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Hiromasa Yonebayashi (b. 1973)

Alias:
Maro
米林 宏昌
麻呂

Birthplace:
Ishikawa, Japan

Born:
July 10, 1973

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Hiromasa Yonebayashi (born 1973 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Borrower Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiromasa Yonebayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Animation Director:
2002  Imaginary Flying Machines
2002  Mei and the Kittenbus

Director:
2002  Imaginary Flying Machines
2002  Mei and the Kittenbus
2008  The Theory of Evolution
2010  The Secret World of Arrietty
2014  When Marnie Was There
2017  Mary and The Witch's Flower
2018  Modest Heroes
2021  With All Our Hearts

Key Animation:
2000  Ghiblies
2001  Spirited Away
2002  Imaginary Flying Machines
2002  Mei and the Kittenbus
2004  Howl's Moving Castle
2007  Iblard Time
2008  Ponyo
2008  The Theory of Evolution
2010  The Secret World of Arrietty
2011  From Up on Poppy Hill
2013  The Wind Rises
2014  When Marnie Was There
2017  Mary and The Witch's Flower
2018  Modest Heroes
2021  The Deer King
2021  With All Our Hearts
2023  The Boy and the Heron
2023  The Imaginary

Screenplay:
2000  Ghiblies
2001  Spirited Away
2002  Imaginary Flying Machines
2002  Mei and the Kittenbus
2004  Howl's Moving Castle
2007  Iblard Time
2008  Ponyo
2008  The Theory of Evolution
2010  The Secret World of Arrietty
2011  From Up on Poppy Hill
2013  The Wind Rises
2014  When Marnie Was There
2017  Mary and The Witch's Flower
2018  Modest Heroes
2021  The Deer King
2021  With All Our Hearts
2023  The Boy and the Heron
2023  The Imaginary

Storyboard:
2000  Ghiblies
2001  Spirited Away
2002  Imaginary Flying Machines
2002  Mei and the Kittenbus
2004  Howl's Moving Castle
2007  Iblard Time
2008  Ponyo
2008  The Theory of Evolution
2010  The Secret World of Arrietty
2011  From Up on Poppy Hill
2013  The Wind Rises
2014  When Marnie Was There
2017  Mary and The Witch's Flower
2018  Modest Heroes
2021  The Deer King
2021  With All Our Hearts
2023  The Boy and the Heron
2023  The Imaginary

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TV Production

Key Animation:
1998  Master Keaton
1998  Serial Experiments Lain
2004  Monster
2014  Haikyu!!

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