Atsushi Yamagata

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Atsushi Yamagata (山形厚史, Yamagata Atsushi, April 4, 1965) is a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Hokkaido Prefecture.

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4 titles

Saint☆Young Men

Movie2013

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.

From Up on Poppy Hill

Movie2011

Two high schoolers find hope as they fight to save an old wartime era clubhouse from destruction during the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Colorful

Movie2010

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.

Spirited Away

Movie2001

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

Atsushi Yamagata

Biography

Filmography

Miscellaneous Crew

Saint☆Young Men

From Up on Poppy Hill

Colorful

Spirited Away