About
Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, born February 28, 1962 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and film director. He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation director for the noted animation studio Studio Ghibli, and with the famed director Hayao Miyazaki, of whose work he is himself an acknowledged fan.
Filmography
The Boy and the Heron2023 · Key Animation
Belle2021 · Key Animation
Okko's Inn2018 · Director
Letters from Hibakusha2017 · Director
The Boy and the Beast2015 · Key Animation
When Marnie Was There2014 · Key Animation
The Wind Rises2013 · Character Designer, Animation Director
From Up on Poppy Hill2011 · Animation Director
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess2010 · Animation Director
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase2007 · Director, Writer
Howl's Moving Castle2004 · Animation Director
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia2003 · Director, Screenplay
Spirited Away2001 · Animation Director
Metropolis2001 · Key Animation
Clover1999 · Director
Princess Mononoke1997 · Animation Director
Whisper of the Heart1995 · Animation Director, Character Designer
Pom Poko1994 · Key Animation
A-Girl1993 · Director, Character Designer, Animation Director
Akira1988 · Key Animation