Born in Kyoto, he entered the animation industry through Sunrise, where he supervised episode direction and storyboards before co-directing the acclaimed Macross Plus. His first solo series, Cowboy Bebop (1998), earned universal praise for its blend of jazz, noir and sci-fi, and was followed by the film Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door and two Animatrix shorts produced for The Wachowskis. Subsequent proj…
