Kimio Yabuki

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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 Wikipe…

  • Directing
  • Born 6 December 1934 (age 91)
  • Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
  • 24 credits

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Most-watched Kimio Yabuki films currently: The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969), Space Family Carlvinson (1988), I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life (1983), Swan Lake (1981), Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985).

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Selected TV credits: Ikkyū-san (1975), The♥Kabocha Wine (1982), The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli (1989), The Little Judge from Hell (1973), Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu (1975).

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