Kazuhide Tomonaga

Kazuhide Tomonaga
Tomonaga at The Japan Expo in 2006
Born (1952-04-28) April 28, 1952
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
OccupationsAnimator and character designer

Kazuhide Tomonaga (友永 和秀, Tomonaga Kazuhide; born April 28, 1952) is a Japanese director, animator, storyboarder, and cartoonist. he has worked at Toei Animation, Group TAC, Oh! Production, and TMS Entertainment. He worked as a director at Telecom Animation Film Company (a subsidiary of TMS), he is now freelance. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). His style inspired another famous animator, Naotoshi Shida.

He is best known for his work on the Lupin the Third franchise; other works he is known for include Galaxy Express 999, Castle in the Sky, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Mazinger Z, UFO Robot Grendizer, Space Battleship Yamato, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, The Cat Returns, Sonic X, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the intro to Inspector Gadget, and the video game Kingdom Hearts.

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