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Topcraft was an animation studio founded in 1972 by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara. It produced Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and collaborated with Rankin/Bass on several titles, and later became the basis for Studio Ghibli.
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TopCraft (トップクラフト , Toppukurafuto, also written as "Top Craft") was an animation studio established on February 1, 1972, by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara, and located in Tokyo, Japan. Hara would later become Studio Ghibli's first manager.
Address
In English 7th Sky Building 2F, 1-18-6 Minami Asagaya, Suginami-ku, Tokyo In Japanese 東京都杉並区阿佐ヶ谷南1-18-6 第7スカイビル2F
Business Activities
1. Planning and production work and sales of movies, television, promotional films, commercial films, and videos 2. Animation-related work
Representatives
Toru Hara (Representative Director) Kiyoshi Sakai (Production Producer) Minoru Nishida, Ichisuke Yoshihara, Mitsuru Kawano (Art) Katsuhisa Yamada, Koichi Sasaki (Directors)
Topcraft was famous for the production of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and for doing animation for hand-drawn animation titles by Rankin/Bass Productions (New York City, USA). The studio went bankrupt and dissolved on June 15, 1985, essentially splitting the studio in half. Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata bought the studio while laying off most of its animation staff, changing its name to Studio Ghibli.[citation needed].
Topcraft's animators later formed another studio, called Pacific Animation Corporation, to continue working with Rankin/Bass on television shows like ThunderCats and Silverhawks, but eventually joined Ghibli once Pacific Animation was bought out by The Walt Disney Company and became Walt Disney Animation Japan. Some animators, like Tsuguyuki Kubo, went to work for other studios, such as Studio Pierrot, working on Naruto and Bleach for them. In the end the buy out of Topcraft made the studio into the birth of Studio Ghibli. Topcraft's founder, Toru Hara, became Studio Ghibli's first manager.
TopCraft was an animation studio founded by Toru Hara in 1972, and later became Studio Ghibli. It produced Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and worked with Rankin/Bass Productions.
Topcraft is a Japanese animation studio that produced Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Barbapapa, and Oz no Mahoutsukai. Find out more about Topcraft's anime, ratings, and news on MyAnimeList, the largest online anime and manga database.
Top Craft was an animation production company founded by ex- Toei Douga staffer Hara Tooru, who also assumed the role of the studio's president.
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Topcraft Co., Ltd. (株式会社トップクラフト Kabushiki-gaisha Toppukurafuto, also written as "Top Craft") was an animation studio established in 1972, by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara, and located in Tokyo, Japan.
Dec 2, 2021 · Topcraft was a Japanese studio that animated several Rankin/Bass projects, including The Stingiest Man in Town, a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The studio later split into two, with one becoming Studio Ghibli, the legendary anime studio behind classics like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.
