Kuri, Youji
About
Date of death: November 24, 2024. Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. One of, if not the most important figures in the history of Japanese independent animation, he was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" (アニメーション三人の会) collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently-made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan. He is known internationally for the very black comedy of his films, with the typically naïve style of his cartooning often belying the surreal, obscene and disturbing situations they depict (though he has worked in a variety of styles and mediums, including pixilation); this made them a favourite among the fervently counter-cultural audiences, which included such filmmakers as René Laloux, of the first few years of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and in a 1967 publication he was considered to be "the most significant" and "the only Japanese animator whose work is known in the West" (which is to disregard the Toei Animation features and Astro Boy series that were first seen in the West around the same time that Kuri's first several films were and mentioned in passing in the same publication, though these were not known as works of an individual and characteristic filmmaker and often had their Japanese origin played down). He is also known in Japan for his comics, a collection of which earned him the 1958 Bungeishunjuu Manga Award. Though now retired from filmmaking he continues to illustrate and to teach animation at Laputa Art Animation School. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kuri, Youji Anime List
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Acchi wa Kocchi Director
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Ai Director
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Akahana no Tonakai Director
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Amaryllis Animation Director
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Aos Director
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Asobou yo Director
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Awate Tokoya 1966 Director
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Baka Baka Baka na Sekai Director
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Camp Ryouri Director
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Chibikko Cowboy Animation Director
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Clarinet Kowashichatta Animation Director
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Clarinet Kowashichatta 1972 Director
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Davy Crockett no Uta Director
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Deka Chibi Noppo Director
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Electone Vostok Director
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Fashion Director
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Flipper Director
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Fuyu no Hi Animation Director (1 Segment), Key Animation
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G-senjou no Higeki Director
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Gachou no Obasan Director
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Go-hiki no Kobuta to Charleston Director
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Gokiburi-chan Original Creator
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Hana Director
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Hasami Togi Animation Director
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Hasami Togi 1974 Director
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Hayakuchi Kotoba Director
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Heya Director
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Hige no Oishasan Director
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Hobo 15-byou Animation Director
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Ichi Ni San Director
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Imagination of Marathon Runners Director
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Kaijuu ga Yattekuru Animation Director
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Kappa no Kui Kuo Kua Animation Director
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Kemeko no Love Director
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Ki no Ii Ahiru Director
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Kirei na Boushi Director
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Kiseichuu no Ichiya Director
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Kiseki Director
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Kitte no Gensou Director
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Kuma-chan no Picnic Director
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Mado Director
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Mama to Go-go Director
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Manga Director
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Mori no Kuma-san Animation Director
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Ni-hiki no Sanma Director
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Ni-hiki no Sanma 1968 Director
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Ningen Doubutsuen Director
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Oni no Negai Director
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Osaru to Kagami Director
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Otoko to Onna to Inu Director
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Pinocchio no Uta Director
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Pop Director
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Punpun Polka Animation Director
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Ring Ring Boy Director
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Samurai Director
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Santa wa Doko ni Iru Director
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Satsujinkyou Jidai Director
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Sentaku Jab Jab Director
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Suteki na Yume wo Director
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Tana wo Tsukurimashou Director
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Tanoshii ne Animation Director
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The Bathroom Director
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The Button Director
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Tokyo Loop Director (Funkorogashi)
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Tonari no Yarou Director
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Tonchi Asobi Director
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Wareware wa Uchuujin da Director
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Yamadera no Oshou-san Director
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Youki ni Utaeba Animation Director
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Zero no Hakken Director
