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Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤 喜文, Kondō Yoshifumi, March 31, 1950 – January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke.
May 15, 2020 · Learn about the life and work of Yoshifumi Kondo, the only director of Whisper of the Heart, the highest grossing Ghibli film in Japan in 1995. Explore how his death at 47 affected the studio and the anime industry, and why his film remains beloved after 25 years.
Yoshifumi Kondô. Animation Department: Princess Mononoke. Yoshifumi Kondô was born on 31 March 1950 in Niigata, Japan. He was a director, known for Princess Mononoke (1997), Whisper of the Heart (1995) and Only Yesterday (1991).
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Apr 1, 2020 · Yoshifumi Kondō's masterpiece, Whisper of the Heart along his life and times as Ghibli's most promising creative and Miyazaki's Successor Follow me on Twitte...
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Jan 12, 2016 · The film is Studio Ghibli’s 1995 animation Whisper of the Heart, and the director is Yoshifumi Kondō, who died at age 47 in 1998, only two and a half years after his film’s release, from a heart aneurysm. Whisper of the Heart was written by Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki, and, by many accounts, he viewed Kondō as a worthy eventual successor ...
Oct 6, 2023 · A dramatic passing for studio Ghibli. In January 1998, at the age of 48, Yoshifumi Kondō dies of an aneurysm in Tokyo. Doctors declare his death to be due to overwork. The man had just completed 24 films and series without ever stopping. Indeed, just like mangakas, Japanese animators have a hellish pace of work.
Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤 喜文, Kondō Yoshifumi, March 31, 1950 – January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke. Kondō directed the animated film Whisper of the ...
