Toshio Suzuki (producer)

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Toshio Suzuki
Image:Toshio Suzuki (producer).jpg Toshio Suzuki (2002)
Born	August 19 1948 (1948-08-19) (age 61) Image:Flag of Japan.svg Nagoya, Japan
Occupation	Film producer

Toshio Suzuki (鈴木敏夫, Suzuki Toshio^?, born August 19, 1948) is the chief producer and president of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. He is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success (in Japan) of many Ghibli films. According to Hayao Miyazaki, "If it were not for Mr. Suzuki, there wouldn't have been Studio Ghibli." [1]

1 Filmography
2 References

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Producer

Porco Rosso - (紅の豚 Kurenai no Buta), 1992
I Can Hear the Sea, 1993
Pom Poko, 1994
Princess Mononoke - (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime), 1997
My Neighbors the Yamadas, 1999
Shiki-Jitsu, 2000, Studio Kajino
Spirited Away - (千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), 2001
Metropolis, 2001, Madhouse
The Cat Returns, 2002
Howl's Moving Castle - (ハウルの動く城 Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), 2004
Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, 2004, Production I.G
Tales from Earthsea, 2006
Ponyo on a Cliff, 2008
Untitled Isao Takahata Film, 2009?

The following productions are highly likely to have been produced by Suzuki (Need Confirmation)

Sora Iro no Tane, 1992, (TV short film)
Nandarou, 1992, (TV commercial for NHK)
On Your Mark, 1995, (Chage and Aska's music video)
Ghiblies, 2000, (TV short film)
Umacha, 2001, (TV commercials)
Ghiblies Episode 2, 2002, (shown in theaters with The Cat Returns)
Lasseter-san, Arigatou, 2003, (thank you video created for John Lasseter)

[edit] Associate Producer

Kiki's Delivery Service - (魔女の宅急便 Majo no Takkyuubin), 1989

[edit] Production Committee

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no Tani no Naushika), 1984, Topcraft
Castle in the Sky - Laputa: The Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta), 1986
Grave of the Fireflies, 1988
My Neighbor Totoro - (となりのトトロ Tonari no Totoro), 1987

[edit] Appearance

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Suzuki as Hiyashi Tanuki no Masa in Tachiguishi-Retsuden

Whisper of the Heart (1995) - as a friend of Shirou Nishi
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Killers: .50 Woman (2003) - as Wicked producer
Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006) - as Hiyashi Tanuki no Masa (Cold Badger Masa)

[edit] References

Miyazaki Quote from Nausicaa.net (an extensive English language source on Ghibli's films and other related anime works.)
GhibliWorld.com: The Ultimate Ghibli Collection Site (English Ghibli source with news updates straight from Japan and info about Studio Ghibli goods)
The Birth of Studio Ghibli (Documentary), Studio Ghibli Collection: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (UK DVD Release), Optimum Releasing Asia, 2005

v • d • e Studio Ghibli people
Katsuya Kondō • Yoshifumi Kondō • Kitarō Kōsaka • Gorō Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Kazuo Oga • Yasuo Ōtsuka • Toshio Suzuki • Isao Takahata