Tadao Nagahama

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Tadao Nagahama 長浜忠夫

Born	September 26, 1936
Died	January 14, 1980
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Animation Director
Notable works	Combattler V Voltes V Daimos

Tadao Nagahama (長浜忠夫 Nagahama Tadao) (b. September 26, 1936, d. January 14, 1980) was a director of the puppet show and a director of animation. Since he was a director of a type who cannot draw a picture, he needed an animation director describing a picture. His most important contribution to animation was arguably the Romantic Trilogy, which added human drama to the Super Robot Genre.

Nagahama also directed several hit anime which most Japanese still know. Moreover, he produced the hit with works of all genres, such as a sport, a comedy, for boys, for girls, and Super Robot. Therefore some one called him "the Emperor" in imitation of Akira Kurosawa of the film director.

He was infected with a virus during overseas travel with his wife and has suffered from hepatitis. His wife escaped death, but he was not saved.

1 Filmography
- 1.1 puppetry
- 1.2 anime
2 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] puppetry

伊賀の影丸(Iga no Kagemaru), 1964
ひょっこりひょうたん島(Hyokkoryoutan Island), 1964-1969

[edit] anime

Obake no Q-tarō, 1965 (episode director)
Pāman, 1967 (episode director)
Star of the Giants, 1968 (director)
Chingo Muchabei, 1971 (episode director)
Shin Obake no Q-tarō, 1971 (director)
ど根性ガエル(Do-Konjo Gaeru), 1972 (director)
侍ジャイアンツ(Samurai Giants), 1973 (director)
Brave Raideen, 1975 (director, episodes 27-50)
Combattler V, 1976 (director, creator)
Voltes V, 1977 (director, creator)
おれは鉄兵(Ore wa Teppei), 1977 (episode director)
Daimos 1978 (director, creator)
Daltanius, 1979 (director)
The Rose of Versailles, 1979 (director, episodes 1-18)
ずっこけナイトドンデラマンチャ(Zukkoke Knight Don de La Mancha), 1980 (anime adaptation of Don Quixote)
Ulysses 31, 1981 (episode director)