Shichiro Kobayashi
Nascimento : 1932-08-30, Hokkaido, Japan
Morte : 2022-08-25
História
Shichiro Kobayashi was an art director and a guest professor at Kobe Design University. In 1968 he joined Gendai Seisaku Shuudan but left in the same year to establish his own studio, Kobayashi Production, where he served as the representative director until the studio's closure in February 2011. After that he left the animation industry.
Art Direction
When Armaroid Lady's body starts to disappear, Cobra must dive 20 years into the past to discover how to save his partner.
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When Utopia More discovers an ancient record that holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe, she becomes the target of the ruthless Gypsy Doc of the Pirate Guild. Utopia finds herself saved by the easy-going yet legendary space pirate, Cobra, whose custom made Psychogun makes him a force to be reckoned with. Together, the two of them attempt to stop Gypsy Doc (along with Cobra's revived arch-nemesis, Crystal Boy) and his efforts to steal the record and use its secrets to rule the universe.
Self
From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan's Studio Ghibli. Over 600 works from the artist were on display, and numerous fans flocked to the one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the lush, gorgeous background artwork typifying many a work from Hayao Miyazaki and other Ghibli filmmakers. International fans of Oga and Studio Ghibli have not been left out, however. A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest allows fans the opportunity to attend the exhibition, as well as watch interviews and testimonials with Oga's contemporaries and collaborators, all subtitled in English.
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The period of late World War II, Toshiko was living in downtown Tokyo with her family. Japan was more towards losing the War at the time and people were suffering with lack of materials. On March 10th 1945, she lost her mother and two younger sisters by the bombing in Tokyo. She picked up "Glass Rabbit", which shape was changed by the fire, out of the wreck one day and she experienced the terror of the War. Moreover when she had to evacuate to the suburbs, her father was killed by US army on the way at the station. Now that she became all alone, she felt so lonely and despaired that she almost found no meaning to be alive. But despite of her loneliness and sorrow, she aroused herself, thinking about all her family who were gone. "I must survive for my family.... Otherwise, who will be visiting their grave." This is the story of one girl, which should not be forgotten.
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Momoko, who attends a special school, is both mentally and physically disabled. Every morning she becomes peevish because she can't go to the ordinary school with her twin brother Riki.
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Utena é uma garota que, desde a tragédia que levou a morte de seus pais, deseja se tornar um príncipe, assim como o qual lhe ajudou a seguir em frente após a tragédia. Por isso, ela sempre se veste como um garoto, tentando agir como um príncipe. Ela vive uma vida comum, estudando em um colégio. Mas sua vida muda quando ela encontra um anel dentro de uma rosa e acaba se complicando com o conselho estudantil do colégio, descobrindo os segredos por traz da Noiva da Rosa. Agora ela deve confrontar esses segredos e descobrir mais sobre seu passado e, quem sabe, poderá se tornar um príncipe. Mas qual é a verdade por trás disso tudo?
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The Kimagure Orange Road series centers on a teenage romantic triangle: Hikaru and Madoka were best friends until they fell for Kyosuke, an understated hero with psychic powers. In 1991, the 19-year-old Kyosuke is struck by car and propelled three years into the future, where he tries to understand the changes that have taken place in his world. Madoka and Hikaru have grown up to become a promising songwriter and a student of drama and dance, respectively; the older Kyosuke is a student-photographer on assignment in Bosnia. The problem of two Kyosukes coexisting is played for laughs, including a sequence where the 22-year-old Kyosuke counsels his younger self. The filmmakers expect the viewer to know the characters from the OAVs, although designs have been changed. The result is a Pax-style romantic fantasy, rather than a sci-fi adventure.
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Based on the popular Licca doll in Japan. Licca meets a mysterious cat. Licca goes on vacation with her father to a town in the mountains that is the site of a festival of the stars.
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A short story during Jim's adventure at sea. He encounters a man at a bar who told a tail about a one-legged man. Thinking it's Silver who the man is referring too, Jim later asked him for details. The man told Jim that, near the coast Maratoran, Silver left the ship they were on went to the island on a small boat. Jim, who couldn't go at the time, left for Maratoran six years later. He met Silver's wife and son there.
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When a young boy's fist love marries his brother, his last resort is to move into the dorms of the local school. Unfortunately, the school administration places him in the weirdest house on campus with an unusual roommate, and strange neighbors.
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When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...
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Em 2003 o enorme asteroíde gelado P12 colidiu-se com o planeta Vênus. O impacto varreu de Vênus a maior parte de sua densa atmosfera. E o gelo pulverizado formou vastos oceanos de ácido na superfície do planeta. Em 2018 o primeiro grupo de colonos desembarcou no continente norte, Ishtar. Isto marca o início do calendário venusiano. Ano Venusiano 072 (2089 dC): O planeta que parecia ser um novo começo para humanidade está sofrendo com o constante atrito entre suas 2 nações. Hiro, um motociclista de demolição, estava em plena corrida quando a nação de Ishtar invadiu sua cidade. Posteriormente se viu envolvido, junto com seus companheiros, na luta pela liberdade de Aphrodia (sua nação de origem).
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Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him against stronger boxers and even worse, he's prone to throw up when he gets a body blow, which drives potential opponents away. His coach is at his wit's end as he struggles to get this idiot to show some discipline in his training. The matter is complicated when a young nun feeds the "starving" boy after she finds him fainted on the streets during his enforced fast. She learns of her mistake and she tries to help him get ready for a fight, but his weakness for food and the odd relationship they share don't makes things easy.
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O casamento de Goemon, um tesouro oculto e um Clã de ninjas assassinos. Esses são os ingredientes dessa empreitada de Lupin em que era para ser seu primeiro OVA, mas que depois foi lançado como um Movie. Muita ação frenética, comédia e intrigas temperam essa excelente aventura. O casamento de Goemon com Murasaki Inabe, filha do líder de um clã samurai, é interrompida quando sofre um ataque de ninjas Fuma, sequestrando a noiva e exigindo como resgate um antigo tesouro de sua família. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon e Fujiko trabalham juntos mais uma vez para tentar salvar Murasaki e chegar ao tesouro antes dos Fuma.
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GASP is a popular alternative band. Conflict arises when the lead singer To-Y is offered a pop idol contract that stipulates he leave the rest of the band behind.
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High School student Gen and his girlfriend Oshimi are kidnapped by the space pirate Lipmila. 20,000 years ago, other aliens hid an ancient and priceless map on Earth. Gen knows how to find it - or so they tell him.
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The third of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
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The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on Kyūshū (they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the Prefectural Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers and students from the school. They are also joined by a cyborg transfer student from India.
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Num mundo pós-apocalíptico, estranho e estéril, uma menina passa seus dias vagando pelas sombras, coletando água em frascos e protegendo um grande ovo. Um homem, carregando uma espécie de arma em forma de cruz, cruza seu caminho e fica curioso em relação ao ovo. Ambos começam a viajar juntos.
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Sweet Sea, an adorable mermaid princess and her friends Mud-Puppy, Purrsia, Sea Star and Goldie stand up to Sheba the Sea Serpent and her squirmy sidekick to retrieve Sweet Sea's stolen magical shell necklace.
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Shingo is planning the film "A Story of Two Worlds" starring Megumi. Yuu's transformation into Creamy Mami is happening without her wanting it. She is asked to star in the film too. But the magic doesn't last...
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The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic results. With Lum gone, her friends decide that there is no reason to remain, and so Tomobiki slowly returns to normal. The highlight of the film is a high speed chase scene with an angry Lum flying after the mysterious Ruu through the city at night and into a hall of mirrors (and illusion ). Ataru's true feelings for Lum are probably more obvious in this film than any of the others.
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França, século XVII, sob o reinado de Luís XIII. Dartacão é um camponês impetuoso e inocente de Gasconha, bem como um hábil espadachim, que viaja para Paris com o objectivo de tornar o seu sonho realidade: juntar-se ao Corpo de Moscãoteiros da Guarda Real.
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Gamba, an adventurous mouse, embarks on a journey with his childhood friend Bobo. They gather experienced mice sailors at a harbor. They encounter Chuuta, a mouse who has been injured and in need of help. He appeals for Gamba and Bobo to assist him in defending the island of Yumemishima and its inhabitants from the cruel and wicked weasel Noroi.
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As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started.
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A lonely kid who lives in the countryside meets a strange boy who has a ragged umbrella over his head and there is always rain pouring over him. The rain boy is dazzled by the other kid's boots and offers three wishes in exchange for them.
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This is a fantasy story about a sword and the magic of a girl warrior, Emiya, in a fictitious world. A strong country, Guroman, attacks and overtakes the country of Kukurit, though the particulars of when and where this happens are not given. As a means of keeping the peace, the two countries exchange their third prince and princess, respectively. Prime Rose, the third princess of Guroman, is placed in the custody of a noble family of Kukurit under the name of Emiya.
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Duke Togo, conhecido como Golgo 13, é um assassino profissional. Após completar mais uma missão, ele desperta a ira do pai do assassinado, um rico empresário, que contrata assassinos e até suborna a alta cúpula da CIA e FBI afim de obter vingança.
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An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz.
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Em um universo de planetas desabitados, governos corruptos agem como sindicatos do crime e a Federação de Justiça das Galáxias Unidas bota a prêmio as cabeças dos bandidos mais perigosos. A maior recompensa vai para quem capturar Cobra, um golpista cujo braço esquerdo oculta uma devastadora arma. Considerado morto por dois anos, ele deixa seu retiro após conhecer a linda caçadora de recompensas Jane Flower – uma decisão que o coloca em conflito direto com uma organização criminosa.
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Passaram seis meses desde o trágico acidente na luta entre o Joe e Rikiishi. Joe acredita que superou a morte de Rikiishi e decide voltar. Joe faz um retorno bem-sucedido ao marcar 5 KO por golpes corporais. Joe então tem uma chance pelo título nacional como um meio pela comissão de boxe para derrubá-lo. O campeão, Tiger Ozaki, aproveita os hábitos de Joe e acaba fazendo o corner dele jogar a toalha. Joe tem medo de socar o rosto por causa do que aconteceu com Rikiishi. Youko, o interesse amoroso de Joe e dono da academia onde Rikiishi treinou, recruta um boxeador venezuelano classificado mundialmente, Carlos Rivera, para colocar Joe de pé e seguir sua carreira de boxe nas classificações regionais e mundiais.
Background Designer
Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only they should be able to decide or allow people to be happy. Unico is banished to the Hill of Oblivion, and the West Wind is ordered to take him there. She can't stand giving this fate to Unico, so Unico's adventures begin, as the West Wind takes him from one place and time to the next, in a neverending journey to escape the wrath of the gods.
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Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
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Remi, an orphan kid gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.
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Lupin é um famoso ladrão e, após um roubo bem sucedido, percebe que foi enganado e roubou notas falsas. Disposto a encontrar a origem do dinheiro falso, ele descobre que ele vem de um país distante e esquecido, já famoso pela fabricação de dinheiro falso no mundo todo e encontra Clarisse, a herdeira da Família Real de Cagliostro. Clarisse está em perigo devido ao segredo que sua família esconde.
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High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.
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Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny causes trouble in school and now the school is after Panny! Then, Panny makes a new friend, Tiny, a baby tiger who's wandered off from the circus.
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Pan-chan, faz um novo amigo, Tiny, um bebê tigre que se perdeu de um circo. Levar Tiny de volta para sua mãe é a primeira aventura, mas depois de uma tempestade a cidade inteira é inundada e Mimiko, Papanda e Pan-chan, precisam resgatar todos os animais que ficaram presos em um trem.
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A alegre Mimiko tem uma família muito incomum para uma garotinha, um urso panda como “papai” e o filhote dele que a chama de “mamãe”. Quando Pan-chan segue Mimiko até a escola ele tenta fingir que é um ursinho de pelúcia para não coloca-la em apuros, mas apesar dos esforços para se comportar ele causa confusão na cozinha e passa a ser perseguido.