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Yoshifumi Kondô(1950-1998)

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Art Department
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Yoshifumi Kondô was born on 31 March 1950 in Niigata, Japan. He was a director, known for Whisper of the Heart (1995), Only Yesterday (1991) and Princess Mononoke (1997). He died on 21 January 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornMarch 31, 1950
DiedJanuary 21, 1998(47)
BornMarch 31, 1950
DiedJanuary 21, 1998(47)
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    • 1 win total

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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Whisper of the Heart
7.8
  • Director
  • 1995
Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)
Only Yesterday
7.6
  • Animation Department
  • 1991
Claire Danes and Yuriko Ishida in Princess Mononoke (1997)
Princess Mononoke
8.3
  • Animation Department
  • 1997
Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies
8.5
  • Animation Department
  • 1988

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Claire Danes and Yuriko Ishida in Princess Mononoke (1997)
    Princess Mononoke
    8.3
    • supervising animator
    • 1997
  • Elizabeth Berkley in Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1996)
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
    6.7
    Video
    • background: Studio Biho
    • 1996
  • Pom Poko (1994)
    Pom Poko
    7.2
    • key animator
    • 1994
  • Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables (1992)
    Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
    7.2
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1992
  • Porco Rosso (1992)
    Porco Rosso
    7.7
    • key animator
    • 1992
  • Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)
    Only Yesterday
    7.6
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1991
  • Kirsten Dunst in Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
    Kiki's Delivery Service
    7.8
    • supervising animator
    • 1989
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
    Grave of the Fireflies
    8.5
    • animation director
    • character designer
    • 1988
  • Tales of Little Women (1987)
    Tales of Little Women
    7.5
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • key animator
    • 1987
  • The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1987)
    The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • character designer
    • 1987
  • Ai shôjo Porianna monogatari (1986)
    Ai shôjo Porianna monogatari
    7.2
    TV Series
    • key animator
    • 1986
  • Sherlock Hound (1984)
    Sherlock Hound
    7.5
    TV Series
    • animation director
    • 1984–1985
  • Nemo (1984)
    Nemo
    6.9
    Short
    • animator
    • 1984
  • Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection (1984)
    Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
    8.3
    • animator
    • 1984
  • Sugata Sanshirô (1981)
    Sugata Sanshirô
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • key animator
    • 1981

Director

  • Whisper of the Heart (1995)
    Whisper of the Heart
    7.8
    • Director
    • 1995
  • The Sky-Colored Seed (1992)
    The Sky-Colored Seed
    6.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Nemo (1984)
    Nemo
    6.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1976)
    Manga sekai mukashi banashi
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977

Art Department

  • Ore wa Teppei (1977)
    Ore wa Teppei
    4.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 1978

Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 31, 1950
    • Niigata, Japan
  • Died
    • January 21, 1998
    • Tokyo, Japan(aneurysm)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki had intended Kondo to be his successor as Studio Ghibli's film director. Unfortunately, Kondo was only able to direct a single Ghibli film before his untimely death in 1998, Whisper of the Heart (1995).
  • Nickname
    • Kon-chan

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