Tadao Nagahama
Tadao Nagahama
長浜 忠夫 |
| Born |
26 September 1936(1936-09-26) |
| Died |
14 January 1980(1980-01-14) (aged 43) |
| Nationality |
Japanese |
| Area(s) |
Animation Director |
| Notable works |
Combattler V
Voltes V
Daimos |
Tadao Nagahama (長浜 忠夫 Nagahama Tadao) (September 26, 1936 – January 14, 1980) was a director of both puppet shows and animation.
He is best known as the director of Toei's Romantic Trilogy, which added human drama to the Super Robot Genre.
Nagahama also directed several hit anime series that are still well known among Japanese viewers. Moreover, he produced hits with works of all genres, including sports, comedies, shōnen, shōjo, and Super Robots.
He has been referred to as "the Emperor" in imitation of film director Akira Kurosawa.
He and his wife contracted hepatitis while traveling overseas. Although his wife survived, he died from the disease at the age of 43.
Filmography
Puppetry
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)
- Voltes V, 1977 (director)
- おれは鉄兵(Ore wa Teppei), 1977 (episode director)
- Daimos 1978 (director)
- 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)
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Nagahama Tadao |
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| Date of birth |
September 26, 1936 |
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| Date of death |
January 14, 1980 |
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