Director

Kimio Yabuki

Directing

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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 4All crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 228279

IMDb ID: nm0944760

Known for: Directing

Born: December 6, 1934

Age: 91

Place of birth: Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 1999

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.82

Wikidata: Q3196896

Also known as

矢吹公郎 • K. Yabuki • Kimio YABUKI

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Director (19)Series Director (1)Producer (2)Creator (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Kimio Yabuki (Japanese: 矢吹公郎) is a Japanese animator. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best-known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan. In 1969, he teamed up with a young Hayao Miyazaki in the production of an animated version of Puss in Boots. Yabuki was an employee of Toei Animation until going freelance in 1973, but did work on several Toei productions (including Dororon Enma-kun, Ikkyu-san, and The Kabocha Wine) afterward. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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