Akemi Ōta (Japanese: 大田 朱美, Hepburn: Ōta Akemi, born 1938)[A] is a Japanese animator and author.
Biography
editŌta was born in 1938 to printmaker Koushi Ōta,[1]: 196 one of the founders of the Japan Educational Print Association. After attending Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama High School , she graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College.[2]
She joined Toei Animation as an animator. In October 1965, she married her colleague Hayao Miyazaki.[3]: 204, 437 Her first son Goro Miyazaki was born in January 1967, while her second son Keisuke was born in April 1969.[3]: 438 Though she initially continued working after Goro's birth, she later retired to raise her children.[3]: 204 However, she said that for many years she regretted retiring because it was her husband's request rather than her own decision.[1]: 188
She served as a part-time director for the Totoro's Hometown Foundation, which promotes the national trust movement in places such as Totoro's Forest in the Sayama Hills.[4] On 1 April 2011, when the Foundation was reorganized from an incorporated foundation into a public interest incorporated foundation and renamed the Totoro's Hometown Fund,[5] she became a councilor for the Fund.[6]
Works
editFilmography
edit- The White Snake Enchantress (1958)
- Young Sarutobi Sasuke (1959)
- Alakazam the Great (1960)
- The Orphan Brothers (1961)
- Arabian Night's Sindbad the Sailer (1962)
- The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
- Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
- The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968)
- The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969)
- Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
- Animal Treasure Island (1971)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971)
- The Three Musketeers in Boots (1972)
- Go Get Team 0011 (1972)
Bibliography
editMiyazaki, Akemi (1987). ゴローとケイスケ - お母さんの育児絵日記 [Goro and Keisuke - Mom's Childcare Picture Diary] (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 4-19-553528-X.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Miyazaki, Hayao (2008). 折り返し点 1997〜2008 [Turning Point 1997–2008] (in Japanese). Iwanami Shoten.
- ^ 宮崎駿の妻・大田朱美の立志伝 [Hayao Miyazaki's Wife, Akemi Ota's Success Story]. Nobunaga Oda. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Miyazaki, Hayao (1996). 出発点 1979〜1996 [Starting Point 1979–1996] (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten.
- ^ 財団法人トトロのふるさと財団役員名簿 [List of Totoro's Hometown Foundation Officers] (PDF). Totoro's Hometown Foundation.
- ^ 沿革・概要|当法人の活動について|公益財団法人 トトロのふるさと基金 [History/Summary | Our activities | Totoro's Hometown Fund]. Totoro's Hometown Fund. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ 公益財団法人トトロのふるさと基金評議員名簿 [Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Totoro's Hometown Fund Trustee List] (PDF). Totoro's Hometown Fund. 1 April 2011.
Category:1938 births
Category:Japanese animators
Category:Japanese women animators
Category:Hayao Miyazaki
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