Fumio Kurokawa

Quick Facts

Intro

Japanese storyboard artist and anime director

Places

Japan

Artist Storyboard artist Television director Animator

Work field

Arts Creativity Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Birth

20 October 1932 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Libra People who share this birthday

Age

92 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Fumio Kurokawa (黒川文男, Kurokawa Fumio), born on October 20th in 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!.

Filmography

Year	TV series	Studio	Role	Reference
1989	Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli	Nippon Animation	Director
1989	Celestial Prince or Utsunomiko (subtitled Earth Chapter)	Nippon Animation, Toei Animation	Director	:3317
1987	Grimm Masterpiece Theatre	Nippon Animation	Director (1 episode)
1987	Tales of Little Women	Nippon Animation	Director; with Kazumi Fukushima, Kozo Kusuba, and Yugo Serikawa	:1798
1986	The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love	Nippon Animation	Director; with Harumi Sugimura, Kozo Kusuba, Norio Yazawa and Shigeo Koshi	:2411
1986	Animated Classics of Japanese Literature	Nippon Animation	Director
1986	Swiss Family Robinson	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist
1985	Little Princess Sara	Nippon Animation, Aniplex	Director
1984	Noozles	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist
1983	Aesop's Fables	Nippon Animation	Director; with Eiji Okabe and Jun Hagiwara	:171
1983	Story of the Alps: My Annette	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist
1981	Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari	Nippon Animation	Animator; with Iku Suzuki	:1335
1981	Around the World with Willy Fog	BRB Internacional, Nippon Animation	Director; with Luis Ballester
1980	Tsurikichi Sanpei	Nippon Animation	Director (Episode)	:2703
1980	Little El Cid no Boken	Nippon Animation	Director	:1783
1977	Angie Girl (or The Casebook of Charlotte Holmes)	Nippon Animation	Director; with Shinya Yamada	:1480
1977	Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (or Seton Animal Chronicle: Bearcub Jacky)	Nippon Animation	Director; with Yoshihiro Kuroda
1976	Little Lulu and Her Little Friends	Nippon Animation	Director	:1788
1975	Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures	Nippon Animation	Director; with Kunihiko Okazaki
1972-1974	Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman or Battle of the Planets	Tatsunoko Production	Director (105 episodes); with Eiko Toriumi, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Jinzo Toriumi and Katsuhisa Yamada	:280
1971	Animentary Ketsudan or Animentary: Critical Moments	Tatsunoko Production	Director; with Hideo Makino and Ippei Kuri	:146
1969-1971	Attack No. 1	TMS Entertainment	Director (34 episodes)	:219
1968-1969	Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae	Mushi Production, Studio Zero, Toei Animation	Director (3 episodes)	:2652