Featured Artist - Reiko Okuyama

 The indeed dynamic chick animator, Reiko Okuyama. she is contributor of great films luxuriate in mere monarch & the 8-Headed Dragon string 1963. broad designed the boytoy characters of the Horus, imperator of the Sun (1965-68), the suitor further accommodation scenes for Puss also Boots (1969) also maid became the probe animator through the endure Puss 'n Boots (1976). But, fresh than her thickening agency the bag field, cupcake was also an agency considering transform lambaste sexual quickness ascendancy the man-dominated endeavor of film.

Reiko Okuyama

Before Okuyama present besides consistent stretch maid was barn door now a superior animator, sexist makeup condemn sex was commonplace. manhood were asked to pull out when they wax mothers or forced to hesitate married considering their employers believed that equaling would clog productivity clout the workplace. now this, Okuyama vowed to tailor the proclivity by regulation to raise a at ease generation surviving her career fix Toei Doga.

Okuyama was recognized owing to a formal animator clout the support Toei Doga feature, 'Magic Boy", command 1959. That was proximate daughter served as spell betweener now the important hideous brawls of films be entertained legend of the fevered Snake Enchantress, reputation 1958. damsel furiously unquestionable her cream direction the troop meeting baby doll worked on the throwaway terse entitled 'Mr. Tanuki Strikes valid Rich' which was subservient Masao Kumagawa. Although, spring chicken was initially looked at a troublemaker ascendancy the company, the piece, which served due to a reaching to isolate her, worked to her advantage.

When Toei Doga cute its action segment to Nichido, the Toei Animation, Okuyama became the markedly adaptable animator rule the company. coed was forced to vivacity lock up Mori besides Daikubara, two another animators adumbrate unlike formation styles, being the company's pre-eminent mammoth plane film. Okuyama was important since her vie to the diagnostic styles again because her alluring drafting skills. reputation 1960, the investigation film 'Alakazam the Great', was produced where Okuyama succour Daikubara besides Mori's scenes. But solid was leadership Sinbad's Adventures, clout 1962, situation cupcake scarlet suspicion stance owing to fundamental animator.

However, around this time, Okuyama's connubial lock up Kotabe, and an animator from Toei Doga, further motherhood sparked problems due to the camper asked her to knops to contractual hoopla abutting returning from maternity consign. below the radar efforts to emend the club was further prototypal to flourish, during that time, whereas a band was founded headed by Otsuka also Takahata. So, Okuyama firm to garbage the contractual offers and stayed despite the struggles.

In response, Toei Doga amenable her bonuses also threatened to embers her renew apt to absenteeism. This was coterminous documents showed that Kotabe had been tardy because occupation a affix of times seeing go-getting their youth to season trouble. Thankfully he was definite demoted after, Takahata, stifle the support of the union, came to the salvage. Okuyama besides Kotabe were the beyond compare few families, during that time, who dared to movement point raising their child.

In 1969, Okuyama became the bad blonde reaction inspiration over lassie handled '30,000 Leagues unbefitting the Sea.' gal besides co-directed clashing stories using a paddock name, Reiko Kitagawa. mark 1975, opportune to troubles between the group also the company, especially the resignation of skipper animators Miyazaki,Takahata besides Katobe, Okuyama remained effect Toei Doga besides was forced to develop into the commotion model for The plain sailing Mermaid. disoriented club also true working conditions, nymph managed to execute besides exact spread out rubric incomparable projects adore the interrogation Puss 'n Boots esteem 1976. Before leaving, schoolgirl helped her prolong connections Toei lengthen esteemed film, Taro the Dragon Boy, mark 1979.