Shinichi Suzuki

Birth : 1933-12-04, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

History

Shinichi Suzuki (鈴木伸一 , Suzuki Shin'ichi, December 4, 1933) is a Japanese animation writer, director and mangaka. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, he is a member of the Japan Animation Association and director of Suginami Animation Museum. He was one of the founders of Studio Zero along with Fujio Akatsuka and Shotaro Ishinomori, a short-lived studio that created shows like Rainbow Sentai Robin. He took part in at least the last Animation Festival with the short Dot (点), and went on to take part in films like Space Firebird 2772 and Legend of the Forest and Yuki before focusing on educational films. He was most active time in the 60s-80s. In 2001 he worked on NHK's claymation series Chikkun Takku (チックン・タック) and in 2003 he provided a warm and memorable short to Kawamoto Kihachirou's Winter Days. Note: Not to be confused with the Magic Bus animator Shinichi Suzuki by the same kanji name. Note: Also not to be confused with animator, director and Anime Koubou Basara founder Shinichi Suzuki by a different kanji name (鈴木信一).

Movies

Winter Days
Winter Days
Director
Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names of animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Animation Director
As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had imagined. In three heartwarming tales, Cinderella calls on her animal friends and her Fairy Godmother to help as she brings her own grace and charm to her regal role and discovers that being true to yourself is the best way to make your dreams come true.
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Animation Director
Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
Key Animation
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.
Legend of the Forest
Legend of the Forest
Key Animation
A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way.
Love City
Love City
Key Animation
In a dystopic and futuristic Tokyo, humanity’s genetic code has gone awry. At the forefront of the technology is Fraud, an organization conducting experiments on people such as Kei and Ai – two escaped “headmeters” with hefty psychokinetic powers. The sinister Mr. Lee wants nothing more to retrieve Ai back to his clutches, as she seemingly holds the key to immense power; Kei wants simply to keep Ai safe; and the evil Lai Lo Ching has his own master plan. Along with the help of the amnesiac headmeter K2 and a trusty sidekick, Kei must fight to protect Ai from the evils of Mr. Lee, Lai Lo Ching, and the state of the world itself!
Locke the Superman
Locke the Superman
Key Animation
When the villainous Lady Kahn starts building an army of super-powerful espers, Colonel Ryu Yamaki is dispatched to recruit the most powerful superhuman in the known universe to help oppose her. Unfortunately, the esper known only as Locke has either never heard the "with great powers come great responsibilities" speech or he simply doesn't care, and he refuses to leave his peaceful civilian life herding sheep. However, when Lady Kahn makes a preemptive move to take Locke and Ryu out of the picture, the irritated superbeing quickly changes his mind. Now the bad guys are about to learn that starting a fight with someone with super powers that include teleportation, a nearly indestructible force field and space martial arts was a very big mistake!
Hattori and the War of the Little Ninja Villages
Hattori and the War of the Little Ninja Villages
Supervising Producer
Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil and Paman - Birdman ga Yattekita.
パーマン バードマンがやって来た!!
パーマン バードマンがやって来た!!
Director
Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary
Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary
Storyboard Artist
Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil and The Monster Kid and The Demon’s Sword.
Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary
Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary
Supervising Producer
Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil and The Monster Kid and The Demon’s Sword.
Bokura Mangaka: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari
Bokura Mangaka: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari
Director
Tokiwa was the apartment complex where a group of stellar artists lived in 1953. Hiro Terada, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka shared the trials and tribulations of being struggling young artists and writers with no money and no luck with editors or girls, with a spirit of insane youthful enthusiasm that enabled them to survive the lean years and emerge as stars of the manga firmament.
The Gourd-Bottle
The Gourd-Bottle
Director
Independent animation by Suzuki Shin'ichi.
Dot
Dot
Director
Independent animation by Suzuki Shiniichi
Plus 50000-nen
Plus 50000-nen
Director
A short movie by Otogi Production.