Youichi Kotabe

Youichi Kotabe is an animator and designer who began at Toei Animation, where his first project was Magic Boy. He later worked with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata on Panda! Go Panda! and designed characters for Heidi, Girl of the Alps and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother. In 1985 he joined Nintendo as a game development advisor, remaining there for more than two decades. His anime credits include animation supervision across numerous Pokémon productions.