#Tomoharu Katsumata

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Devilman — (1972) The Devil Tribe Revived, S01E01 Directed by Masayuki Akehi & Tomoharu Katsumata

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Tomoharu Katsumata once directed an OVA called The Prince and the Coral Sea and even included some homages to one of his earlier projects: Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

As you can see for yourself both mermaids are identical. The biggest difference being their hair ornaments.

Both the film and OVA include scenes where the mermaid plucks one of her scales to treat a wound on a human boy:

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Macchi uri no shojo (TV Episode 1995) / Tomoharu Katsumata

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Dr. Slump Arale-chan Season 3 Episode 45: Our Journey Together

Written by Keiji Terui

Storyboard by Tomoharu Katsumata

Directed by Daisuke Nishio

Animation directed by Minoru Maeda

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Time to get spooky with a TRIPLE FEATURE of anime adaptations of Shigeru Mizuki's "GeGeGe no Kitaro"! GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) 1985 | dir. Takeshi Shirato | 24 min Gegege no Kitaro: Great Sea Monster (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 大海獣) 1996 | dir. Tomoharu Katsumata | 50 min Gegege no Kirato: Phantom Train (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪特急! まぼろしの汽車) 1997 | dir. Takao Yoshizawa | 23 min GeGeGe no Kitaro focuses on the young Kitaro (last survivor of the Ghost Tribe) and his adventures with a motley crew of ghouls & strange creatures. Along with: the remains of his father, Medama-Oyaji (a mummified Ghost tribesman reincarnated to inhabit his old eyeball); Nezumi-Otoko (the rat-man); Neko-Musume (the cat-girl) and a host of other folkloric creatures, Kitaro strives to unite the worlds of humans and Yokai. < presented in Japanese language w/ English subtitles > ----------------------------- This screening will be hosted both in-person and online >>> Sunday, March 5th at 6pm ET <<< [ IN-PERSON ] The Crown 1910 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 * Wearing a mask is highly recommended unless actively eating/drinking ** Please do not attend if you are feeling ill and/or have symptoms of COVID-19 [ ONLINE ] http://twitch.tv/bad_desu @baltimoreanimedenizens #anime #baltimore #stationnorth #baltimorearts #movienight (at The Crown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpaXRS9OPcW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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"CAPTAIN FUTURE"

Es una serie anime japonesa creada en 1978, por el estudio de animación japonés Toei Animation, basada en las historias del mismo nombre del estadounidense Edmond Hamilton que fueron publicadas en revistas pulp entre 1940 y 1951.

A un año de la muerte de Hamilton, Toei Animation produjo la Serie de TV basado en 13 historias originales del autor. Dirigido por Shigeo Hirota, Tomoharu Katsumata y Kiyoshi Kawakubo entre otros.

La serie cuenta la historia del capitán Curtis Newton, hijo de los científicos Helen y Roger Newton, asesinados mientras estaban en una misión científica, este hecho lleva a Curtis a tomar la decisión de convertirse en un justiciero galáctico y proteger así el universo en contra del mal.

 

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%A1n_Futuro

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宇宙戦艦ヤマト 完結編 株式会社ウエスト・ケープ・コーポレーション 企画・原作・脚本・監督・製作・総指揮＝西崎義展、原作・設定・監修＝松本零士、監督＝勝間田具治

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Gruppo Toscano, Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, Florence, Italy, 1932-1934 VS Tomoharu Katsumata, Arcadia of My Youth, 1982

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Arcadia of My Youth | わが青春のアルカディア, 1982

“That was fun! My name’s Tochiro. I’m getting out of here now!”

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Be Forever Yamato (1980) dir. Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto, Tomoharu Katsumata

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Capitan Harlock - L'arcadia della mia giovinezza - Tomoharu Katsumata

Capitan Harlock – L’arcadia della mia giovinezza – Tomoharu Katsumata

Scheda IMDB

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To commemorate Cutie Honey's 50th anniversary, I wanted to post trivia for all 25 episodes. We'll start this week with the first episode: "The Black Claw Grips The Heart."

Screenwriter: Masaki Tsuji

Art Director: Mataharu Urata

Animation Director: Shingo Araki

Director: Tomoharu Katsumata

In the early drafts Honey Kisaragi was originally Honey Tachibana. Honey’s finalized surname name, “Kisaragi” (如月) is a traditional name for February in the Japanese calendar. It refers to the seasonal “changing of clothes.” The name "Honey" comes from the American TV series Honey West.

Honey was voiced by Eiko Masuyama, who would reprise this role a few times over the years, notably in the Re: Cutie Honey audio drama and the Playstation game, Little Witching Mischiefs. She also had a guest spot in Cutey Honey Flash as Dr. Kisaragi’s old friend, Dr. Mitsuko Kanzaki.

St. Chapel Academy is located in Okutama, a mountainous area that’s about an hour and a half away from central Tokyo. St. Chapel itself was most likely inspired or at least named after the real life royal chapel, Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France. The hymn the students sing during Mass in these early episodes is “Come, Thou Almighty King.”

The freckle-faced girl who stands next to Honey during Mass is her best friend and roommate, Natsuko Aki. Although she’s almost never referred to by her full name but rather “Nat-chan.” Her first name is in reference to natsu or “summer” while aki means “autumn.” In the original manga she is depicted as having pigtails rather than a bob cut and doesn’t have freckles. Natsuko’s anime design was based on an unnamed girl who appeared briefly in the Devilman manga.

Natsuko was voiced by Rihoko Yoshida, who’s best known for voicing the titular character in Majokko Megu-chan, Maria Grace Fried in UFO Robo Grendizer, and Michiru Saotome in Getter Robo. Yoshida would also voice Panther Zora in the 1995 PC-FX video game, Cutey Honey FX. Noriko Watanabe (Sister Jill, Mami) also voiced Natsuko occasionally for whenever Rihoko Yoshida was unavailable.

Honey’s goofy teacher Ms. Alphonne Louis Steinbeck III is based on a male character from Go Nagai’s Kikkai-kun manga. That same Alphonne also served as the basis for Akira Fudo’s teacher in the Devilman TV series. 

Ms. Alphonne was voiced by the late Noriko Tsukase, who had previously voiced Mr. Alphonne’s wife and son in Devilman. Although Ms. Alphonne appears in every other animated Honey series, this is the only version where she is voiced by a woman.

During the early production stages Seiji Hayami was known as Shun Kazami and was described as "falling in love with Honey, despite knowing she’s an android." He would also have a goofy little sister named Zuuko, who would question whether she was really related to her handsome older brother. When the series details were finalized, Seiji became more of a comic relief character and his romantic chemistry with Honey was downplayed. 

Seiji was voiced by Katsuji Mori, who would go on to voice Dr. Kisaragi in Cutie Honey Universe.

Katsuji Mori revealed he had ad-libbed Seiji's lines during Honey's first transformation. Originally, Seiji had no dialogue in that scene.

Honey's motorcyclist form is called "Hurricane Honey" which is possibly an homage to Shotaro Ishinomori's Cyborg 009. The lead character, Joe Shimamura, is sometimes a professional car racer who goes by the nickname "Hurricane Joe."

Seiji refers to Hurricane Honey as kaminari musume (カミナリ娘) which translates to something like “thunder girl.” He’s actually referring to the kaminari zoku (カミナリ族) or “thunder tribes”, Japanese motorcycle gangs who were known for their loud and rowdy modified motorcycles.

Sister Jill is the manager of Panther Claw's Japanese branch and Panther Zora's younger sister. The "Sister" part of her name is likely a reference to a religious sister, circling back to Honey attending a Catholic school. In the original series pitch, she was known as Sister Zora.

Jill is voiced by the late Noriko Watanabe, who also voiced Junpei's girlfriend, Mami.

Black Claw’s name comes from the original series proposal, which described Panther Claw’s soldiers as being color coded. Potential opponents for Honey would’ve included Black Claw, Scarlet Claw, Cobalt Claw and Gold Claw. Each would have possessed a specific skill or element, for example, “Scarlet Claw” would’ve possessed fire powers. For whatever reason the whole color coded aspect was dropped but “Black Claw” was still used as the name for Honey’s first real adversary.

According to Cutey Honey Roman Album published by Tokuma Shoten in 1981, Honey's childhood memories are artificial. They were produced by Dr. Kisaragi because he wanted Honey to have childhood memories like any other human girl.

Dr. Takeshi Kisaragi was originally known as Dr. Seiji Tachibana in the original series proposal. In the original manga Dr. Kisaragi looks noticeably younger, has black hair, no glasses and a goatee instead of a mustache.

Originally, Honey was only going to transform once or twice during the first episode. Tomoharu Katsumata (director for episode one) requested that Honey use all of her main seven forms.

Some of the choreography from Honey and Black Claw’s fight is based on sequences from the Abashiri Family manga, specifically when the lead character Kikunosuke battles against teachers from Paradise Academy.

Junpei is based on Kichiza Abashiri from Go Nagai's The Abashiri Family manga. Kichiza is the youngest son of the Abashiri family and is a master of explosives. Junpei was voiced by Kazuko Sawada.

It’s probably worth noting Honey and Junpei are the only two characters to appear in every episode of Cutie Honey.

We'll take a look at episode two next week!

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Dr. Slump Arale-chan Season 3 Episode 39: Mashirito Achieves His Goal?!

Written by Takao Koyama

Storyboarded and directed by Tomoharu Katsumata

Animation directed by Minoru Maeda

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Time to get spooky with a TRIPLE FEATURE of anime adaptations of Shigeru Mizuki's "GeGeGe no Kitaro"! GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) 1985 | dir. Takeshi Shirato | 24 min Gegege no Kitaro: Great Sea Monster (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 大海獣) 1996 | dir. Tomoharu Katsumata | 50 min Gegege no Kirato: Phantom Train (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪特急! まぼろしの汽車) 1997 | dir. Takao Yoshizawa | 23 min GeGeGe no Kitaro focuses on the young Kitaro (last survivor of the Ghost Tribe) and his adventures with a motley crew of ghouls & strange creatures. Along with: the remains of his father, Medama-Oyaji (a mummified Ghost tribesman reincarnated to inhabit his old eyeball); Nezumi-Otoko (the rat-man); Neko-Musume (the cat-girl) and a host of other folkloric creatures, Kitaro strives to unite the worlds of humans and Yokai. < presented in Japanese language w/ English subtitles > ----------------------------- This screening will be hosted both in-person and online >>> Sunday, March 5th at 6pm ET <<< [ IN-PERSON ] The Crown 1910 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 * Wearing a mask is highly recommended unless actively eating/drinking ** Please do not attend if you are feeling ill and/or have symptoms of COVID-19 [ ONLINE ] http://twitch.tv/bad_desu @baltimoreanimedenizens #anime #baltimore #stationnorth #baltimorearts #movienight (at The Crown) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5_RLTNGEt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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CAPITAN FUTURO, UN AMERICANO PRESTATO AL GIAPPONE

Capitan Futuro (Captain Future) è un avventuriero spaziale originariamente pubblicato negli Stati Uniti dalla pulp intitolata con il suo nome dal 1940 al 1951.

Il personaggio è stato creato dal redattore della Better/Nedor/Standard/Pines Publications (un’unica casa editrice con molti nomi) Mort Weisinger(1915-1978). Nel 1941 Weisinger lascia la Better per andare a lavorare nella casa…