Masashi Ando is a Japanese animator, character designer and filmmaker.
10 Facts About Masashi Ando
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Masashi Ando is known for working with Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon and Makoto Shinkai.
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Masashi Ando was the animation director and character designer for three of the four anime films in the top five box office revenues of Japanese films of all time: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Your Name.
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At the young age of 25, Masashi Ando was chosen to be the chief animation director of Princess Mononoke.
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Masashi Ando served as Hayao Miyazaki's right-hand man on Spirited Away in 2001, but left Ghibli after a confrontation with Miyazaki over directing methods.
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Masashi Ando has been involved in Satoshi Kon's films since 2003, and served as character designer and animation director for Kon's 2006 film Paprika.
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Masashi Ando worked as a character designer and animation director for Hiroyuki Okiura's A Letter to Momo in 2012.
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Masashi Ando joined Studio Ghibli films for the first time in a long time in 2013 as a member of the animation staff for The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
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Masashi Ando led the animation team for the Makoto Shinkai-directed Your Name in 2016.
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Masashi Ando makes his directorial debut with Shika no O: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi, alongside co-director Masayuki Miyaji.