Tadahito Mochinaga

Tadahito Mochinaga was an animator and director with a distinctive place in Japanese and Chinese animation history. Mochinaga designed and used the multi-plane camera for the first time in Japan, made the first stop-motion puppet animations in China and Japan, and was among the founding members who built the present Shanghai Animation Film Studio. Director credits include Fuku-chan no Sensuikan and Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi.