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Kimio Yabuki

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn December 6, 1934 (90 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Jungle Book: An Animated Classic

Known For

  • Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
  • Puss in Boots
  • Ikkyu-san
  • Swan Lake
  • Twelve Months
  • The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli
  • Tiger Mask
  • 30,000 Miles Under the Sea
  • The Kabocha Wine
  • Andersen monogatari
  • Satanikus!
  • Ken the Wolf Boy
  • Akko's Secret
  • Hustle Punch

Filmography

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