slam Dunk

as Key Animation

1995

Ghost in the Shell

as Key Animation

2022

1987

Foxes of Chironup

as Key Animation

2021

The Deer King

as Animation Director

1995

Memories

as Animation Director

1991

Fly! Peek the Whale

as Animation Director

2024

Look Back

as Key Animation

1988

Akira

as Key Animation

1996

2012

Wolf Children

as Key Animation

2015

The Boy and the Beast

as Key Animation

2017

Napping Princess

as Key Animation

2012

A Letter to Momo

as Key Animation

-

The Dream Machine

as Animation Director

2015

Pigtails

as Key Animation

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