Masami Hata
Directing · Born 1942-11-05 · age 83 · Taipei, Taiwan
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).
Titles
Dororo
Fighting Spirit
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Initial D
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
Adachi and Shimamura
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Ringing Bell
The Dawn of the Witch
Tomorrow's Joe
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
Sea Prince and the Fire Child
Garo: The Animation
Stitch!
A Journey Through Fairyland
Little Jumbo
Manga Fairy Tales of the World
Phoenix
Nayuta
Dream Star Button Nose
Hello Kitty: Santa's Missing Hat
The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
Mouse Story: The Adventures of George and Gerald
My Father's Dragon
Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
Kiki to Lala no Habatake! Pegasus
Hello Kitty in Cinderella
Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai
Keroppi in Robin Hood
Keroppi and the Beanstalk
Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers
Keroppi in Find the Pink Mushroom
Keroppi in The Adventures of Gulliver
Keroppi in the Christmas Eve Gift
Kiki & Lala's Hansel and Gretel
Kiki & Lala's Blue Bird
Pokopon no Yukai na Saiyuuki
Santa & His Reindeer Kuppi