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Behind the anime
Character Design
Toyoo Ashida was a Japanese anime character designer, animator and director.
Our catalog credits Toyo Ashida, a director, designer, and producer, on 47 titles. Toyoo is from Chiba, Japan. Born April 21, 1944.
Behind the scenes, the most common credits are character design (7), director (7), and animation director (6).
Our catalog lists 47 credits, including Fairy Princess Minky Momo, The Legend of Ninja Kamui, and Mashin Eiyuden Wataru.
Their hometown is listed as Chiba, Japan.
The person behind the work
Toyoo Ashida (芦田 豊雄, Ashida Toyoo; April 21, 1944 – July 23, 2011) was a Japanese anime character designer, animator and director. He was most notable for directing the original Vampire Hunter D anime, as well as for providing character designs for Vifam, Mashin Hero Wataru, Minky Momo and F-Zero GP Legend.
He is the founder of the anime production studio, Studio Live and as well as the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) along with Satoshi Kon. His designs are similar to those of Akira Toriyama. Toyoo got his style while working on Dr. Slump. He was also heavily inspired by Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, the Fleischer Brothers, Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis.
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27 titles listed
