Noburō Ōfuji, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Influential early Japanese animator
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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Noburō Ōfuji
- Noburo Ofuji (?? ??, Ofuji Noburo, June 1, 1900 – July 28, 1961) was a Japanese film director and animator.
- One of the most notable auteurs of anime of the first half of the 20th century (one of the industry's most prestigious awards, the Mainichi Film Awards' Ofuji Noburo Award, is named after him), he worked primarily with cutout and silhouette animation.
- He also made a number of films in traditional animation, using then-expensive, imported cels, while his earliest work known to have survived is a live-action/animated film.
- He trained under Jun'ichi Kouchi before starting his own company.
- He is known for his employment of washi, especially the coloured and patterned Edo chiyogami, which gives his films a distinctively Japanese appearance.
- He was one of the first Japanese animators to earn international recognition for his work.
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