Toshio KINOSHITA (January, 1925 - February 4, 2018)

President, KINO PRODUCTION Co.,Ltd.
2-10-6 Oizumi-gakuenmachi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 178-0061, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3923-7513
Fax: +81-3922-3637
E-mail: kinopuro@forest.ocn.ne.jp
URL: http://kinopuro.jounin.jp/
Born January, 1925 in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from School of Engineering in 1945, I started my career working at the designing room of a munitions firm. Later, after having worked as a press reporter for a newspaper, I produced the opening of “Tetsuwan Atom” (Astro Boy). Thereafter, I became a free-lance and founded KINO PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. in July, 1965. I have produced and written a substantial number of films and books. As a lecturer at a school of design I taught young animators. I gradiated from Keio University in 2014.
Hobby: Igo, Travel and Karate.
Other commitments:
As a cartoonist for about 7 years, from 1952 through 1959, I drew comic strips for a number of children’s magazines. Some of those manga include “Nichiren Shonin”(Saint Nichiren), “Inazuma-kun”(Mr. Thunderbolt), “Jiraiya-kozo”(Mine Boy), “Ashigara Kinta”(Kinta of Ashigara Mt.), etc. From ca. 1967, I drew Gekiga, or serial dramatic pictures, for the magazines of young adults, such as “Futen Okoma” (Vagabond Okoma, the Gal), etc. I worked hard as a cartoonist-cum-animator in those days. As to the prizes that I won, they are the one for a year- round long run of commercial films in 1961, and 1st award of Dentsu Prize for “Milky Koshinkyoku”(Milky March).
2013 | » "KINOSHITA Toshio No Michigusa Mangashu 3" (Rambling Collection of Manga by Toshio KINOSHITA III) |
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2009 | » "Warabeuta" (Nursery Rhyme) 10 minutes |
2008 | » "KINOSHITA Toshio No Michigusa Mangashu 2" (Rambling Collection of Manga by Toshio KINOSHITA II) |
2003 | » "Manga To Anime No Wakaru Hon" (Understanding Manga and Animation) |
2002 | » "KINOSHITA Toshio No Michigusa Mangashu" (Rambling Collection of Manga by Toshio KINOSHITA) |
2001 | » "YAMASHITA Kiyoshiden, Burari Hadakade Ikitai" (Want to Go Wondering and Rambling Undressed-Biogrphy of Kiyosi YAMASHITA) |
1999 | » "Jigoku No soko O Mita Otoko" (Man Who Saw the Depth of Hell) » "Michibata No Hana" (The Roadside Flowers) |
1994 | » "Ka-chan Nakanaide" (Don’t Cry, Mom!) 28 minutes |
1993 | » "Makka Ni Natta Niwatori" (The Cock Who Turned Red) 44 minutes / a TV Special |
1991 | » "Tobetobe Hiyoko" (Fly, Chicken, Fly!) 21 minutes |
1989 | » "Kumachan No Kotsu Anzen" (Traffic Rule by Teddy Bear) 13 minutes |
1988 | » "Mushiba Ni Natta Osama" (King Who Had A Toothache) » "Peter-kun No Hinotamataiji" (Peter Busts Fireballs) |
1985 | » "Peter-kun No Kotsu Anzen" (Peter Learns Traffic Rule) 12 minutes |