In what year was Topcraft, the animator of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, established?
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Topcraft Topcraft (トップクラフト, also written "Top Craft") was a Japanese anime studio established in 1971 by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara. It was famous for doing animation for hand-drawn animation titles by Rankin/Bass and for the production of "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" and "". The studio went bankrupt and dissolved in June 15, 1985 essentially splitting the studio in half. Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata bought the studio when laying off most of its animation staff and changed its name to Studio Ghibli. . Topcraft's animators later formed another studio called Pacific Animation Corporation to continue to work with Rankin/Bass on shows like "ThunderCats" and "Silverhawks" but eventually joined Ghibli once the studio was bought out by Disney and became Walt Disney Animation Japan. Some animators like Tsuguyuki Kubo went to work for other anime 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.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ , Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika ) is a 1984 Japanese animated epic science-fiction fantasy film adapted and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1982 manga of the same name. Isao Takahata produced the film for Tokuma Shoten and Hakuhodo, with Topcraft animating. Joe Hisaishi, in his first collaboration with Miyazaki, composed the film's score. The film stars the voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Iemasa Kayumi.
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Nikolai Khodataev Nikolai Petrovich Khodataev (Russian: Николай Петрович Ходатаев ; 9 May [O.S. 26 April] 1892 — 25 March 1987) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor and animator, one of the founders of the Soviet animation industry.
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Steve Segal Steve Segal (born in Richmond, Virginia in 1949) is an American animator and filmmaker who collaborated with Phil Trumbo in the production of the cult classic "Futuropolis", an avant garde space-travel film parody which started in the mid-1970s as a nine-minute short but has been growing in size and impact ever since. He teaches animation at the California College of the Arts and has also been a professor in the animation department
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Malaysian animation Animation in Malaysia (known as "Animasi" in Malay) has origins in the puppetry style of "wayang kulit", wherein the characters are controlled by the puppeteer, or Tok Dalang. Chinese shadow play inspired German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger to create the animated The Adventures of Prince Achmed in 1926 that was based on one of the stories in the "1001 Nights stories". Many of the world's animators have credited Prince Achmed`s recognizable style for generating their initial interest in animation as well as in their works.
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Active Worlds Active Worlds is an online virtual world, developed by ActiveWorlds Inc., a company based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and launched on June 28, 1995. Users assign themselves a name, log into the Active Worlds universe, and explore 3D virtual worlds and environments that others have built. ActiveWorlds allows users to own worlds and universes, and develop custom 3D content. The browser has web browsing capabilities, voice chat, and basic instant messaging.
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Assorted Nuts Animation Studios Assorted Nuts Animation Studios, headquartered in Karlstad, Sweden, is an award-winning, independent animation studio and development/production house that creates animated films and characters. The studio makes animated feature films, TV series and on-demand content for international markets that, in the words of its founder, Magnus Jansson, has subjects 'spanning all age-groups and genres, from pre-school to family entertainment to adult comedy.'
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Unique Development Studios Unique Development Studios AB (formerly Unique Development Sweden HB) was a Swedish video game developer based in Norrköping, Sweden. Founded in September 1993 by Michael Brunnström, Peter Zetterberg and Carl Lundqvist, the company incoporated under the name Unique Development Sweden in May 1994, and renamed Unique Development Studios in June 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, Unique Development Studios opened a second office in Gothenburg, Sweden, acquired London, England-based developer King of the Jungle, and established publishing subsidiaries GlobalFun and AddGames. The company shut down in 2004, and development of "The Kore Gang" was shifted to SnapDragon Games, until it also dissolved and the game was handed to Zoink, a studio led by former Unique Development Studios game designer Klaus Lyngeled.
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The Animation Picture Company The Animation Picture Company is an American animation studio in Sherman Oaks, California. It was founded in late 2006 by Dan Chuba, John Davis, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Brain Manis, and Ash Shah.
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John Halas John Halas (born János Halász; 16 April 1912 – 21 January 1995) was a pioneering Hungarian animator. Together with Gyula Macskássy (an acquaintance from Sándor Bortnyik's Bauhaus art studio, Műhely), and Félix Kassowitz, Halász co-founded Hungary's first animation studio, Coloriton, in 1932. Coloriton existed for 4 years, producing high-quality promotion-oriented animations for television and cinema including "Boldog király kincse" ("The Treasure of the Joyful King"). Halász learned his craft under George Pal, but launched his own career in 1934, and two years later moved to England where later, with his wife Joy Batchelor, founded Halas and Batchelor in 1940.
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International Animated Film Association The International Animated Film Association (French: Association Internationale du Film d'Animation, ASIFA) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the best known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian animator, Norman McLaren. There are now more than 30 chapters of the Association located in many countries of the world.
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Rankin/Bass Productions Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. (founded as Videocraft International, Ltd.) was an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials, particularly its work in stop motion animation. The pre-1974 library is owned by Universal Studios (via DreamWorks Animation/DreamWorks Classics), while the post-1973 library is owned by Warner Bros. Rankin/Bass stop-motion features are recognisable by their visual style of doll-like characters with spheroid body parts, and ubiquitous powdery snow using an animation technique called "Animagic". Often, traditional cel animation scenes of falling snow would be projected over the action to create the effect of a snowfall.
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Bangladeshi animation Bangladeshi animation is still a new form of visual arts but experiencing a rapid growth. The animation industry employs about 12,000 people of different ages in Bangladesh. Most of the animation works are of outsourced projects from western developed nations. Other animation works include projects related to social awareness related programs and for TV advertisement purposes. Few animation studios are also producing animated short and feature films. There are some animation festivals that annually take place in Bangladesh, most prominently the International Animation and Cartoon Festival.
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Terry Willers Terry Willers (1935 – 9 November 2011) was a noted cartoonist and animator. Willers was born in London but settled in Ireland. He spent most of his later life in Carrigower and for over 40 years in Rathdrum, both in County Wicklow. In 1992, Willers was the co-founder and chairman of the Guinness International Cartoon Festival, which ran for three years in Rathdrum. He was a winner of the Jacobs Award for his work for television.
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Bill Schultz (producer) Bill Schultz (born June 11, 1960) is an animation producer. He was born in New York City and grew up in River Forest, a suburb near Chicago, Illinois, moving to Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana Campus. He has worked on television shows such as "Jim Henson's Muppet Babies", "The Transformers", and produced others, notably "The Simpsons", "King of the Hill" and now the founder and CEO of Home Plate Entertainment, the Animation Studio behind Rob Dyrdek's Wild Grinders (launched on Nicktoons in the US in September 2011). Schultz started Home Plate Entertainment in 2010, after stepping down from his 12 year partnership with Moonscoop LLC (f/k/a Mike Young Productions (MYP) and Taffy entertainment, the US based arm of French animation studio Moonscoop SAS.
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Lucasfilm Animation Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. LLC is an animation studio founded in 2003. Its first major production was the feature film "" and its . In September 2016, Dave Filoni, known for his contributions to "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and "Star Wars Rebels", accepted a promotion to oversee the development of all future Lucasfilm Animation projects.
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Madhouse (company) MADHOUSE Inc. (株式会社マッドハウス , Kabushiki-gaisha Maddohausu ) is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 1972 by ex–Mushi Pro animators, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
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Albion Online "Albion Online" (AO) is a medieval fantasy MMORPG developed by Sandbox Interactive, a studio based in Berlin, Germany. During the beta stages of development, players were able to purchase "Founder's Packs" to gain access to the closed beta play-tests which were run intermittently by Sandbox Interactive, typically after an interval of a few months of development. These Founder packs are no longer available, since the release of the full game. Albion Online removed its free-to-play model for various reasons on December 30th, 2015.
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Film Roman Film Roman is an American animation studio owned by Waterman Entertainment, the production company of producer Steve Waterman. Founded by veteran animator and director Phil Roman in 1984, it is best known for producing source animation for series such as "The Simpsons" (1992–2016), "King of the Hill" and "Family Guy" for 20th Century Fox Animation, as well as "Garfield and Friends" and various "Garfield" animated television specials.
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Top Wing Top Wing is an upcoming Canadian computer-animated television series produced by Industrial Brothers and 9 Story Media Group, in association with Nickelodeon, set to air in late 2017. The series follows a team of eager young birds as they flock together to help their community and earn their wings as full-feathered rescue birds, all while teaching the importance of teamwork, as well as successful problem solving.
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House of Cool House of Cool is a boutique animation studio based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2004 by animation veteran Ricardo Curtis and finance expert Wesley Lui, the studio originally specialized in feature film pre-production. Today, they are a full service production house with capabilities ranging from story and design to screen-ready animation for feature and series projects.
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Gábor Csupó Gábor Csupó ( ; ] ; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer and graphic designer. He is co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like "Rugrats", "Duckman", and "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters".