Behind the anime

Tadanari Okamoto

Director

Tadanari Okamoto was a Japanese independent animator.

Born in: Osaka
Education: University of Osaka, Nihon University
Credits: 8

The person behind the work

Biography

Tadanari Okamoto (岡本忠成, Okamoto Tadanari; January 11, 1932 – February 16, 1990) was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, many of them winning award-winning, his honorific nicknamed "Sheldon Cohen and Hans Fischerkoesen of Japan".