Studio · Animation house
Topcraft
トップクラフト
8 animated productions (plus 4 producer credits) — working primarily in adventure, kids, and fantasy, active since 1973.
- Studio productions
- 8
- Producer credits
- 4
- Avg score
- 6.3
- Founded
- Est. 1972
- Favorites
- 8
01Identity
What we know
Aggregated from the catalogue. Nothing in this section is curated copy.
Genre fingerprint
- Adventure 7 titles · 58%
- Kids 6 titles · 50%
- Fantasy 5 titles · 42%
- Comedy 5 titles · 42%
- Drama 2 titles · 17%
- Supernatural 2 titles · 17%
At a glance
- Active years
- 1973–1992
- Founded
- 1972
- Avg score
- 6.3
- Output
- 0.1 studio titles/yr
- Dominant role
- Animation studio
- Catalogue
- 12 titles
Topcraft was a studio established by former Toei Animation staff. It's founder was animator Toru Hara. It is most famous for producing Hayao Miyazaki's film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. In 1985 the studio filed for bankruptcy and it's staff were divided. Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata acquired the studio itself and established Studio Ghibli, while other staff left to form a new company called Pacific Animation Corporation.
02Catalogue
The body of work
12 titles across 2 chronological windows. Filter by role or hold for the prestige tier.
1973–1982
8 titles · Avg6.1
1983–1992
4 titles · Avg6.8
03People
Top collaborators
Ranked by credit count across this company's catalogue, weighted toward senior positions (Director · Series Composition · Character Design · Music).
- Katsuhisa Yamada Director 5 credits in this catalogue +2 roles
- Hidekazu Ohara Character Design 3 credits in this catalogue +2 roles
- Takashi Tanazawa Director 3 credits in this catalogue +2 roles
- Tatsuo Yoshida Original Creator 2 credits in this catalogue
The long bench
- Ikkou Kobayashi Animation Director 5×
- Kouzou Takagaki Episode Director 3×
- Kouichi Sasaki Episode Director 3×
- Mitsuko Horie Theme Song Performance 2×
- Kunihiko Yuyama Storyboard 2×
- Joe Hisaishi Music 2×
- Takashi Watanabe Animation Director 2×
- Mamoru Kanbe Production Manager 2×
- Mizuho Nishikubo Episode Director 2×
- Mitsuki Nakamura Art Director 2×
- Hiroshi Sasagawa Director 2×
- Jinzou Toriumi Script 2×
04Where they live
External links
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