Kimio Yabuki

Biography

Kimio Yabuki (Japanese: 矢吹 公郎) is a Japanese animator. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best-known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan. In 1969, he teamed up with a young Hayao Miyazaki in the production of an animated version of Puss in Boots. Yabuki was an employee of Toei Animation until going freelance in 1973, but did work on several Toei productions (including Dororon Enma-kun, Ikkyu-san, and The Kabocha Wine) afterward. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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1. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985) — Director
2. The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969) — Director
3. Swan Lake (1981) — Director
4. Ikkyū-san (1975) — Director
5. Twelve Months (1980) — Director
6. Space Family Carlvinson (1988) — Director
7. The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968) — Director
8. The Little Judge from Hell (1973) — Director
9. The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story (1984) — Director
10. Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete (1983) — Director
11. I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life (1983) — Director
12. Ikiteirutte Subarashii! (1972) — Director
13. Weird Volunteers (1993) — Director
14. A Challenge (1999) — Director
15. Ikkyuu-san: It's Spring, Mischievous Princess! (1981) — Director
16. Ikkyu-san and the Mischievous Princess (1978) — Director
17. Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan (1965) — Director
18. Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou (1964) — Director
19. Chonma Sticks His Tongue Out (1987) — Director
20. Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu (1975) — Director
21. Uchū Kazoku Carlvinson (1988) — Director