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Tomoki Misato
Director / Stop-motion Animator

Japan

Animation
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop

Biography

Born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Animation Department in 2018.

His student works, "Look at Me" (2016) and "My Little Goat" (2018), have won numerous awards at film festivals both in Japan and abroad, including the 20th DigiCon6 ASIA GOLD Award, the SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Excellence Award and the Tokyo Governor's Award.  They were also selected for the NEWYORK ADC "Young Guns". His first TV anime series was "PUI PUI Molcar", released in 2021.

He is currently affiliated with WIT STUDIO and has launched a stop-motion studio. His latest stop-motion animation work, "My Melody & Kuromi", is releasing worldwide in July 2025, only on Netflix.

Skills

Animation

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

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