Kimio Yabuki

Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer

6 december 1934 (91 years)
Kimio Yabuki (Japanese: 矢吹 公郎) is a Japanese animator. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best-known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan.

In 1969, he teamed up with a young Hayao Miyazaki in the production of an animated version of Puss in Boots. Yabuki was an employee of Toei Animation until going freelance in 1973, but did work on several Toei productions (including Dororon Enma-kun, Ikkyu-san, and The Kabocha Wine) afterward.

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Known For

  • Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
    Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer1985
  • Puss in Boots
    Puss in Boots1969
  • Ikkyu-san
    Ikkyu-san1 season
  • Het Zwanenmeer
    Het Zwanenmeer1981
  • Twelve Months
    Twelve Months1980
  • Calimero
    Calimero2 seasons
  • Mowgli: Jungle Boek
    Mowgli: Jungle Boek1 season
  • Tiger Mask
    Tiger Mask2 seasons
  • 30,000 Miles Under the Sea
    30,000 Miles Under the Sea1970
  • Satanikus!
    Satanikus!1 season
  • The Kabocha Wine
    The Kabocha Wine1 season
  • Andersen monogatari
    Andersen monogatari1968
  • Ken the Wolf Boy
    Ken the Wolf Boy1 season
  • Akko's Secret
    Akko's Secret1 season