Keiichi Hara

Biography

Subject: Keiichi Hara (Directing).
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Name: Keiichi Hara (原恵一).
Birth Date: July 24, 1959.
Place of Birth: Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan.
Education: Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG).
Career Start: After working in a PR firm, joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982.
Roles: Director, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Writer, Storyboard, Actor, Original Film Writer, Assistant Director, and Series Director.
Known Works: Colorful, Miss Hokusai, Summer Days with Coo, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, The Wonderland, Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire.
Specific Credits: Director of Summer Days with Coo; worked on TV series Doraemon and ESPer Mami (promoted to chief director on ESPer Mami).
Awards: Received Anime d'or Award at Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015.

Keiichi Hara is a director and animation creator born on July 24, 1959, in Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan. After graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College and working in a PR firm, he joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982. His professional credits include roles as a storyboard artist, screenwriter, actor, assistant director, and series director. Hara performed animation tasks for the TV series Doraemon and was promoted to chief director for the series ESPer Mami. His notable directorial works include Summer Days with Coo, Colorful, Miss Hokusai, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, The Wonderland, and Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire. In 2015, he received the Anime d'or Award at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival.
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