Toshiyuki Inoue

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/i/user/885163337809395712 An irreplaceable member of the Japanese animation industry. Inoue is an animator of the realist school whose skills are among the best in the world. He is known to often handle immense amounts of work in the titles he partakes in. Famous examples being the film Maquiahttps://anilist.co/anime/99457/ where he is responsible for a third of the films animation and The Deer Kinghttps://anilist.co/anime/102891/ in which he was in charge of over 400 layout cuts and 200 key animation cuts at the age of 60. Inoue aspired to become an animator after having seen Future Boy Conanhttps://anilist.co/anime/302/ in 1978 as a high school student a television series directed by Hayao Miyazakihttps://anilist.co/staff/96870/. After graduation Inoue took and failed the entrance exam for Telecom Animation Filmhttps://anilist.co/studio/94/ an animation studio where Miyazaki was working at the time. He then joined Studio Juniohttps://anilist.co/studio/280/ and debuted as an inbetweener in 1982. During his time at Junio he was heavily inspired by the likes of Takashi Nakamurahttps://anilist.co/staff/102031/ and Satoru Utsunomiyahttps://anilist.co/staff/101489/. A mere two years after his debut Inoue started attracting attention with his work on GuGu Ganmohttps://anilist.co/anime/3020/ as a character designer and animation director and was soon thereafter invited to join the productions of the high profile feature films The Wings of Honneamisehttps://anilist.co/anime/1034/ Akirahttps://anilist.co/anime/47/ as well as Kikis Delivery Servicehttps://anilist.co/anime/512/ the fifth film of Hayao Miyazakis. Ever since then he has been in high demand for feature films. Mamoru Oshiihttps://anilist.co/staff/99097/ has praised him as the perfect animator who has no need for a director. Adding that if you had five of him you could make a whole film. Keiichi Harahttps://anilist.co/staff/104680/ has called him a treasure of the anime industry who isnt only good but also fast. Inoue also devotes himself to teaching animation to the younger generation. In the early 2000s he presided over a cram school in his name for young animators at Production I.Ghttps://anilist.co/studio/10/ a studio which Inoue still often works with to this day.