Naohisa Inoue

Naohisa Inoue (井上直久, Inoue Naohisa, born in 1948 in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan) is a fantasy illustrator and painter influenced by both the Surrealism and Impressionism movements. He is currently a professor at Seian University of Art and Design.

He is best known for Iblard, an original fantasy world that has spawned a video game, manga, picture books, textbooks, a short animated film and an appearance in Whisper of the Heart. His also painted a mural at the Ghibli Museum, which can be found at the central lobby.

History[]

Early Life[]

Inoue attended the Department of Industrial Art at the Kanazawa University of Arts and Crafts from 1971 to 1973. After graduation, he worked in an advertising agency for two years before becoming an art lecturer at Kasugaoka High School until 1992. In 1980, he published a series of fantastical paintings and named it "Iblard" (イバラード, Ibarādo) where many elements were inspired by his hometown of Ibaraki City.

In 1994, Inoue began exhibiting his works at local galleries. Hayao Miyazaki happened to attend one of his exhibitions and invited him to help develop a number of key sequences in Whisper of the Heart.

World of Iblard[]

Most of Inoue paintings are set in the fantastical land of Iblard. He created reference and background art for the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart and also provided a cameo appearance as the voice of Minami. More recently, his works were given a more direct adaptation in the 2007 short film The Day I Bought A Star (星をかった日, Hoshi o Katta Hi) which is shown exclusively at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. In 1997, he released a tie-in manga called Iblard Monogatari: Laputa no Aru Fūkei and a PlayStation game called Iblard Laputa Kaeru Machi. He also directed the 2007 OVA Iblard Jikan, produced by Studio Ghibli.

Concept[]

Have you ever faced a beautiful landscape in the country-side, or perhaps even in a city, a landscape which you thought was so beautiful that it was in some ways ‘out of this world’? That could have been a scene from Iblard. It could have been a beautiful sun set, or an extraordinary tree, anything can open your personal door to Iblard. Or perhaps there is a place you have always dreamed of, a place that doesn’t exist in this world, but which would have been great fun if it DID exist. Anything your heart desires can be seen in Iblard and everyone opens there own door to this eternal land. When you see something that pleases your eye, that is YOUR entrance to Iblard whether it be a precious stone, pretty clouds, or a beautiful field.. Thus Iblard can in some ways become a mirror reflection of our hearts desires, the landscape in Iblard can change according to our desires, the trains in Iblard (known as Siema) move according to where we want to go.^[1]

References[]

↑ "Art is a means of travelling", Sioban El Production

External Links[]

Naohisa Inoue on Anime News Network
Naohisa Inoue at the Internet Movie Database
Naohisa Inoue on Wikipedia

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Credits

Founders	Hayao Miyazaki (Director) • Isao Takahata (Director) • Toshio Suzuki (Producer) • Yasuyoshi Tokuma (Executive Producer)

Notable Staff	Steve Alpert (Overseas Promotion Manager) • Hideaki Anno (Director) • Masashi Ando (Animator) • Makiko Futaki (Animator) • Hitomi Tateno (Animation Check) • Toru Hara (Producer) • Takeshi Inamura (Animator) • Katsuya Kondō (Animation Director) • Yoshifumi Kondō (Animation Director) • Koji Hoshino (President) • Megumi Kagawa (Animator) • Yoshinori Kanada (Animator) • Kitarō Kōsaka (Director) • Kazuo Komatsubara (Art Director) • Goro Miyazaki (Director) • Tomomi Mochizuki (Director) • Hiroyuki Morita (Director) • Yoshiyuki Momose (Animation Director) • Yoshiaki Nishimura (Producer) • Atsushi Okui (Director of Photography) • Kazuo Oga (Background Artist) • Shinsuke Nonaka (Production Affairs Manager) • Kaoru Mano (Titles) • Keiko Niwa (Screenwriter) • Reiko Okuyama (Animator) • Seiji Okuda (Director) • Takeshi Seyama (Director) • Masako Shinohara (Animator) • Atsushi Takahashi (Storyboard) • Yohei Takamatsu (Art Director) • Atsuko Tanaka (Key Animator) • Yôji Takeshige (Art Director) Kazuhide Tomonaga (Animator) • Yasuo Uragami (Sound Director) • Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Sound Director) • Akihiko Yamashita (Animator Director) • Michiyo Yasuda (Color Designer) • Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Director) • Nizô Yamamoto (Background Artist) • Kenichi Yoshida (Animator) • Noboru Yoshida (Art Director) • Ushiko (Cat)

Music	Joe Hisaishi • Michio Mamiya • Yuji Nomi

Association	Eiko Kadono (Author) • Tokiko Kato (Singer) • John Lasseter (Director) • Rieko Nakagawa (Author) • Tatsuo Hori (Author) • Mamoru Hosoda (Director) • Yoshie Hotta (Author) • Yōichi Kotabe (Senior Animator) • Naohisa Inoue (Artist) • Keisuke Miyazaki (Son) • Kenji Miyazawa (Author) • Yasuji Mori (Animation Director) • Hideo Ogata (Animage Editor) • Osamu Sagawa (Friend) • Ryōtarō Shiba (Author) • Mamiko Suzuki (Toshio Suzuki's Daughter) • Mamoru Oshii (Director) • Yasuo Ōtsuka (Director)

Affiliated Companies	Anime Torotoro • NHK • Nippon Animation • Tokyo Movie Shinsha • Fuji TV • Oh! Production • Pony Canyon • Tokuma Shoten • Tokuma International • Shinchosha Publishing • Dentsu • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation • Mitsubishi • Studio Kajino • Studio Ponoc • Streamline Pictures • Toei Animation • Toei Company • TopCraft • Shochiku • Toho • The Walt Disney Company • Central Park Media • Sentai Filmworks • GKIDS • Madman Entertainment

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Studio Ghibli

Animated features

Feature films	Castle in the Sky (1986) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006) • Ponyo (2008) • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) • The Wind Rises (2013) • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) • When Marnie Was There (2014) • Earwig and the Witch (2020) • The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Short films	Nandarō • On Your Mark • Ghiblies • Film Guru Guru • Ghiblies Episode 2 • Imaginary Flying Machines • The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction • The Whale Hunt • Koro's Big Day Out • Mei and the Kittenbus • Looking for a Home • The Day I Bought a Star • The Night of Taneyamagahara • Water Spider Monmon • Iblard Jikan • A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess • Treasure Hunting • Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo • Boro the Caterpillar

Documentaries

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) • Miyazaki and Kurosawa Fireside Chat (1993) • Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images (1998) • World Journey of My Memory / Journey of the Heart (1998) • How Princess Mononoke Was Born (2001) • Lasseter-San, Arigato! (2003) • Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD (2004) • Yasuo Otsuka's Joy of Motion (2004) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum (2005) • Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple (2005) • The Work of Toshio Suzuki (2006) • Scenery of Ghibli (2006) • A Ghibli Artisan – Kazuo Oga Exhibition – The Man Who Painted Totoro's Forest (2007) • How Ponyo Was Born (2009) • Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son (2011) • Ghibli's Bookshelf (2011) • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013) • Until The End of The Creation of When Marnie Was There (2015) • Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016) • NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director (2018) • 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki (2019) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2023)

Television series

The Blue Seed (1992) • Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2014)

Concerts

Joe Hisaishi in Budokan • Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: The Music of Studio Ghibli

Video games

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Video Game) • Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu • Jade Cocoon 2 • Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color • Ni no Kuni (Series) • Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Printed works

Animage • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) • Starting Point: 1979-1996 • Turning Point: 1997-2008 • Kaze no Kaerubasho • People of the Desert • The Age of the Flying Boat • Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes • To My Sister • The Journey of Shuna • Studio Ghibli's Trajectory as Seen on Animage (1984-2011) • The Art of My Neighbor Totoro • The Art of Castle in the Sky • The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service • The Art of Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke: The First Story • The Place Where Totoro Was Born • The Bountiful Food of Studio Ghibli • Children's Picture Book Ghibli's Dining Table Earwig and the Witch

Co-Productions

Flying City Plan • Shiki-Jitsu (Studio Kajino) • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Nasu: Summer in Andalusia • Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase • Portable Airport • Red Crow and the Ghost Ship • Space Station No. 9 • The Red Turtle

Pre-Ghibli works

Hustle Punch (1965) • Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) • Animal Treasure Island (1971) • Lupin the Third Part I (1971) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) • Dog of Flanders (1975) • Future Boy Conan (1978) • Anne of Green Gables (1979) • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • Chie the Brat (1981) • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1981) • Gauche the Cellist (1982) • Sherlock Hound (1984) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Ghibli-related labels

Animage • Animage Home Video • Ghibli ga Ippai Collection • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Library • Ghibli Park • Totoro no Furusato Foundation • Totoro no Mori

Unproduced projects

Border 1939

Related productions

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind • Mary and the Witch's Flower • Modest Heroes • Natsuzora • World Masterpiece Theater