Executive Director

Studio Lotus Inc.

5-13-14-405, Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106

TEL: (03) 3585-0696
FAX: (03) 3585-8665

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• ART, ART HISTORY, LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
  animation
• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  animation industry
• COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND MEDIA
  animation film/video production
• HISTORY
  history of animation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Animation Filmmaker and Producer, Studio Lotus, Inc., 1969-present; festival Director, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, 1985-present; Mushi Production, 1966-69.

IN US: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Hiroshi kun wa Sora ga Suki (Walkers Company, 1989); Pica Don (Dynamic Sellers Publishing, 1983).