Part 5 of this interview can be found here. The corresponding Japanese text of this interview can be found in its entirety here.
Part 5 ends the actual interview, but the source text also includes a table of his works and his roles, some of which were not credited on screen. In the spirit of Frederik Schodt [1], I would appreciate if you take a gander at some of these as I spent a lot of time to compile, translate, and include some footnotes to provide more context for some of these entries—some of which have no prior online presence in English whatsoever as far as I can tell.
After the table, I’ve included a list of other Japanese resources that contain interviews with Sugino. This list is likely not comprehensive—I suspect there may be more interviews in some of the older anime magazines. If you know of any more, let me know and I’ll be happy to add it.
Update (2022-02-17): Modified the list of entries in the “Other Resources” section.
Update (2022-02-19): Modified the list of entries in the “Other Resources” section.
Work History
This table excludes certain compilations that came after the original release. Credits in square brackets were not shown on-screen.
| Date | Title | Production Company | Role |
| Broadcast: 1963-01-01 (start) | Astro Boy | Mushi Production | [Inbetweening] |
| Broadcast: 1965-10-06 (start) | Jungle Emperor [Kimba the White Lion] | Mushi Production | [Key Animation, Inbetweening] |
| Broadcast: 1966-10-05 (start) | New Jungle Emperor, Go Ahead Leo![2] | Mushi Production | [Key Animation, Inbetweening] |
| Broadcast: 1968-02-01 (start) | Boy’s Detective Team [Wanpaku Taiteidan] | Mushi Production | Animation [Animation Director] |
| Broadcast: 1968-10-03 (start) | Sabu and Ichi’s Detective Tales | Mushi Production | Animation [Character Design, Animation Director] |
| Theatrical Release: 1969-06-14 | A Thousand and One Nights | Mushi Production | Inbetweening |
| Production: 1969 | Frosty the Snowman (co-production) | Mushi Production[3] | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1970-04-01 | Tomorrow’s Joe | Mushi Production | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Production: 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (co-production) | Mushi Production[4] | Key Animation |
| Production: 1970 | The Tomfoolery Show (co-production) | Rankin/Bass Productions | [Storyboards Clean Copy] |
| Production: 1970 | Mr. Toad Show (co-production) | Rankin/Bass Productions | [Key Animation] |
| Broadcast: 1971-10-06 (start) | Make Way for Mr. Kunimatsu | Mushi Production | Animation Director, [Storyboards] |
| Broadcast: 1972-10-07 (start) | The Gutsy Frog | Tokyo Movie | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1973-03-02 (start) | Jungle Kurobē | Tokyo Movie | Animation Director (Assistant Animation Director) |
| Broadcast: 1973-10-05 (start) | Aim for the Ace! | Tokyo Movie | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1974-01-06 (start) | Heidi, Girl of the Alps | Zuiyo Eizō | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1974-04-03 (start) | Vicky the Viking | Zuiyo Eizō (Nippon Animation), Taurus Film | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1974-09-30 (start) | Urikupen Rescue Team [Jungle Tales] | Tatsunoko Pro, Unimax | Character Design |
| Broadcast: 1974-10-06 (start) | The Song of Tentomushi | Tatsunoko Pro | Animation Director |
| Screened: 1975-01 | The Fire G-Men[5] | Yomiuri Eiga-sha | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1975-04-04 (start) | Star of the Seine | Unimax | Character Design |
| Broadcast: 1975-10-06 (start) | Ancestor Genius Bakabon | Tokyo Movie | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1975-10-07 (start) | Laura, the Prairie Girl | Nippon Animation | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1976-04-01 (start) | Dino Mech Gaiking | Tōei Dōga | Original Work, Animation Director |
| Production: 1976-06 | Safety and Happiness Go Hand in Hand [Shiawase wa Anzen to Tomo ni][6] | Yomiko Advertising | Key Animation |
| Broadcast: 1976-10-07 (start) | Manga Fairy Tales of the World | DAX International, World Television | Animation [Character Design, Animation Director] |
| Broadcast: 1977-02-03 (start) | Jetter Mars | Tōei Dōga | Character Design and Supervision, Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1977-10-02 (start) | Nobody’s Boy: Remi [Homeless Child] | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1978-10-08 (start) | Treasure Island | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1979-04-07 (start) | Animated Travels: Marco Polo’s Adventures | MK, Madhouse | Character Model Sheets |
| Broadcast: 1979-09-08 (start) | Aim for the Ace! | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1980-01-06 (start) | Tom Sawyer’s Adventure | Nippon Animation | Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1980-04-02 | Bark! Bun Bun[7] | Wako Pro | [Opening and Ending Animation] |
| Broadcast: 1980-10-09 (start) | Bark! Bun Bun | Wako Pro | [Opening and Ending Animation] |
| Broadcast: 1980-06-13 | Nissei Family Special: Botchan | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director |
| Production: 1980 | Telephone Angel, Telephone Devil, Mind Your Telephone Manners [Denwa no Tenshi, Denwa no Akuma, Denwa no Manā wa Omoiyari][8] | Yomiko Advertising | [Supervision] |
| Broadcast: 1980-10-13 (start) | Tomorrow’s Joe 2 | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Theatrical Release: 1981-03-14 | Unico | Sanrio Co., Ltd | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Theatrical Release: 1981-07-04 | Tomorrow’s Joe 2 | Mitsui Eiga, Herald Enterprise, Fuji Eiga, Chiba Kikaku | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Theatrical Release: 1982-07-03 | Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1982-10-07 (start) | Space Adventure Cobra | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director |
| Theatrical Release: 1983-05-28 | Golgo 13: The Professional | Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Film Link | Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1983-07-11 (start) | Cat’s Eye | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, [Opening and Ending Animation] |
| Theatrical Release: 1984-03-17 | Oshin | Sanrio Co., Ltd | Character Design |
| Sale: 1985-07-25 (start)[9] | Mighty Orbots (co-production) (all 6 episodes) | Tokyo Movie Shinsha[10] | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Production: 1986 | Sweet Sea (co-production) | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1986-07-31 | Nayuta | Nayuta Project, Circus Production | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Theatrical Release: 1986-11-01 | They Were Eleven! | Kitty Films | Character Design |
| Production: 1987 | The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (co-production) | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Production: 1987 | Nemo Pilot Film | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Theatrical Release: 1988-07-09 | Aim for the Ace! 2[11] | Bandai, Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1988-07-25 (start) | Aim for the Ace! 2 (all 6 episodes) | Bandai, Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1988-09-01 | Divine Guardians of this World: The Pīhyorō Family [Gensei Shugoshin P-hyoro Ikka] (all 3 episodes) | Kamakura Super Station, Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1989-03-25 (start) | Nightsong of Splendor [Kasei Yakyoku] Movements 1-4 (all 4 episodes) | Tokuma Japan, Magic Bus | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1989-10-14 (start) | Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon Chapters 1-3 (all 3 episodes) | Bandai, Kamakura Super Station, Movic, Visual 80 | Animation Director |
| Sale: 1989-10-25 (start) | Aim for the Ace! Final Stage (all 6 episodes) | Bandai, Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Character Design |
| Production: 1989 | Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears (co-production) | Walt Disney Television Animation | Animation Director |
| Sale: 1990-04-25 (start) | Burning Blood (all 3 episodes) | Bandai, Madhouse | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1990-12-25 | Sword for Truth [Shuranosuke’s Demon Slaying Sword Vol. 1: The Man with the Death Sickle Crest] | Promise, Tōei Dōga | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1991-03-25 (start) | Galaxy High School (co-production) | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1991-07-14 (start) | Dear Brother | NHK, NHK Enterprises, Tezuka Pro | Animation Director, [Character Design] |
| Broadcast: 1991-10-03 (start) | Reporter Blues (co-production) | Tokyo Movie Shinsha, RAI | Animation Director |
| Sale: 1992-12-21 | Treasure Island Memorial: the Man Called the Evening Calm | KSS, Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1993-08-06 | NHK Special – The First Train to Hiroshima: 300 Notes from the Experience of the Atom Bomb | NHK, Tezuka Pro, Madhouse | [Animation Direction Assistance] |
| Sale: 1993-12-21 (start) | Black Jack Karte I-VII (all 7 episodes) | Tezuka Pro, Akita Publishing, Forte Music, and others | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Production: 1994 | Osamu and Musashi | Tezuka Productions | Character Design |
| Production: 1995 | Butchy in the City | Tezuka Productions | Character Design |
| Theatrical Release: 1996-10-30 | Black Jack: The Movie | Tezuka Productions, Shochiku | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Production: 1996 | Ozbel and the Elephant[12] | Tezuka Productions | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1997-04-01 (start) | In the Beginning: The Bible Stories [Osamu Tezuka’s Old Testament Stories] | Tezuka Productions | Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1997-04-09 (start) (until episode 18) | Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick | Tezuka Productions | Key Animation |
| Theatrical Release: 1997-08-01 | Jungle Emperor Leo | Tezuka Productions, Shochiku | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Sale: 1998-05-21 | Golgo 13: Queen Bee | BMG Japan, Film Link, Good Hill Vision | Character Design, Animation Director |
| Broadcast: 1998-10-21 (start) | Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick | Tezuka Productions | Original Work, Animation Director |
Other Resources
- Tomorrow’s Joe Digital Comic CD set
- The World of Animation Director Osamu Dezaki (2012-03-24)
- Learn How to Make Anime Through Famous Works (2014-07-17)
- The World of Harmony ~ The Moment Anime Became Masterpieces ~ (2015-08-22)
- Dear Brother JP Blu-ray Boxset (2016-10-04)
- Complete Analysis! Osamu Dezaki, the Man who Created the Tomorrow’s Joe Anime (2018-03-26)
- Tomorrow’s Joe 2 Complete DVD Book Vol. 4 (2019-02-21)
- Space Adventure Cobra Complete DVD Book Vol. 3 (2020-03-19)
- Aim for the Ace! Complete DVD Book vol. 3 (2020-07-22)
- Treasure Island Complete DVD Book vol. 5 (2021-02-25)
- At Otakon 2017, I sat in a small audience for Frederik Schodt’s panel Creation of The Osamu Tezuka Story: How the definitive manga biography of Osamu Tezuka was created, and ultimately translated and published in English. He explained the herculean task of translating list of Osamu Tezuka’s work in the appendix of the biography. Part of the difficulty of course stems from Tezuka’s extraordinary productivity, but many of the referenced resources are long out of print and quite obscure. Tezuka Productions even told him not to worry about it but Shodt insisted on being as thorough as possible. At the panel, Schodt told us he would very much appreciate if we flipped through the appendix given all the work he put into it. Of course, the table of Sugino’s works here pale in comparison to the one Schodt translated.⬏
- There was an American broadcast of this show with sweeping changes and rewrites. Wikipedia has more information here.⬏
- Co-production with Rankin/Bass Productions.⬏
- Co-production with Rankin/Bass Productions and Bruce Stark.⬏
- The Fire G-Men is a 16mm education short film proposed and planned by The General Insurance Association of Japan. It is about avoiding fires. You can watch it on YouTube here.⬏
- Safety and Happiness Go Hand in Hand is 20 minute educational animated short color film aimed towards elementary schoolchildren and older. It explains how to safely use gas in the household. Currently it is available for rent at the Tokyo Metropolitan Library in 16mm film for registered groups of the city. It is also accessible for the hearing impaired. More information can be found on corresponding Japanese page at the Tokyo Metropolitan Library website here, under entry B0605.⬏
- Prior to the October 1980 TV series broadcast, a TV special of Bark! Bun Bun was aired on April 1980 that comprised three episodes, supposedly unrelated to the TV series plot. The TV special received favorable ratings, which led to the production of the TV series.⬏
- Telephone Angel, Telephone Devil, Mind Your Telephone Manners is presumably an educational short film about the importance of telephone manners. Apparently Yoshiaki Kawajiri drew the storyboards and did some animation work for this—I’d like to believe they were as nightmare inducing as his work on Unico in the Island of Magic. Atsuko Fukushima also did the character designs, although she says that Sugino designed the main character in a 2001 Japanese interview.⬏
- Japan sale date.⬏
- Co-production with MGM Television.⬏
- According to Japanese Wikipedia, this was an early movie compilation of the earlier OVA episodes, as Aim for the Ace! 2 was not yet complete.⬏
- According to Japanese Wikipedia this was an HDTV Test Film.⬏
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