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Yoshifumi Kondo

Name in Native Language: "近藤 喜文" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Animator | * 03/31/1950 († 47, 01/21/1998) | Gosen, Niigata Prefecture (Japan)
Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤 喜文, Kondō Yoshifumi, March 31, 1950 – January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke. Kondō directed the animated film Whisper of the Heart, and was expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli, alongside Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and to become their eventual successor. Kondō died of aortic dissection – alternately aneurysm – in 1998. ()
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Yoshifumi Kondo was a Japanese animator. He worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years, and was expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli, along with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.

Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

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Movies with Yoshifumi Kondo as Crew(22)

Writing/Story2002 Ghiblies: Episode 2
Writing/Story2000 Ghiblies
Visual Effects/Character Designer1997 Princess Mononoke
Visual Effects/Animation Director1997 Princess Mononoke
Directing/Director1995 Whisper of the Heart
Visual Effects/Key Animation1994 Pom Poko
Visual Effects/Key Animation1993 Ocean Waves
Directing/Director1992 The Sky-Colored Seed
Visual Effects/Key Animation1992 Porco Rosso
Visual Effects/Animation Director1991 Only Yesterday
Visual Effects/Animation Supervisor1989 Kiki's Delivery Service
Visual Effects/Animation Director1988 Grave of the Fireflies
Visual Effects/Character Designer1988 Grave of the Fireflies
Visual Effects/Character Designer1986 The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Visual Effects/Character Designer1979 Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
Visual Effects/Animation1977 Tenguri, Boy of the Plains
Visual Effects/Key Animation1973 Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Art/Art Designer1972 Panda! Go Panda!
Visual Effects/Key Animation1972 Panda! Go Panda!

TV Shows/Series with Yoshifumi Kondo as Crew(2)

Visual Effects/Character Designer1987 Tales of Little Women
Visual Effects/Key Animation1978 Future Boy Conan

Full Name: Yoshifumi Kondō
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 03/31 1950 (March) in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Wednesday, 01/21 1998 (January) in Tachikawa (aged: 47)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Spouses (current/former): Hiroko Kondo
Influenced by/Role models: Hayao Miyazaki
Other names for Yoshifumi Kondo (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ёсифуми Кондо"
"Yoshifumi Kondō"
"Yoshifumi Kondô"
"近藤喜文"
"こんどう よしふみ" (Kana/Japanese)
"Yoshifumi Kondou"
Yoshifumi Kondo frequently works together with these people:
Hayao Miyazaki (19x, Crew)
Michiyo Yasuda (11x, Crew)
Yoshiyuki Momose (11x, Crew)
Isao Takahata (10x, Crew)
Shinji Otsuka (10x, Crew)
Toshio Suzuki (10x, Crew)
Toshio Kawaguchi (8x, Crew)
Takeshi Seyama (8x, Crew)
Noriko Moritomo (8x, Crew)
Masaaki Endou (8x, Crew)
Atsuko Ôtani (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:103433, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024