Souji Yoshikawa

Wiki jphttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ A fan of Osamu Tezukahttps://anilist.co/staff/96938/s works when Yoshikawa was a sophomore in high school he saw a Mushi Productions first batch of animators wanted news article and applied for the job which led him to enter the anime industry. He was planning to go to art college but was invited to join Mushi Pro so he quit high school and joined the company. He participated as an animator for the first Astro Boyhttps://anilist.co/anime/2747/ series. In 1967 he participated in the founding of Art Fresh with Gisaburou Sugii and Osamu Dezaki. After working as an animator on Mushi Productions Gokuu no Daiboukenhttps://anilist.co/anime/2687/ which Art Fresh participated in he worked as a freelance animator before becoming a senior director and board member of DynaMethod Inc. In addition to serving as episode director storyboard artist and writer he also worked as a director. He has participated in Tensai Bakabonhttps://anilist.co/anime/6468/ Star of the Giantshttps://anilist.co/anime/5834/ Ashita no Joehttps://anilist.co/anime/2402/ Moominhttps://anilist.co/anime/8234/ Lupin IIIhttps://anilist.co/anime/1412/ Invincible Super Man Zambot 3https://anilist.co/anime/2200/ Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3https://anilist.co/anime/3305/ and Future Boy Conanhttps://anilist.co/anime/302/. In addition to anime he created wrote and directed Star Guardian with Airship Theater Company wrote the screenplays for Tanoshii Moomin Ikka and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and wrote and directed The Wizard of Oz. It all started when he was asked by director Masaaki Oosumihttps://anilist.co/staff/122102/ to help with the screenplay of Aladdin for Airship Theater Companys Aladdin when he was working on the TV adaptation of Moomin. In addition he has worked on commercials events performances and novels. He has been a fan of science fiction since he read Shounen Shoujo Sekai Kagaku Bouken Zenshuu by Kodansha when he was a kid. One of the reasons that the 100th episode of the Kirby: Right Back at Yahttps://anilist.co/anime/2390/ anime contained some problems inconsistencies and heavyhandedness in the plot and development is that Yoshikawa who wrote the final episode learned that his wife was in critical condition at the time and had to rush through the script and leave it in incomplete form in order to be present for her dying moments. Yasuo Ootsukahttps://anilist.co/staff/136873/ cited in an interview for the Lupin III Perfect Book: Complete Collectors Edition that Hayao Miyazakihttps://anilist.co/staff/96870/ Isao Takahatahttps://anilist.co/staff/100579/ Osamu Dezaki and Yoshikawa as representative members of the Japanese anime world. Source: Wikipedia