Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ( Japanese 貞 本 義 行 , Sadamoto Yoshiyuki ; born January 29, 1962 in Tokuyama (today: Shūnan ), Japan ) is a Japanese character designer , illustrator and mangaka . He is one of the founding members of the GAINAX studio .
biography
Sadamoto wanted to become a mangaka since he was a child. But when he founded the GAINAX studio, he first became a character designer. The first film, Wings of Honneamise , was a hit in Japan and internationally. He also worked as an animator . In his designs, he was mainly based on Asian styles from China and India.
He also started drawing manga in the 1990s. His longest and most famous series was Neon Genesis Evangelion for the television series of the same name , which appeared from 1995 to 2013 and of which a volume was released every year.
In 2007, he received the 6th Tōkyō Anime Awards for Best Character Design in the film The Girl Who Leaped Through Time .
Works
As a character designer
- Wings of Honneamise (1987)
- Gunbuster (1988)
- The Power of the Magic Stone (1989)
- Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water - The Movie (1991)
- R20 - Ginga Kūkō (1991), also as a director
- Chrono Cross (1995)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
- FLCL (2000)
- .hack // Legend Of The Twilight (2002)
- .hack // Liminality (2002)
- .hack // SIGN (2002)
- Cutie Honey (live action, 2004)
- Top o Nerae 2! (2004)
- .hack // Roots (2006)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
- Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo (2007)
- Evangelion Shin-Gekijōban: Ha (2009)
- Summer Wars (2009)
As an animator
- Film about Daicon IV (1983)
- Angel's Egg (1985)
- Murasaki Shikibu Genji Monogatari (1987)
- F (1988)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (2007)
As a mangaka
- FINAL STRETCH Saigo no Shissō (FINAL STRETCH 最後 の 疾走 , 1981)
- LONELY LONESOME NIGHT Furimuita Natsu (LONELY LONESOME NIGHT ふ り む い た 夏 , 1981)
- CRAZY RIDER Ōtarumi no Taka (CRAZY RIDER 大 垂 水 の 鷹 , 1981)
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18R no taka (18R の 鷹 , 1982) - ROUTE 20 - Haguruma no aru Machi (ROUTE20 歯 車 の あ る 街 , 1991–1992)
- Kotō no Oni ( 孤島 の 鬼 , 1994)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-2013)
- DIRTY WORK (1998)
- System of Romance (2000)
- Toki o Kakeru Shōjo - TOKIKAKE (時 を か け る 少女 -TOKIKAKE- , 2006, original character design)
- Archaic Smile ( ア ル カ イ ッ ク ス マ イ ル , 2007)
Mecha designer
- Bōkyaku no Senritsu (2004)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Sadamoto ( Memento of November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in Animerica No. 8 1998
- ↑ Awards Winners Archive - Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008. Archived from the original on April 26, 2008 ; accessed on December 1, 2013 .
Web links
- Anime News Network via Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 貞 本 義 行 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese artist, mangaka, character designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shūnan , Japan |