Masami Hata
- Directing
- November 5, 1942 · Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
Masami Hata (波多 正美, November 5, 1942) is a Japanese anime director and animator born in Taipei, Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era, and raised in Toyama prefecture. He is a veteran director who has been active since the dawn of Japanese TV anime. After joining Mushi Production, he participated in Tezuka's works such as Goku no Daibouken and later worked on Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son-Gokū (The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son Gokuu, co-directed by Rintaro) at Madhouse. A veteran director known for directing many of Sanrio's feature films such as Shiriusu no Densetsu (The Sea Prince and the Fire Child) and Chirin no Suzu (Ringing Bell). Other masterpieces include the US-Japan collaboration fantasy giant Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (also known as Little Nemo).
Known for
Filmography
- Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte · Director
- The Dawn of the Witch · Action Director
- Adachi and Shimamura · Director
- Dororo · Director
- Garo: The Animation · Director
- Stitch! · Series Director
- Mouse Story: The Adventures of George and Gerald · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Phoenix · Storyboard Artist
- Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time · Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director
- Fighting Spirit · Director
- Initial D · Director, Storyboard Artist
- My Father's Dragon · Director
- Hello Kitty: Santa's Missing Hat · Director
- Kiki to Lala no Habatake! Pegasus · Director
- Keroppi in Robin Hood · Director
- キキとララの星のダンスシューズ · Director
- Keroppi in The Adventures of Gulliver · Director
- Keroppi in Find the Pink Mushroom · Director
- Kiki & Lala's Hansel and Gretel · Director
- Keroppi in the Christmas Eve Gift · Director
- Santa & His Reindeer Kuppi · Director
- Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land · Director
- Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers · Script, Director
- Keroppi and the Beanstalk · Director
- Pokopon no Yukai na Saiyuuki · Director
- The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku · Screenplay, Director
- Kiki & Lala's Blue Bird · Director
- Hello Kitty in Cinderella · Director
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Nayuta · Director
- Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach · Director
- A Journey Through Fairyland · Director
- Dream Star Button Nose · Director, Storyboard
- Sea Prince and the Fire Child · Director, Writer
- Ringing Bell · Director
- Little Jumbo · Director
- Manga Fairy Tales of the World · Director
- Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai · Director
- Cleopatra: Queen of Sex · Animation
- Tomorrow's Joe · Storyboard, Director