Date:         Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:47:55 +0800
Reply-To:     Doraneko <doraneko@gmail.com>
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From:         Doraneko <doraneko@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Question about CAT RETURNS director
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:02:32 -0000, Andrew Osmond
<andrew@ozma.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying to do some fact-checking about the CAT RETURNS director, Hiroyuki
> Morita. The Nausicaa.net claims he directed the second TENCHI MUYO movie,
> but I can't find much confirmation and Amazon claims the movie (subtitled
> THE DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS) was directed by Satoshi Kimura.

> The Nausicaa net says Morita was
> an animator on KIKI and YAMADAS; another page claimed he worked on the
> non-Ghibli PERFECT BLUE.

> Is there an reliable list of Morita's credits anywhere? I can't read the
> Japanese Movie Database entry at
> http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0521720.htm

According to the Japanese Movie Database, Hiroyuki Morita was the
director of _The Cat Returns_, and one of the directors (the title is
"enshutsu") of _Tenchi Myou in Movie 2 Haryganaro Omoi_. He was also
the key animator of _Yamada_ and in-between animator of _Kiki_.
Howoever, nothing about _Perfect Blue_ is mentioned in his entry.

I do not know the official English title of the Tenchi movie that
Morita worked as a director, but I am sure that it would be nowhere
near "The daughter of darkness" if the translation is a literal one.
Also, none of the staff members is called Satoshi Kimura. The four
directors were Hiroshi Negishi, Hiroyuki Morita,Takashi Asami, Hiroshi
Kurimoto (the last 3 were "enshutsu").

Of course I cannot guarantee the reliability of jmdb.ne, so the info
may not be that accurate (^_~)


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