Yōichi Kotabe

Yōichi Kotabe
Born	(1936-09-15) September 15, 1936
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Animator, character designer
Spouse	Reiko Okuyama (wid. 2007)

Yōichi Kotabe (小田部 羊一, Kotabe Yōichi, born September 15, 1936), is a Japanese animator and character designer and has worked on several anime films from the 1960s and 1970s. as well as working on Super Mario series and the Pokemon television series and films.

Works

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source
1959	Magic Boy	Animator
1960	Alakazam the Great	Animator
1962	Sinbad no Boken (ja:アラビアンナイト・シンドバッドの冒険 (映画), Adventures of Sinbad)	Animator
1963–65	Okami-shōnen Ken (ja:狼少年ケン, Ken the wolf boy)	Animation director (mid-term)
1963	Doggie March	Key animation
1964–65	Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru	Animation director, key animation	Also film
1965–66	Hustle Punch (ja:ハッスルパンチ, Hassuru panchi)	Animation director, key animation
1966–67	Rainbow Sentai Robin (ja:レインボー戦隊ロビン, Reinbō sentai robin)	Animation director
1966–68	Sally the Witch	Animation director
1968	The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun	Key animation
1969	Puss 'n Boots	Key animation
1969	Flying Phantom Ship	Animation director
1971	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Key animation
1972–73	Akadō Suzunosuke (ja:赤胴鈴之助)	Animation supervisor assistant
1972	Panda! Go, Panda!	Animation director
1973	Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy-Day Circus	Animation director
1974	Heidi, Girl of the Alps	Character design, animation director	Also related films
1976	3000 Leagues in Search of Mother	Character design, animation director, animation
1977	Rascal the Raccoon	Animation
1979	Tatsu no ko Taro	Character design, animation director
1981–83	Jarinko Chie	Animation director , Character design <-- キャラクター設計 -->	film and TV series
1983	Serendipity the Pink Dragon	Anime character design
1983–85	Kojika Monogatari (子鹿物語, The Yearling)	Key animation
1983	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Key animation
1984–85	Adventures of the Little Koala	Animation director
1985–86	Bumpety Boo	Animation director
1986	Sango-sho Densetsu: Aoi Umi no Erufii	Character design	TV special film
1998	Pokémon: The First Movie	Animation supervisor	Also Pikachu's Vacation short
1999	Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother	Original character
2000	Pokémon 3: The Movie	Animation supervisor
2012–13	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2	Animation supervisor
2013–present	Pokemon XY	Animation supervisor
2014	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Animation supervisor	Also Pikachu short
2015	Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages	Animation supervisor

Awards and nominations

• Animator/Animation Director award, Tokyo Anime Fair 6th Annual Awards of Merit, 2009.
• Special Achievement award, 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, 2015.

External links

• Yōichi Kotabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yoichi Kotabe anime at Media Arts Database Template:Ja icon