Koji Morimoto
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AICN Anime - Ninth Anniversary Column, Covering Satoshi Kon, Electric Ant, Trigun and More......just the anime writers who have become Kon admirers. Anime random has demonstrated a thin bandwidth for creator credits. For example, Koji Morimoto is a prominent figure in anime. He cofounded Studtio 4c. He was involved with numerous... In this article: Satoshi Kon, Andrew Osmond, Akira, Perfect Blue, Anime, Electric Ant, Kodansha, Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, and Millennium Actress |
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Passion (Hikaru Utada song)
...music video was filmed in China by her then husband, combined with an animation segment in the beginning of the video created by Koji Morimoto. Utada had also provided the theme song for Kingdom Hearts entitled "Hikari " in Japan and...
In this article: Passion, Kingdom Hearts II, Passion, Hikaru Utada, Hikari, DVD, Kingdom Hearts, Japan, and Square Enix
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | October 31, 2009
The Anime Masters Demonstrate Their Best in Genius Party
...it is interesting to note that Fukushima is married to Studio 4C cofounder and anime shorts maestro Koji Morimoto. Relevant to Genius Party, her previous shorts work includes the fantastic opening sequence of the Robot Carnival (1987)...
In this article: Studio 4°C, Macross 7, Shinichiro Watanabe, North America, Yoko Kanno, Hayao Miyazaki, Robot Carnival, and Mind Game
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Studio 4°C
Studio 4°C is a Japanese animation studio founded by Koji Morimoto, Eiko Tanaka, and Yoshiharu Sato in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is densest. It should not be mistaken with Studio 4C which is a common nickname...
In this article: Studio 4°C, Masakazu Katsura, Takashi Murakami, and Eiko Tanaka
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Morimoto
Morimoto is a family name in the Japanese language and may refer to: Carlos Morimoto, a Brazilian software engineer and author Koji Morimoto, a Japanese animator and anime director
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Digital Juice (film)
...(Yuka Komatsu), the Mini Prince (Tomoko Kaneda), and the mysterious Samu (Keisaku Baba). A 4 minute and 26 second short directed by Koji Morimoto, "Aerial Bar" is set in a saloon floating high in the sky. The story is told from the...
In this article: DVD, Yuji Ueda, Tomoko Kaneda, Yuko Nagashima, and Hisao Egawa
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AICN Anime - Anime Boston 2009 Report
...Metropolis, X, Harmagedon and Doomed Megalopis, or Memories - an anthology film with Katsuhiro Otomo, early Satoshi Kon, Yoko Kanno, Koji Morimoto (Animatrix Beyond) and Tensai Okamura. "Anime in the modern era has maintained a lengthy,...
In this article: Anime, Funimation Entertainment, North America, Aniplex, Osamu Tezuka, Gurren Lagann, Journey to the West, Xuanzang, and Romeo x Juliet
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Eternal Family
is a 1997 OVA directed by Koji Morimoto and released by Japanese animation studio, Studio 4°C. The film is about the daily life of a group of six very different strangers who, for scientific purposes, are brainwashed into believing that...
In this article: Chicken, Dog, DVD, and Studio 4°C
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Smashits | November 20, 2008
space station viewing Memories - Magnetic Rose - Part 3
...simply put, a science fiction marvel. Fan made music video featuring Aptheosis' Phantom of the Opera (techno remix). Footage from Koji Morimoto's Magnetic Rose, which is one of three short animated films in the ... In "Memories" they...
In this article: Memories, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Tensai Okamura
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AICN Anime-Studio 4°C's Tweeny Witches, Guin Saga, Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend, Upcoming Anime and More -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
From Anime News Network Popular anime music composure Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop) will be making a voice acting cameo in Koji Morimoto's (Animatrix: Beyond) "Dimension Bomb" entry in 4°C's Genius Party Beyond anthology. The film will...
In this article: Tweeny Witches, Guin Saga, Psychic Academy, Japan, Gunbuster, DVD, Shotgun, Anime News Network, and Ain't It Cool News
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AICN Anime-Batman: Gotham Knight, More Manga Market Shake-Ups, Figures and More -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
...credits, for the most part, you can correctly guess the relative strength of each. Unlike AniMatrix, which boasted the work of Koji Morimoto (Robot Carnival, Memories), Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop), Peter Chung (Aeon Flux), and...
In this article: Batman, Kodansha, Batman: Gotham Knight, DVD, Ain't It Cool News, Vampire Hunter D, Tokyopop, Production I.G, and Madhouse
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Koji Morimoto, born December 26th, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan's premier anime directors. Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka School of Design in 1979 and a couple years later joined the studio Annapuru as a grunt animator for the TV series Tomorrow's Joe. While working there, he saw some animation by Takashi Nakamura in Gold Lightan, an otherwise standard mecha TV series by a rival studio. He was blown away, and it inspired him to quit his job and go freelance.
Morimoto quickly became one of the most interesting animators in Japan, often collaborating with Nakamura, most notably in Katsuhiro Otomo's 'The Order to Stop Construction' segment of the anthology film Neo-Tokyo. It was fluid and expressive in ways that are rarely seen in anime, especially in the realm of direct-to-video releases like Neo-Tokyo. This opened many doors for him, from working as animation director on Otomo's landmark feature Akira and a chance to direct a short for the Robot Carnival anthology. Around this time he founded Studio 4°C with producer Eiko Tanaka and fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato.
Since then, Morimoto has focused almost exclusively on his directing work. His work became increasingly bizarre and full of manic energy. This is best represented by the concert scenes in Macross Plus (his only animation work in the past 15 years) and his short film Noiseman Sound Insect.
Unfortunately, aside from a small cult following, his films have been ignored outside of Japan. This has begun to change in recent years, with his artwork being featured in Takashi Murakami's Superflat exhibitions worldwide, and being invited by the Wachowski Brothers to direct a segment of The Animatrix. He is currently working on Sachiko, his second feature-length film, which is scheduled to be released in 2007.
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