Kitarou Kousaka

Kitarou Kousaka is an animator and director who began at Oh! Production in 1979 and later worked extensively on Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli films. He directed Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, which became the first Japanese anime film selected for the Cannes Film Festival. His other credits include animation direction on Howl's Moving Castle, original character design for Monster and directing Okko's Inn.