Kitaro Kosaka

Kitaro Kosaka

Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director. He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli, and with the famed director Hayao...

Known For

Spirited Away

Animation Director

Howl's Moving Castle

Animation Director

Princess Mononoke

Animation Director

Crew Credits

Belle

Key Animation

Okko's Inn

Director

The Wind Rises

Animation Director

From Up on Poppy Hill

Animation Director

Howl's Moving Castle

Animation Director

Spirited Away

Animation Director

Metropolis

Key Animation

Clover

Director

Princess Mononoke

Animation Director

Whisper of the Heart

Animation Director

Pom Poko

Key Animation

A-Girl

Director

Akira

Key Animation

Castle in the Sky

Key Animation

Angel's Egg

Key Animation

The Dagger of Kamui

Key Animation