Minoru Nishida

Filmes

A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Art Direction
Having lost her memory, The Girl wanders alone in a desert of ruins. She encounters The Robot, who has also seemed to lose its memory, and The Boy seeking the Crystal of Time.
Sinbad - Night at High Noon and the Wonder Gate
Art Direction
The search for Sana’s comrades continues. Sara who opens up her heart to Sinbad reveals her horrible story of how her father’s apprentice Galip destroyed the peaceful kingdom and her family by using the wizardly power. Suddenly the Magic Lamp shows the passage “to the Wonder Gate to the land of ancestors that appears in the Night at High Noon,” but Galip’s solders block their path.
Medusa's Revenge
Art Direction
Medusa and Palutena's rivalry stretches back many years before Pit, and continues to the present. Learn their past history and see how Pit goes up against her with Palutena's help.
Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future
Supervising Art Director
Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.
Genius Party Beyond
Art Direction
Cinco histórias, cinco maestros, cinco estilos e um denominador comum: máxima criatividade. Studio 4 ° C, a marca mais bacana do planeta, nos convida pela segunda vez a uma reunião exclusiva de talentos com um filme coletivo, cheio de liberdade e criatividade, que vai do anime clássico de Mahiro Maeda aos intrincados desenhos urbanos de Kazuto Nakazawa, O tumulto de cor de Shinya Ohira e o cyberpunk animado de Tatsuyuki Tanaka, e como se isso não bastasse, Koji Morimoto, o grande chefe do estúdio, é encarregado de colocar a cereja no topo do bolo com um pedaço fabuloso de poesia abstrata que faria um VJ morrer de êxtase. A festa do ano.
Kiku and the Wolf
Art Direction
Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.
The Cake Tree in the Ruins
Art Direction
War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
The Tale of the Ginormous Whale That Fell in Love with a Little Submarine
Art Direction
The third film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Art Direction
A ex-assassina conhecida apenas como "A Noiva" acorda de um coma de quatro anos decidida a se vingar de Bill, seu ex-amante e chefe, que tentou matá-la no dia do casamento. Ela está motivada a acertar as contas com cada uma das pessoas envolvidas com a perda da filha, da festa de casamento e dos quatro anos da sua vida. Na jornada, "A Noiva" é submetida a dores físicas agoniantes ao enfrentar a inescrupulosa gangue de Bill, o Esquadrão Assassino de Víboras Mortais.
The Mother Who Became a Kite
Art Direction
The second film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".
The Boy and the Sea Turtle
Art Direction
The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"
Princesa Arete
Art Direction
É sobre uma princesa confinada na torre do castelo aguardando pela escolha do futuro rei. Os candidatos devem buscar pelo mundo e retornar com itens mágicos dos extintos bruxos. Uma dia, um bruxo de verdade se apresenta como pretendente.
My Father's Dragon
Background Designer
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Animation Director
Narrated by a partridge, this charming animated tale explains the lengthy and confusing Christmas carol of the same name. The bold and brave Sir Carolboomer loves the melancholy Princess Silverbell. In order to win her heart he steals what he thinks is her Christmas list but what turns out to be the answers to the King's crossword puzzle. He mistakingly enlists his servant Hollyberry to find every item on her bizarre list, including a partridge in a pear tree, eight maids a milking, four calling birds...you get the basic idea. After twelve days of this gift giving, the Princess falls in love not with Carolboomer, but with the one who actually did the work, the noble Hollyberry.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Art Direction
Narrated by a partridge, this charming animated tale explains the lengthy and confusing Christmas carol of the same name. The bold and brave Sir Carolboomer loves the melancholy Princess Silverbell. In order to win her heart he steals what he thinks is her Christmas list but what turns out to be the answers to the King's crossword puzzle. He mistakingly enlists his servant Hollyberry to find every item on her bizarre list, including a partridge in a pear tree, eight maids a milking, four calling birds...you get the basic idea. After twelve days of this gift giving, the Princess falls in love not with Carolboomer, but with the one who actually did the work, the noble Hollyberry.
Peppermint Rose
Animation Director
Rose Richards is a bright and fun loving teenager until she is transported into the magical land of Peppermint Rose where she is thrust into a search for the lost beauty and magic of Peppermint Rose by a tiny wizard named Dimi. On her perilous journey to find the mysterious reason for the lost beauty, she confronts greedy monsters, treacherous mountains and rivers until she must confront the evil Queen Beeteelya. With the help of her new best friends, Daisy, Lily and Violet she saves the beloved flowers from destruction and is enshrined into protecting the enchanted flowers which bears her name.
Peppermint Rose
Art Direction
Rose Richards is a bright and fun loving teenager until she is transported into the magical land of Peppermint Rose where she is thrust into a search for the lost beauty and magic of Peppermint Rose by a tiny wizard named Dimi. On her perilous journey to find the mysterious reason for the lost beauty, she confronts greedy monsters, treacherous mountains and rivers until she must confront the evil Queen Beeteelya. With the help of her new best friends, Daisy, Lily and Violet she saves the beloved flowers from destruction and is enshrined into protecting the enchanted flowers which bears her name.
Macross: A Batalha Final
Color Designer
Ano 2009: A raça humana está em meio a uma guerra de três vias com a raças humanóides alienígenas gigantes chamadas Zentraedi (masculino) e Meltrandi (feminino). Após executar uma dobra espacial que enviou ele e parte do Sul da Ilha de Atalia à borda do Sistema Solar, a fortaleza espacial Macross está em seu caminho de volta à Terra. Durante uma batalha contra as forças Zentraedi, o jovem piloto Hikaru Ichijo resgata a cantora Lynn Minmay e sua relação se desenvolve quando ficam presos em algum lugar da nave. Mas, logo depois de finalmente retornar à Macross City, Minmay é capturada pelos Zentraedi. Hikaru e a oficial Misa Hayase acabam de volta ao planeta Terra (apenas para ver as consequências da destruição de sua civilização). Apenas uma canção descoberta há milhares de anos, juntamente com a voz de Minmay, pode determinar o resultado da guerra.
O Último Unicórnio
Background Designer
Um bravo unicórnio, que descobre talvez ser o último de sua espécie, vai em busca de seus semelhantes, para isso tendo que atravessar terras longínquas. No caminho junta-se a um mágico, e ambos enfrentarão um malvado rei cujo objetivo é o de capturar todos os unicórnios do mundo.
Back to the Forest
Art Designer
Peter the fairy, who is head of Placid forest, loves to play with his animal friends. One day "Man" threatens to destroy their homes by cutting down the trees. They decide to peacefully protest but the humans won't listen. With their lives at stake, the animals and Peter carry out their final operation.
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Background Designer
Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.