Rintaro

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}{{Infobox person

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|1|22}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| birthname = Shigeyuki Hayashi

| othername = Kuruma Hino

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 1958–present

| awards =

Won

Alexander Senki, Netizen's Choice Award, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (1998)
Metropolis, 2nd Place, Best Animation Film, Fant-Asia Film Festival (2001)

Nominations

Metropolis, Best Film (nomination), Festival de Cine de Sitges (2001)

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{{nihongo|Rintaro|りんたろう|Rintarō|born January 22, 1941}} is the pseudonym of {{nihongo|Shigeyuki Hayashi|林重行|Hayashi Shigeyuki}},{{cite web|url=http://www.animated-divots.com/rintaro.html|title=Rintaro Filmography|publisher=Animated Divots|first=Richard|last=Llewellyn|date=2007-05-12|access-date=2008-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922033653/http://www.animated-divots.com/rintaro.html|archive-date=2008-09-22}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727336/|title=Rintaro|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2008-08-22}} a well-known director of anime.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-06-24/captain-harlock-endless-odyssey-cancelation-explained|title=Captain Harlock: Endless Odyssey cancelation explained|date=2002-06-24|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-01-26/rintaro-in-chicago|title=Rintaro in Chicago|date=2004-01-26|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nypress.com/15/4/film/film.cfm|title=Anime Master Rintaro's Metropolis Is Playful, Humane and Visually Stunning|newspaper=New York Press|access-date=2008-08-22|first=Matt Zoller|last=Seitz|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109153554/http://www.nypress.com/15/4/film/film.cfm|archive-date=2005-11-09}} He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse (which he co-founded),{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-24/rintaro-madhouse-to-animate-2008-penguin-cg-movie|title=Rintaro, Madhouse to Animate 2008 Penguin CG Movie|date=2007-05-24|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}} though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden.{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue248/interview.html|title=Interview: Animation legend Rintaro reinvents the city to build a better Metropolis|website=Science Fiction Weekly |date=2002-01-22|access-date=2008-08-22|first=Jeff |last=Berkwits |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080505093621/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue248/interview.html |archive-date = 2008-05-05}} His works have won and been nominated for multiple awards, including a nomination for Best Film (Metropolis) at the 2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727336/awards|title=Awards for Rintaro|website=Internet Movie Database|access-date=2008-08-22}}

Rintaro is a fan of science fiction, and has been influenced by American westerns, gangster films, film noir, and French films.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jan/metropolis/020124.metropolis.html|title=An Anime Metropolis|publisher=NPR's Morning Edition|date=2002-01-24|access-date=2008-08-22}} Additionally, he was influenced by Osamu Tezuka, and worked with him on Kimba the White Lion and Astro Boy. He said that when he was making Metropolis, which was based on Tezuka's manga of the same name, he "wanted to communicate Tezuka's spirit". Rintaro personally introduced the film at the Big Apple Anime Fest in 2001, where it was screened before its theatrical release by TriStar Pictures.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-11-14/baaf-wrap-up-pr|title=BAAF Wrap-up PR|date=2001-11-14|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}}

Rintaro has also worked under the name Kuruma Hino, in addition to his best known pseudonym and his birth name. His pseudonym is sometimes miswritten as Rin Taro or Taro Rin.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-01-25/taro-rin|title=Taro Rin?|date=2002-01-25|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-01/akira-by-streamline|title=Akira by Streamline?|date=2002-07-01|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}} He is a founding member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group.{{cite web |url=http://www.janica.jp/03JAniCA-Founders.html |title=JAniCA 発起人及び世話人・事務方一覧 |access-date=30 May 2009 |publisher=Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) |language=ja }}

Biography

Rintaro was born in Tokyo. His first job in the animation industry was as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden, which he worked on while working at Toei Animation.{{cite web|url=http://www.animated-divots.com/rintaro.html|title=Rintaro Filmography|publisher=Animated Divots|first=Richard|last=Llewellyn|date=2007-05-12|access-date=2008-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922033653/http://www.animated-divots.com/rintaro.html|archive-date=2008-09-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue248/interview.html|title=Interview: Animation legend Rintaro reinvents the city to build a better Metropolis|website=Science Fiction Weekly |date=2002-01-22|access-date=2008-08-22|first=Jeff |last=Berkwits |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080505093621/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue248/interview.html |archive-date = 2008-05-05}} After working on two additional films there, he began working for Mushi Productions, the studio run by Osamu Tezuka. His first directing job was the fourth episode of the 1963 series Astro Boy. After leaving Mushi in 1971 to become a freelancer, he worked on many TV series and films, and established himself as one of the most respected and well-known anime directors in Japan.

In recent years, Rintaro has lectured at Kyoto Seika University.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-12/oshii-to-take-guest-post-at-tokyo-keizai-university|title=Oshii to Take Guest Post at Tokyo Keizai University|date=2008-01-12|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2008-08-22}}

In 2023, a short film directed by Rintaro, Yamanaka Sadao ni Sasageru Manga Eiga 'Nezumikozō Jirokichi{{'}}, premiered at the 1st Niigata International Animation Film Festival.{{cite web |last1=Cayanan |first1=Joanna |title=Director Rintaro Premieres 1st New Work in 14 Years on March 20 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-22/director-rintaro-premieres-1st-new-work-in-14-years-on-march-20/.195178 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=17 April 2023 |date=22 February 2023}}

Rintaro's brother, Masayuki Hayashi, is himself an anime director and animator with credits including Wandering Sun, Kimba the White Lion, Combattler V and several Tatsunoko productions including Kerokko Demetan, Dash Kappei, The Littl' Bits, and Okawari Boy Starzan S. Some sources, including The Anime Encyclopedia, erroneously claim that "Masayuki Hayashi" and "Rintaro" are one and the same.

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Writer ! Notes
1964 \| Mighty Atom, the Brave in Space \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| As Shigeyuki Hayashi
1979 \| Galaxy Express 999 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1981 \| Adieu Galaxy Express 999 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1983 \| Harmagedon \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1985 \| The Dagger of Kamui \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan=2\| 1986 \| Phoenix: Karma Chapter \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1996 \| X \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|
2000 \| Reign: The Conqueror \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Supervising}} \| {{no}} \| Co-directed with Yoshinori Kanemori
2001 \| Metropolis \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2009 \| Yona Yona Penguin \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Producer

! Writer

! Notes

1964

| Mighty Atom, the Brave in Space

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| As Shigeyuki Hayashi

1979

| Galaxy Express 999

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1981

| Adieu Galaxy Express 999

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1983

| Harmagedon

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1985

| The Dagger of Kamui

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan=2| 1986

| Phoenix: Karma Chapter

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1996

| X

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2000

| Reign: The Conqueror

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Supervising}}

| {{no}}

| Co-directed with Yoshinori Kanemori

2001

| Metropolis

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2009

| Yona Yona Penguin

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

=Short films=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes
1978 \| Mystery of the Arcadia \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1987 \| Labyrinth Labyrinthos \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Segment of Neo Tokyo
2023 \| Yamanaka Sadao ni Sasageru Manga Eiga 'Nezumikozō Jirokichi{{'}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Writer

! Notes

1978

| Mystery of the Arcadia

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1987

| Labyrinth Labyrinthos

| {{yes}}

| Segment of Neo Tokyo

2023

| Yamanaka Sadao ni Sasageru Manga Eiga 'Nezumikozō Jirokichi{{'}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

=[[Original Video Animation]] =

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes
1987 \| Take the X Train \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
rowspan=3\| 1988 \| Bride of Deimos \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Matasaburo of the Winds \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
Peacock King \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1991 \| Doomed Megalopolis \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Episode 4: "The Battle for Tokyo"; Also chief director
1992 \| Download: Devil's Circuit \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
1993 \| X² - Double X \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan=2\| 1994 \| Spirit Warrior \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 2 episodes
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 4 episodes
2002 \| Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 13 episodes

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Writer

! Notes

1987

| Take the X Train

| {{yes}}

rowspan=3| 1988

| Bride of Deimos

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Matasaburo of the Winds

| {{yes}}

Peacock King

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1991

| Doomed Megalopolis

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Episode 4: "The Battle for Tokyo";
Also chief director

1992

| Download: Devil's Circuit

| {{yes}}

1993

| X² - Double X

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan=2| 1994

| Spirit Warrior

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 2 episodes

Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 4 episodes

2002

| Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 13 episodes

=TV series=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes
1963 \| Astro Boy \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Episode "Don Tay's Infernal Machine"
1965-1967 \| Kimba the White Lion \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 10 episodes
rowspan=2\| 1968 \| Wanpaku Tanteidan \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 6 episodes
1969 \| Moomin \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1972 \| New Moomin \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1974 \| Hoshi no Ko Chobin \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1975 \| Wanpaku Omukashi Kumu Kumu \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1975-1977 \| Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 3 episodes; Co-directed with Mitsuo Kobayashi and Tsuneo Maeda
1976 \| UFO Warrior Dai Apolon \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Episode "Invasion of the Demon Beast Bagladon from the Dark Nebula"
1977 \| Jetter Mars \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 27 episodes; Also producer
1977-1978 \| Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 26 episodes
1978-1979 \| Space Pirate Captain Harlock \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 42 episodes
1980 \| Ganbare Genki \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 35 episodes
rowspan=2\| 1982 \| Tiger Mask II \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 1 episode
I Am a Cat \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| TV movie
rowspan=2\| 1989 \| The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son Goku \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| TV movie
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1989-1990 \| Dragon Quest \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 15 episodes
2005 \| Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
2011 \| Wolverine \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Episode "Mariko"; Co-directed with Hajime Ootani and Hiroshi Aoyama
2012 \| Lupin VIII \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| Pilot episode for a cancelled TV series. Released on home video in 2012.

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Writer

! Notes

1963

| Astro Boy

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Episode "Don Tay's Infernal Machine"

1965-1967

| Kimba the White Lion

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 10 episodes

rowspan=2| 1968

| Wanpaku Tanteidan

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 6 episodes

1969

| Moomin

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1972

| New Moomin

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1974

| Hoshi no Ko Chobin

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1975

| Wanpaku Omukashi Kumu Kumu

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1975-1977

| Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 3 episodes;
Co-directed with Mitsuo Kobayashi and Tsuneo Maeda

1976

| UFO Warrior Dai Apolon

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Episode "Invasion of the Demon Beast Bagladon from the Dark Nebula"

1977

| Jetter Mars

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 27 episodes;
Also producer

1977-1978

| Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 26 episodes

1978-1979

| Space Pirate Captain Harlock

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 42 episodes

1980

| Ganbare Genki

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 35 episodes

rowspan=2| 1982

| Tiger Mask II

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 1 episode

I Am a Cat

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| TV movie

rowspan=2| 1989

| The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son Goku

| {{yes}}

| TV movie

The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1989-1990

| Dragon Quest

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 15 episodes

2005

| Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime

| {{yes}}

2011

| Wolverine

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Episode "Mariko";
Co-directed with Hajime Ootani and Hiroshi Aoyama

2012

| Lupin VIII

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Pilot episode for a cancelled TV series. Released on home video in 2012.

Books

Galaxy Express 999 movie Storyboard (映画「銀河鉄道999」絵コンテ帳). Fukkan.com, 2019. {{ISBN|978-4835456409}}

References

External links

{{anime News Network|people|2617}}
{{IMDb name|0727336}}
{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080915130350/http://www.madhouse.co.jp/column/taf2006/rintaro.html Rintaro page at Madhouse]

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