
Person
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Directing · Born 1973-07-10 · Ishikawa, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (born 1973 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Borrower Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiromasa Yonebayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Spirited Away
Key Animation

Monster
Key Animation

Haikyu!!
Key Animation

Howl's Moving Castle
Key Animation

The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation

The Secret World of Arrietty
Director

Master Keaton
Key Animation

Serial Experiments Lain
Key Animation

Ponyo
Key Animation

The Wind Rises
Key Animation
Filmography
- 2025Miyazaki, Spirit of NatureSelf
- 2024Hayao Miyazaki and the HeronSelf
- 2023The ImaginaryKey Animation
- 2023The Boy and the HeronKey Animation
- 2021The Deer KingKey Animation
- 2021With All Our HeartsDirector
- 2018Modest HeroesKey Animation
- 2017Mary and The Witch's FlowerDirector
- 2014When Marnie Was ThereDirector
- 2014Haikyu!!Key Animation
- 2013The Kingdom of Dreams and MadnessSelf
- 2013The Wind RisesKey Animation
- 2011From Up on Poppy HillKey Animation
- 2010Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New DirectorHimself
- 2010The Secret World of ArriettyDirector
- 2008The Theory of EvolutionStoryboard
- 2008PonyoKey Animation
- 2007Iblard TimeKey Animation
- 2004Howl's Moving CastleKey Animation
- 2004MonsterKey Animation
- 2002Imaginary Flying MachinesAnimation Director
- 2002Mei and the KittenbusAnimation Director
- 2001Spirited AwayKey Animation
- 2001The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
- 2000GhibliesKey Animation
- 1998Master KeatonKey Animation
- 1998Serial Experiments LainKey Animation
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