Fumio Kurokawa

Fumio Kurokawa (黒川 文男, Kurokawa Fumio, born October 20, 1932), is a Japanese storyboard artist and animated film director. He directed a number of animated television series produced by Nippon Animation during the 1970s and 1980s. Kurokawa was the series director of Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, included among the "100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces" in the 2007 encyclopedia Anime Classics Zettai!.[1]

Filmography

YearTV seriesStudioRoleReference
1992Christopher ColumbusNippon AnimationDirector
1989-1990Jungle Book Shōnen MowgliNippon AnimationDirector[1]
1989Celestial Prince or Utsunomiko (subtitled Earth Chapter)Nippon Animation, Toei AnimationDirector[2]: 3317 
1987Grimm Masterpiece TheatreNippon AnimationDirector (1 episode)[1]
1987Tales of Little WomenNippon AnimationDirector; with Kazumi Fukushima, Kōzō Kusuba, and Yugo Serikawa[2]: 1798 
1986The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of LoveNippon AnimationStoryboard artist[2]: 2411 
1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureNippon AnimationDirector[citation needed]
1985Little Princess SaraNippon Animation, AniplexDirector[1]
1984NoozlesNippon AnimationStoryboard artist
1983Aesop's FablesNippon AnimationDirector; with Eiji Okabe and Jun Hagiwara[2]: 171 
1983Story of the Alps: My AnnetteNippon AnimationStoryboard artist
1981Ai no Gakko Cuore MonogatariNippon AnimationAnimator; with Iku Suzuki[2]: 1335 
1981Around the World with Willy FogBRB Internacional, Nippon AnimationDirector; with Luis Ballester[3]
1981Swiss Family RobinsonNippon AnimationStoryboard artist[1]
1980Tsurikichi SanpeiNippon AnimationDirector (Episode)[2]: 2703 
1980Little El Cid no BokenNippon AnimationDirector[2]: 1783 
1977Angie Girl (or The Casebook of Charlotte Holmes)Nippon AnimationDirector; with Shinya Yamada[2]: 1480 
1977Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (or Seton Animal Chronicle: Bearcub Jacky)Nippon AnimationDirector; with Yoshihiro Kuroda[4]
1976Little Lulu and Her Little FriendsNippon AnimationDirector[2]: 1788 
1975Arabian Nights: Sinbad's AdventuresNippon AnimationDirector; with Kunihiko Okazaki[5]
1972-1974Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman or Battle of the PlanetsTatsunoko ProductionDirector (105 episodes); with Eiko Toriumi, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Jinzo Toriumi and Katsuhisa Yamada[2]: 280 
1971Animentary Ketsudan or Animentary: Critical MomentsTatsunoko ProductionDirector; with Hideo Makino and Ippei Kuri[2]: 146 
1969-1971Attack No. 1TMS EntertainmentDirector (34 episodes)[2]: 219 
1968-1969Sabu to Ichi Torimono HikaeMushi Production, Studio Zero, Toei AnimationDirector (3 episodes)[2]: 2652 

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