Mamoru Hosoda
Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator. He is known for the short films that made up Digimon: The Movie (2000), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film Mirai (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mamoru Hosoda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wiki
Defining films
In their own words
All animators in Japan have been influenced by Miyazaki and by The Castle of Cagliostro. The way that Lupin moves in that film, the way that he handles objects, that's all very important basic knowledge for Japanese animators.
The most famous one was a live action from 1983. In the 1983 version, there was a romance element to it. I wanted to make one that didn't.
I love how those anime depicted everyday life... I want to convey that same sense of wonder and realism in my films.
I love how those anime depicted everyday life. I want to convey that same sense of wonder and realism in my films.
