Iwao Takamoto

Nacimiento : 1925-04-29, Los Angeles, California, USA

Muerte : 2007-01-08

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He was most famous as being a production and character designer for Hanna-Barbera Productions shows such as Scooby-Doo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Iwao Takamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

Tom and Jerry: The Karate Guard
Storyboard
The cartoon starting scene starts outside of the house and then goes to Tom, who was taking a nap but was woken up by Jerry. Tom peeks through the mouse hole to see what the noise was and sees Jerry smacking a punching bag that looks like a cat. After Jerry finishes with the punching bag, his spiritual mentor appears and asks him if he's ready to take on the cat, which is Tom. Jerry nods yes. After Jerry walks out of his mouse hole he sees Tom at the end of a hallway and becomes afraid of him, until Tom starts to mock Jerry. He then laughs at the thought of Jerry defeating him. Jerry then decides to go and fight Tom until Tom pulls out a flyswatter and hits Jerry with it a couple of times. After the beating, Tom then slingshots Jerry with the flyswatter back into his mouse hole where he runs into one of his walls. Jerry's spiritual mentor appears again and gives Jerry a gong to ring that summons a "Karate Guard" named Momo-sumo (played by Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help.
Scooby-Doo en la isla de los zombies
Creative Consultant
Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Vilma, Daphne y Fred se reúnen para resolver el más gracioso y aterrador misterio de su carrera. El equipo del miedo viaja a una misteriosa isla para investigar al fantasma del pirata Moonscar. Pero resulta que el espíritu del espadachín no es el único personaje aterrador de la isla... Primera de las películas lanzadas directamente a vídeo/DVD basadas en el personaje de Scooby Doo.
Hägar the Horrible
Creative Director
Made-for-TV special of popular comic strip.
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
Creative Producer
The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
Creative Director
The three protagonists listen to a storyteller recount the creation as well as the Fall. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty after tricking a gardener into giving them fruit for free.
La Navidad de los Picapiedras
Creative Producer
Papá Noel tiene un accidente en la casa de Pedro en la víspera de Navidad, Pedro y Pablo tienen que continuar su recorrido por él.
Cyrano
Producer
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.
La telaraña de Carlota
Director
Wilbur, un cerdito que vive en una granja, se entera de que su destino final es acabar en el plato de una mesa. Decidido a evitar tan fatal desenlace, trazará un plan con su amiga la araña Charlotte. Adaptación de un best-seller infantil, escrito por E.B. White e ilustrado por Garth Williams, de enorme éxito en todo el mundo. Hasta la fecha, se han vendido más de 45 millones de ejemplares y ha sido traducido a 23 idiomas. (FILMAFFINITY)
A Christmas Story
Production Design
The special is set in a town almost like in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and it was Christmas Eve. In one house, a little boy named Timmy was read a Christmas story and tucked into bed. The resident mouse Gumdrop , while admiring the house all decorated for Christmas, noticed Timmy's letter to Santa on the floor. The letter must of have fallen off the table and never got mailed. So he and the family dog Gobber set outside to deliver the letter to Santa and save Christmas for Timmy.
El Arca Loca de Yogui
Production Design
En la película se narran las aventuras del Oso Yogi que pilota un enorme arca voladora semejante al Arca de Noé, en la que han embarcado el resto de personajes de Hanna-Barbera, siguiendo la idea del Génesis bíblico.Así en la película podemos encontrarnos a personajes como Huckleberry Hound, Canuto y Canito, Tiro Loco McGraw, Pixie Dixie y el gato Jinks, Pepe Pótamo, Maguila Gorila, a la Osita Cindy y muchos más.Todos ellos a las órdenes de Yogi lucharán contra villanos que intentan destruir el medio ambiente.
The Night Before Christmas
Character Designer
Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.