Masami Hata

He made his debut as an animator on the show Big Xhttps://anilist.co/anime/9613/ and joined Mushi Production working there as a director. Around 1975 he began working at Sanrio which was just moving into the anime market and wound up staying there for over a decade going on to direct several of Sanrios fulllength theatrical features such as Chirin no Suzuhttps://anilist.co/anime/2199/ Sirius no Densetsuhttps://anilist.co/anime/2029/ and Yousei Florencehttps://anilist.co/anime/4943/. He has been working as a freelancer since the breakup of Sanrios animation department in 1985 following the release of the film Yousei Florence directing and storyboarding for TV series and movies at various studios.