Yasuo Ōtsuka (大塚康生, Ōtsuka Yasuo, July 11, 1931 – March 15, 2021) was a Japanese animator who worked with Toei Animation, Nippon Animation, TMS Entertainment...

of Akio Ōtsuka Gen Ōtsuka (大束 元, 1912–1992), Japanese photographer Hirofumi Otsuka (大塚 博文, born 1947), Japanese speed skater Hironori Ōtsuka (大塚 博紀, 1892–1982)...

shows and films—including Wolf Boy Ken, on which he was mentored by Yasuo Ōtsuka. Ōtsuka eventually asked Takahata to direct an animated feature film of his...

Yoshifumi Kondō Kitarō Kōsaka Goro Miyazaki Hiroyuki Morita Tomomi Mochizuki Yoshiaki Nishimura Kazuo Oga Yasuo Ōtsuka Yoshinori Kanada Hiromasa Yonebayashi...

Yasuo Ōtsuka moved from Shin-Ei Animation and took over Tsukioka's position. Since there were few animators who could actually do the work, Ōtsuka transferred...

Park in Nagakute, Aichi Studio Kajino, a subsidiary of Studio Ghibli Yasuo Ōtsuka Studio Ponoc, founded by former members of Studio Ghibli List of Japanese...

iconic being Lupin's car, the Fiat 500, was the car of head animator Yasuo Ōtsuka. Clarisse's car in the chase scene is a Citroën 2CV, which was Miyazaki's...

animators of the next generation (including Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yasuo Ōtsuka, and Yoichi Kotabe). He later left Toei Animation to work with Nippon...

the anime industry with characters being named after animators such as Yasuo Ōtsuka and Ichirō Itano, designer Yutaka Izubuchi, writer Kazunori Itō, and...

Throughout the film's production, Miyazaki worked closely with his mentor, Yasuo Ōtsuka, whose approach to animation profoundly influenced Miyazaki's work. Directed...