Seitaro Kitayama
An image from Dental Health, one of the productions that also features Seitaro Kitayama.
Seitaro Kitayama

Seitaro Kitayama

March 3, 1888 — Wakayama, Japan

Seitarō Kitayama was an early Japanese animation director whose work includes the first examples of commercial production of anime. Kitayama was referred to as one of the fathers of anime by Yoshirō Irie, a researcher at Japan's National Film Center.

Old Man Hanasaka

1917

The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab

The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab

1917

Urashima Tarō

1918

Momotaro

Momotaro

1918

Tarou no Banpei - Senkoutei no Maki

1918

Dental Health

Dental Health

1923