Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata ( ⾼畑 勲 , Takahata Isao, October 29, 1935 –

Isao Takahata
⾼畑 勲
April 5, 2018) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and
producer. In 1985, he co-founded Studio Ghibli with his long-time
collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki and Miyazaki's collaborators
Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. Takahata earned
international critical acclaim for his work as a director of anime
films, among them Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday
(1991), Pom Poko (1994), and My Neighbors the Yamadas
(1999). His last film as director was The Tale of the Princess
Kaguya (2013), which was nominated for an Oscar in the category
of Best Animated Feature Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

Contents
Life and career
Early career
Studio Ghibli
Later life and death Takahata at the 2014 Annecy
International Animated Film Festival
Influences and style
Born October 29, 1935
TV works
Ujiyamada, Ise, Mie,
Filmography Japan
References Died April 5, 2018
Further reading (aged 82)
External links Itabashi, Tokyo,
Japan
Other names Takemoto Tetsu ( 武
Life and career 元哲
)
Education University of Tokyo

Early career Occupation Film director,

animation director,
Takahata was born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie Prefecture, Japan, producer
on October 29, 1935, as the youngest of seven siblings and third Years active 1961–2018
son in the family.[1][2][3] His father, Asajirō Takahata (1888–
Relatives Asajirō Takahata
1984),[4] was a junior high school principal, who became the
education chief of Okayama prefecture after the war.[3] On June (father)
29, 1945, when Takahata was nine years old, he and his family Shunji Iwai (relative)
survived a major United States air raid on Okayama City.[5][6]

Takahata graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1959 with a degree in French literature. During this
time at the school, he had seen the French film Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird), which
led him to become interested in animation.[7] Takahata was more interested in animation as a medium, and
wanted to write and direct for animated works rather than create animations himself.[8] A friend suggested
he apply for a directing job at Toei Animation; Takahata passed their entrance exam, and was hired as an
assistant director for several of Toei's animated television shows and films—including Wolf Boy Ken, on
which he was mentored by Yasuo Ōtsuka.[7][9] Ōtsuka eventually asked Takahata to direct an animated
feature film of his own; his directorial debut was The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968).
Ōtsuka served as Animation Director on the film, while another Toei employee, Hayao Miyazaki, served as
key animator.[7] Though it would later be recognized as one of the first defining works of modern Japanese
animation,[8] the film was a commercial failure, and Takahata was demoted.[5][7]

Unable to further improve his standing at Toei, Takahata left the studio in 1971, along with Miyazaki and
Yōichi Kotabe. Takahata and Miyazaki came up with the idea of creating an animated feature film based on
the stories of Pippi Longstocking. They developed the idea along with "A Production", an animated studio
formed by another former Toei animator, Daikichiro Kusube (the company became Shin-Ei Animation).
Takahata and Miyazaki had developed a number of storyboards and had flown out to Sweden for location
shots, to meet with the books' author, Astrid Lindgren, and secure the rights for the character. However
they could not reach an agreement with the rightsholders, and were forced to drop the project.[10][11]
Takahata and Miyazaki remained collaborators in several other animation projects through the 1970s,
including taking over production of the anime series Lupin III at Ōtsuka's request, due to its poor
ratings.[10] They also made Panda! Go, Panda! for TMS around this time, which utilized some of the
designs and concepts developed for the Longstocking project.

Not long afterward, Takahata, Kotabe, and Miyazaki were approached by the studio Zuiyo Enterprise to
create an animated series based on the novel Heidi, which resulted in Heidi, Girl of the Alps (this also
incorporated some of their work from the Pippi Longstocking concept).[10] The animation production
section of Zuiyo was established as a subsidiary company named Zuiyo Eizo, later becoming Nippon
Animation, which Takahata and Miyazaki joined.[7] Takahata continued to work at Nippon for about a
decade; his work there included a World Masterpiece Theater adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1979,
another project which had thematic similarities with the Pippi Longstocking concept.[12]

Around 1981, Takahata left Nippon to join Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Tokyo
Movie Shinsha or TMS Entertainment), where he led production of an animated feature based on the
manga Jarinko Chie, and a subsequent television spinoff.[7] Around 1982, Telecom came up with the idea
of an animated feature film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland which adapted the Little Nemo comic,
which was to feature joint direction between Japanese and American animation techniques. While both
Takahata and Miyazaki were originally involved, they opted to leave the project and Telecom itself due to
discord between the Japanese and American project directions.[12]

Studio Ghibli

Concurrent to these events, Miyazaki had made his own directorial debut in the Lupin III feature film The
Castle of Cagliostro in 1979, which was a critical success.[10] Inspired by this, Miyazaki then began
developing his own manga, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and directing its 1984 film adaption, which
also was commercially and critically successful.[10] Miyazaki approached Takahata with the idea of co-
founding their own animation studio based on the success of Nausicaä; Studio Ghibli was subsequently
formed in 1985 by Miyazaki, Takahata, and Miyazaki's collaborators Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi
Tokuma.[10]

The studio primarily released animated feature films that were directed by Miyazaki, with Takahata serving
as producer or in other roles. Takahata did direct several Studio Ghibli films as well. His first, Grave of the
Fireflies, released in 1988, was based on the semi-autobiographical short story of the same name written by
Akiyuki Nosaka, but Takahata was also partially inspired by his own experiences from the bombing of
Okayama City.[12] Grave of the Fireflies received critical acclaim for its emotional impact and anti-war
themes, and is considered the film that established the international esteem of Studio Ghibli.[13] Other
Ghibli films which Takahata served as director included Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994) and My
Neighbors the Yamadas (1999). In addition to directing and producing, he also served as music director for
Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989).[12]

Later life and death

Takahata announced that he would direct one last film for Studio Ghibli, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, 2013), around the same time that Miyazaki also announced his plans to
retire from the studio. "Someday we should make a Japanese Heidi", Takahata and Miyazaki had both
agreed after making Heidi noting its similarities to the Princess Kaguya story. Heidi's carefree depiction,
Takahata had told one journalist, "stems from my ideal image of what a child should be like".[14][15][9][16]
When the film arrived in Western markets the following year, it was nominated for the Best Animated
Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.[17] Takahata continued to work at Ghibli, serving as an artistic
producer for The Red Turtle (2016), the first feature film of Dutch animator and director Michaël Dudok de
Wit in collaboration with Ghibli. The film premiered in September 2016.[18][19]

Takahata had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and died on April 5, 2018, at a hospital in Tokyo, at the
age of 82.[20][21][1] On May 15, 2018, a farewell ceremony for Takahata was held at the Ghibli Museum in
Tokyo. Hayao Miyazaki publicly spoke for the first time about Takahata's death, saying "I was convinced
that Paku-san [Takahata's nickname] would live to be 95 years old, but he unfortunately passed away. It
makes me think my time is also limited...Thank you, Paku-san."[22][23]

Influences and style

Takahata was influenced by the works of Paul Grimault, a French animator, as well as French New Wave
directors, including Jean-Luc Godard.[9] He was also influenced by French-born Canadian director
Frédéric Back, including his works Crac and The Man Who Planted Trees.[16] He felt it was important to
be able to achieve trompe-l'œil, the illusion of three dimensions using a two-dimensional medium.[16]

Takahata's films had a major influence on Hayao Miyazaki, prompting animator Yasuo Ōtsuka to suggest
that Miyazaki learned his sense of social responsibility from Takahata and that without him, Miyazaki
would probably have been interested in comic book material.[24] As with Miyazaki, Takahata and Michel
Ocelot were great admirers of each other's work. Ocelot names Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies and Pom
Poko among his favorite films.[25][26]

TV works
 Japanese
Year Title Role Notes
Name

Ken the Wolf Takahata directed episodes 6, 14, 19, 24, 32,
1963– Ōkamishōnen
Advisor/Director 38, 45, 51, 58, 66, 72, and 80 (episode 6 under
1965 Boy[9] Ken
the pseudonym "Isao Yamashita").
Hustle
1965 Hassuru Panchi Director Director of the opening credits.
Punch[10]

1968– Kitaro of GeGeGe no Storyboard

Storyboard director for episode 62.
1969 GeGeGe[10] Kitarō Director

1969– The Secret of Himitsu no Assistant One of Toei's classic magical girl series, based
1970 Akko-chan[10] Akko-chan Director on the comics for girls by Fujio Akatsuka.

Ataro the Takahata directed episodes 10, 14, 36, 44, 51,
1969– Storyboard
Mōretsu Atarō 59, 71, 77, and 90. He also directed the opening
1970 Workaholic[27] Director
credits for episodes 70 to 90.
GeGeGe no
1971– GeGeGe no Storyboard Storyboard director for episode 5, direction of
Kitarō – Vol.
1972 Kitarō Director the opening and closing credits.
2[10]
Apache
1971– Apatchi Storyboard
Baseball Storyboard director for episodes 2, 12, and 17.
1972 Yakyūgun Director
Team[27]
Takahata did cleanup for episodes 6, 9, and 12,
1971–
1972 Lupin III[9] Rupan Sansei Director and directed episodes 7, 8, 10, 11, and 13-23
along with Hayao Miyazaki.
Suzunosuke of
1972– Akadō Based on the jidaigeki comics by Eiichi Fukui
the Red Director
1973 Suzunosuke and Thunayoshi Takeuchi.
Cuirass[27]
Isamu, Boy of
1973– Kōya no Storyboard director for episodes 15 and 18,
the Director
1974 Shōnen Isamu director for episode 15.
Wilderness[27]
Heidi, Girl of Arupusu no Series director, and storyboard for episodes 1
1974 Director
the Alps[9] Shōjo Haiji through 3.

Dog of Furandāsu no
1975 Storyboard Storyboard for episode 15.
Flanders Inu
3000 Leagues Haha o
Series director, and storyboard for episodes 1,
1976 in Search of Tazunete Director
2, 4, 5, 7.
Mother[27] Sanzenri

Monarch: The Seton

Big Bear of Doubutsuki:
1977 Storyboard Storyboard for episodes 5, and 8.
Kuma no Ko
Tallac[27]
Jacky

Future Boy Storyboard for episodes 7, 13, and 20.

Mirai Shōnen
1978 Director Storyboard and Director for episodes 9, and 10
Conan[10] Konan
along with Hayao Miyazaki.
The Story of Perīnu
1978 Storyboard Storyboard for episodes 3, and 6.
Perrine[27] Monogatari

Anne of Green Director and writer for episodes 1–4, 6, 8, 10,

1979 Akage no An Director 12–13, 17–18, 20, 23, 25–44, and 47–50,
Gables[9]
storyboard for episodes 1–4, and 29
Series director, storyboard and director for
1981–
1983 Chie the Brat[7] Jarinko Chie Director episodes 2, 6, and 11 under the pseudonym
"Tetsu Takemoto".
Filmography
A.
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
Director
Based upon Ougai Mori's
1961 The Littlest Warrior[27] Yes
Sansho the Bailiff
Interesting History of Takahata was also a script
1962 Yes
Civilization, Story of Iron supervisor
The Little Prince and the Eight-
1963 Yes
Headed Dragon
The Biggest Duel in the Directed by Umetsugu
1963 Yes
Underworld Inoue
The Great Adventure of Horus,
1968 Yes
Prince of the Sun[7]
Short film; written by
1972 Panda! Go, Panda![9] Yes
Hayao Miyazaki
Panda! Go, Panda! The Rainy- Short film; written by
1973 Yes
Day Circus[9] Miyazaki

1981 Jarinko Chie[27] Yes Yes

1982 Gauche the Cellist[27] Yes Yes

Nausicaä of the Valley of the

1984 Yes Directed by Miyazaki
Wind[7]

1986 Castle in the Sky[7] Yes Directed by Miyazaki

The Story of Yanagawa's

1987 Yes Yes Documentary
Canals[27]
Takahata's first film for
1988 Grave of the Fireflies[28] Yes Yes
Studio Ghibli
Directed by Miyazaki;
1989 Kiki's Delivery Service[12] Takahata was musical
director

1991 Only Yesterday[29] Yes Yes

1994 Pom Poko[29] Yes Yes

1999 My Neighbors the Yamadas[7] Yes Yes

Collaborative movie;
2003 Winter Days[7] Yes Yes Takahata created segment
28
The Kingdom of Dreams and Documentary featuring
2013
Madness[30] interviews with Takahata

The Tale of the Princess Takahata's final film as

2013 Yes Yes
Kaguya[7] director

Isao Takahata and His Tale of

2015 Documentary
Princess Kaguya[31]
Directed by Michaël
2016 The Red Turtle[7] Yes Dudok de Wit; Takahata
was artistic producer
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Further reading
Odell, Colin; Le Blanc, Michelle (2009). Studio Ghibli: The films of Hayao Miyazaki & Isao
Takahata. Hertfordshire, England: Kamera. ISBN 9781842432792. OCLC 299246656 (http
s://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299246656).

External links
Takahata information at nausicaa.net (http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/takahata)
GhibliWorld.com: a Personal Conversation with Isao Takahata (https://web.archive.org/web/
20071017155214/http://www.ghibliworld.com/isaotakahatainterview.html)
Isao Takahata (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=773) at
Anime News Network's encyclopedia
 Isao Takahata (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847223/) at IMDb
Isao Takahata anime (http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D
=⾼畑 勲 + &asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5B
media%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5
D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5
Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank) at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

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