Hiromasa Yonebayashi

HIROMASA YONEBAYASHI was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1973.

In 1996, he joined Studio Ghibli. He was in-between animator for “Princess Mononoke” (1997) and “My Neighbors the Yamadas” (1999) and key animator for “Spirited Away” (2001). He worked on “The Ghiblies: Episode 2” (2002), “Howl‟s Moving Castle” (2004) and “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” (2008). He served as an assistant supervising animator for “Tales from Earthsea” (2006). For the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, he was the directing animator for “Mei and the Baby Cat Bus” and “imaginary Flying Machines.” He also created the storyboards and directed “Evolution” (2008). “Arrietty” is Yonebayashi‟s first film as director for Studio Ghibli.

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