Tadao Nagahama

TV Program Creator

1936 – 1980

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Who was Tadao Nagahama?

Tadao Nagahama was a director of both puppet shows and animation.

He is best known as the director of Sunrise and Toei Company's Robot Romance Trilogy, which added human drama to the Super Robot Genre.

Nagahama also directed several hit anime series that are still well known among Japanese viewers. Moreover, he produced hits with works of all genres, including sports, comedies, shōnen, shōjo, and Super Robots.

He has been referred to as "the Emperor" in imitation of film director Akira Kurosawa.

He and his wife contracted hepatitis while traveling overseas. Although his wife survived, he died from the disease at the age of 43.

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Born
Sep 26, 1936
Kagoshima
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Lived in
  • Kagoshima Prefecture
Died
Jan 14, 1980

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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