Toshio Suzuki (producer)

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Toshio Suzuki
Image:Toshio Suzuki (producer).jpg Toshio Suzuki (2002)
Born	August 19, 1948 Nagoya, Japan
Occupation	Film producer

Toshio Suzuki (鈴木敏夫 Suzuki Toshio) (b. August 19, 1948) is the chief producer and president of the Japanese animation studio; Studio Ghibli. He is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success (in Japan) of many Ghibli films. According to Hayao Miyazaki, "If it were not for Mr. Suzuki, there wouldn't have been Studio Ghibli." [1]

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Producer 1.2 Associate Producer 1.3 Production Committee 2 References

Filmography

Producer

• Only Yesterday, 1991
• Porco Rosso - (紅の豚 Kurenai no Buta), 1992
• Pom Poko, 1994
• Princess Mononoke - (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime), 1997
• My Neighbors the Yamadas, 1999
• Shiki-Jitsu, 2000, Studio Kajino
• Spirited Away - (千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), 2001
• Metropolis, 2001, (Not a Ghibli Production)
• The Cat Returns, 2002
• Howl's Moving Castle - (ハウルの動く城 Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), 2004
• Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, 2004, Production I.G.
• Tales from Earthsea, 2006

The following productions are highly likely to have been produced by Suzuki (Need Confirmation)

• Sora Iro no Tane, 1992, (TV short film)
• Nandarou, 1992, (TV commercial for NHK)
• Ocean Waves, 1993
• On Your Mark, 1995, (Chage and Aska's music video)
• Ghiblies, 2000, (TV short film)
• Umacha, 2001, (TV commercials)
• Ghiblies Episode 2, 2002, (shown in theaters with The Cat Returns)
• Lasseter-san, Arigatou, 2003, (thank you video created for John Lasseter)

Associate Producer

• Kiki's Delivery Service - (魔女の宅急便 Majo no Takkyuubin), 1989

Production Committee

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no Tani no Naushika), 1984, Topcraft
• Castle in the Sky - Laputa: The Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta), 1986
• Grave of the Fireflies, 1988
• My Neighbor Totoro - (となりのトトロ Tonari no Totoro), 1987

References

• Miyazaki Quote from Nausicaa.net: The Hayao Miyazaki Web (an extensive English language source on Ghibli's films and other related anime works.)
• GhibliWorld.com: The Ultimate Ghibli Collection Site (English Ghibli source with news updates straight from Japan and info about Studio Ghibli goods)
• The Birth of Studio Ghibli (Documentary), Studio Ghibli Collection: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (UK DVD Release), Optimum Releasing Asia, 2005

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