アニメ師・杉井ギサブロー

(２０１２年／ＨＤ／92分／カラー  監督:石岡正人) 戦後初のカラー劇場長編「白蛇伝」ＴＶアニメ長編第一号「鉄腕アトム」などアニメ創世記から関わり、手塚治虫がアニメを作る際に右腕と頼りにした杉井ギサブロー。彼の歴史は日本アニメの歴史を知ることとなる。「鉄腕アトム」「どろろ」「タッチ」…誰もが夢中になったテレビアニメの数々、そして『銀河鉄道の夜』で未曾有の頂点に達したアニメーション界の巨人の素顔に迫ったドキュメンタリー。72歳の彼は現在も走り続ける！

(2012/ Hdcam・ＢＤ/1920 x 1080/92 min/color/5.1 channel UpMix/16:9)
documentary
director:Masato Ishioka
© 2012 Animation Maestro Production Committee

Introduction
Seventy one year old Ginsaburo Sugi is one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation. He is a wonderful human being and a great artist who has always driven himself to surpass his earlier work and has never allowed himself to be fettered by conventions.

His work includes some of the great masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Astro Boy, Dororo, Japanese Fairy Tales and Tatchi. All of Sugi’s work is hand drawn and his delicate lines encompass the eroticism of “A Thousand and One Nights”, the emotional depth of Tachi, the beautiful silences and soul-searching depth of expression in the eyes of Giovanni the cat in his masterpiece, “Night On The Galactic Railroad.”

This documentary also follows the development of the Japanese animation industry from its early years in the shadow of Disney to its emergence as an international cultural phenomenon and symbol of “Cool Japan.”[:]