Eiichi Yamamoto(1940-2021)
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Graduated in the Kyôto Prefecture. After several years working as
animator in Ryûichi Yokoyama's animation Studio Otogi, Yamamoto joined
Osamu Tezuka to found Mushi Production in 1961 and since until 1973
worked as producer, supervising director or director of a dozen of
animation productions from this company. The first short film of the
company was "The Male" (1962) and the next year Yamamoto collaborated
as executive director in the first TV series of the company, "Iron Arm
Atom" ("Astro Boy"). After supervising the theatrical re-edited
versions of the latter and "Jungle Great Emperor" (1966), Yamamoto
officially debuted in a full-length feature with "1001 Arabian Nights"
in 1969. He also directed the last film of Mushi, "Belladonna" (1973).
After that he joined Toei and directed and supervised the first TV
series and films of "Space Battleship Yamato". He retired from the
animation industry in 1991.
