Known for Visual Effects
Kubo Tsuguyuki (窪詔之) is a veteran Japanese animator, animation director, and character designer currently affiliated with Studio Pierrot. Kubo started working as an animator in the mid 1960s. He worked on a number of a Japanese anime projects working with various companies throughout the 70s and early 80s. In the mid 1980s, he joined the newly formed PAC, which handled almost all of the animation duties of the various Rankin/Bass cartoons. In late 1995, he joined Studio Pierrot, where he remains a regular contributor on various productions. He is generally regarded as a legend within the Japanese animation industry. His younger brother Kubo Hidemi (窪秀己) is also an animator.
Born
April 8, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Taipei, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Filmography
32 films, 63 shows


The Last Unicorn
1982 · 1h 33m · UK
A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.


The Flight of Dragons
1982 · 1h 36m · US
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.