Hiroyuki Morita
森田宏幸
About
After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Fukuoka University, he joined the animation studio Shaft. There his first work as an in-betweener was on Hiatari Ryoukou!. Afterwards, he went freelance and worked on films such as Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service before debuting as a key animator on Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty in 1989.
Him working on Studio Ghibli's films as an animator led to him being selected as a director for The Cat Returns. A movie which remains as one of his most noted works today. In 2007, he directed his first TV series, Bokurano.
