Shinji Ootsuka

Wiki jphttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The epitome of the versatile animator capable of adapting to any anime to do outstanding work in that style. Ootsukas animation is professional but always full of personality and a special verve. He is one of the pillars of Studio Ghiblihttps://anilist.co/studio/21/s animation. Not confined to the Ghibli style he has always searched for new means of expression having done everything from the photorealistic to the cartoonish. The wonderful feeling of weight in the movement of Toshio running around the train station in Only Yesterdayhttps://anilist.co/anime/1029/ the delightful bodyguards in The Cat Returnshttps://anilist.co/anime/597/ the little robot coming out of the water in the final episode of FLCLhttps://anilist.co/anime/227/ all of these are quintessential Ootsuka. None other than the animation director of Tokyo Godfathershttps://anilist.co/anime/759/ has conceded that the film was originally conceived as a project to showcase Ootsukas talents in the same way Genma Taisenhttps://anilist.co/anime/1626/ was a vehicle for Yoshinori Kanadahttps://anilist.co/staff/106398/. Most of Ootsukas scenes in the film were drawn entirely by himself with no inbetweens and his cuts which were the first finished had a determining influence on the direction of the animation by the rest of the animators. Source: Pelleashttp://www.pelleas.net/animators/20