Kitarō KŌSAKA

Family name (in kanji): 高坂
Given name (in kanji): 希太郎
Date of birth: 1962-02-28
Hometown: Kanagawa, Japan
Non-anime roles:
Himself in "Ihatov no Chizu ~Kokoro no Utsuru Fuukei~" (2022 documentary film) (Japanese)
Non-anime staff credits:
Animation Concept Design for "Suzuki Hustler CM" (2019 commercial) (Japanese)
Animation Director for "Hustler World: Moonlight to Hashire-hen" (2023 commercial) (Japanese)
Character Design for "Yaman e no Tegami" (2019 special not in database) (Japanese)
Director for "Final Fantasy XIV - CHOOSE YOUR LIFE" (2019 commercial series) (Japanese)
Director for "Hustler World: Akogare no Basho e-hen" (2024 commercial) (Japanese)
Director for "Hustler World: Moonlight to Hashire-hen" (2023 commercial) (Japanese)
Director for "Ihatov no Chizu ~Kokoro no Utsuru Fuukei~" (2022 documentary film) (Japanese)
Storyboard for "Final Fantasy XIV - CHOOSE YOUR LIFE" (2019 commercial series) (Japanese)
Storyboard for "Hustler World: Moonlight to Hashire-hen" (2023 commercial) (Japanese)
Unit Director for "Final Fantasy XIV - CHOOSE YOUR LIFE" (2019 commercial series) (Japanese)
Unit Director for "Hustler World: Moonlight to Hashire-hen" (2023 commercial) (Japanese)
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Staff in:
A-Girl (OAV) : Director, Character Design, Animation Director
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (movie) : In-Between Animation
Akira (movie) : Key Animation
Alice in Wonderland (TV) : Animation (ep 24)
Angel's Egg (movie) : Key Animation
BELLE (movie) : Key Animation
(The) Boy and The Beast (movie) : Key Animation
(The) Boy and the Heron (movie) : Key Animation
Castle in the Sky (movie) : Key Animation
Chie the Brat (TV 1981) : In-Between Animation (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22
)
, Key Animation (9 episodes
eps 27, 33, 38, 42.5, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)

Clover (special) : Director
(The) Dagger of Kamui (movie) : Key Animation
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan (TV) : In-Between Animation (ep 30)
From Up On Poppy Hill (movie) : Animation Director
Fushigi na Koala Blinky (TV) : Key Animation (ep 11)
Ganbare Swimmy (TV) : Work Assistance
Gauche the Cellist (movie) : In-Between Animation
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 6 uncredited)
Grave of the Fireflies (movie) : Key Animation
Howl's Moving Castle (movie) : Animation Director
Kaze o Nuke! (OAV) : Key Animation
Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland (movie) : Key Animation
Little Women (TV) : Key Animation (OH Pro; 4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16
)

Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow (TV) : Key Animation (Oh Production; eps 5, 12, 16)
Lupin III: Part III (TV) : Key Animation (eps 49-50)
Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (movie) : Key Animation
Master Keaton (OAV) : Storyboard (ep 35), Episode Director (ep 35), Character Design, Animation Director (ep 35)
Master Keaton (TV) : Storyboard (ep 22), Episode Director (ep 22), Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 5, 22), Layout Supervisor (eps 2, 13)
Metropolis (movie) : Key Animation
Miimu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi (TV) : Key Animation (Oh! Production; 7 episodes
eps 1, 50, 76, 104, 107, 113, 116
)

Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Ōji (TV) : In-Between Animation (eps 6, 14)
Monster (TV) : Original Character Design, Character Conceptual Design
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (movie) : Character Design, Animation Director
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase (OAV) : Director, Screenplay, Character Design
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (movie) : Director, Script, Character Design, Animation Director
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) : Key Animation
Okko's Inn (movie) : Director, Storyboard, Unit Director, Character Design
Pom Poko (movie) : Key Animation
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (movie) : Assistant Animation Director
Princess Mononoke (movie) : Animation Supervisor
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (movie) : Key Animation
Sherlock Hound (TV) : Animation Director (ep 20), Key Animation (OH Production; ep 20)
Spirited Away (movie) : Animation Director
Twilight Q (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 2)
When Marnie Was There (movie) : Key Animation
Whisper of the Heart (movie) : Character Design, Animation Director
(The) Wind Rises (movie) : Character Design, Animation Director
X (movie) : Key Animation
X - X2 double X (OAV) : Key Animation
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (TV) : Storyboard (5 episodes
eps 13, 24, 36, 61, 89
)
, Episode Director (4 episodes
eps 24, 36, 61, 89
)
, Animation Director (15 episodes
eps 7, 13, 24, 36, 46, 61, 70, 79, 89, 95, 102, 109, 114, 117, 123
)
, Key Animation (eps 1-2, 7, 42)
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