Minoru Maeda
1954-03-24
Hokkaido, Japan
Age: 70
VISUAL EFFECTS
Biography
Minoru Maeda is a Japanese animator and character designer, known for his round designs.
Best known for:
Filmography:
Night School (1956)
WORK AS:Cinematography
There Goes Our Hero (1979)
WORK AS:Key Animation
New Tetsujin-28 (1980)
WORK AS:Key Animation, Mechanical Designer
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)
WORK AS:Key Animation
There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game (1980)
WORK AS:Animation Director
There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race (1980)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dr. Slump (1981)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island (1981)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure (1982)
WORK AS:Key Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World (1983)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Designer
Nine (1983)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration (1983)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle (1984)
WORK AS:Key Animation
Nine: Final (1984)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis (1985)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dragon Ball (1986)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Key Animation
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
WORK AS:Animation Supervisor
Honey Bee in Toycomland (1986)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Touch: The Ace Without a Number (1986)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
WORK AS:Animation Supervisor
The Tale of Genji (1987)
WORK AS:Key Animation
Touch 3: Don't Pass Me By (1987)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Madonna (1988)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Sunlight All Around! Ka - su - mi: You Were in My Dreams (1988)
WORK AS:Character Designer, Animation Director
Dragon Ball Z (1989)
WORK AS:Character Designer, Animation Director
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)
WORK AS:Supervising Animator
Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's Tear (1989)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack (1990)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Ozanari Dungeon: The Tower of Wind (1991)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon (1991)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
WORK AS:Character Designer, Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big Adventure (1993)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Junkers Come Here: Memories of You (1994)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Street Fighter II: V (1995)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)
WORK AS:Key Animation
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
WORK AS:Key Animation
Popolocrois Monogatari (1998)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Touch 4: Miss Lonely Yesterday (1998)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the Sun (1998)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage opens (1999)
WORK AS:Animation Director
The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Ruby's Wish (2003)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats (2004)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie (2006)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Purun, The Soap Bubble (2007)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Baikinman VS Baikinman!? (2009)
WORK AS:Characters
Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars (2009)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Blacknose and the Magical Song (2010)
WORK AS:Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Go! The Exciting Anpanman Grand Prix (2010)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope (2013)
WORK AS:Character Designer, Animation Director
Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope (2014)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? (2017)
WORK AS:Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Twinkle! Princess Vanilla Of Ice Cream Land (2019)
WORK AS:Animation Director, Character Designer
Go! Anpanman: Dororin and the Transformation Carnival (2022)
WORK AS:Character Designer, Animation Director