Katsuya Kondō

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Katsuya Kondō (近藤勝也, Kondō Katsuya^?) is one of the top animators at Studio Ghibli. Born on June 2, 1963 in Aichi Prefecture, he has been working on Ghibli movies since doing key animation on Laputa: Castle in the Sky in 1986. He was Animation Director for Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday, and Ocean Waves. He also did the character designs for Kiki and Ocean Waves (along with providing illustrations for the original novel). He also worked as a Key Animator on Princess Mononoke and My Neighbors the Yamadas. He once again served as Animation Director for the Studio Ghibli Museum short House Hunting, as well as the Nisshin Seifun TV CM. He also served as Supervising Animator on Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, and also wrote the lyrics for that film's theme song.

To make things more complicated, Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤喜文, Kondō Yoshifumi^?) was also an Animation Director on Kiki and Only Yesterday! They are not related, though.