Fumio Kurokawa

Fumio Kurokawa (黒川 文男, Kurokawa Fumio; October 20, 1932 – April 10, 2024) was a Japanese storyboard artist and animated film director. He directed a number of animated television series produced by Nippon Animation during the 1970s and 1980s. Kurokawa was the series director of Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, included among the "100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces" in the 2007 encyclopedia Anime Classics Zettai!.^[1] Kurokawa died on April 10, 2024, at the age of 91.^[2]

Filmography

Year	TV series	Studio	Role	Reference
1992	Christopher Columbus	Nippon Animation	Director
1989-1990	Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli	Nippon Animation	Director	[1]
1989	Celestial Prince or Utsunomiko (subtitled Earth Chapter)	Nippon Animation, Toei Animation	Director	[3]: 3317
1987	Grimm Masterpiece Theatre	Nippon Animation	Director (1 episode)	[1]
1987	Tales of Little Women	Nippon Animation	Director; with Kazumi Fukushima, Kōzō Kusuba, and Yugo Serikawa	[3]: 1798
1986	The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist	[3]: 2411
1986	Animated Classics of Japanese Literature	Nippon Animation	Director	[citation needed]
1985	Little Princess Sara	Nippon Animation, Aniplex	Director	[1]
1984	Noozles	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist
1983	Aesop's Fables	Nippon Animation	Director; with Eiji Okabe and Jun Hagiwara	[3]: 171
1983	Story of the Alps: My Annette	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist
1981	Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari	Nippon Animation	Animator; with Iku Suzuki	[3]: 1335
1981	Around the World with Willy Fog	BRB Internacional, Nippon Animation	Director; with Luis Ballester	[4]
1981	Swiss Family Robinson	Nippon Animation	Storyboard artist	[1]
1980	Tsurikichi Sanpei	Nippon Animation	Director (Episode)	[3]: 2703
1980	Little El Cid no Boken	Nippon Animation	Director	[3]: 1783
1977	Angie Girl (or The Casebook of Charlotte Holmes)	Nippon Animation	Director; with Shinya Yamada	[3]: 1480
1977	Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (or Seton Animal Chronicle: Bearcub Jacky)	Nippon Animation	Director; with Yoshihiro Kuroda	[5]
1976	Little Lulu and Her Little Friends	Nippon Animation	Director	[3]: 1788
1975	Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures	Nippon Animation	Director; with Kunihiko Okazaki	[6]
1972-1974	Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman or Battle of the Planets	Tatsunoko Production	Director (105 episodes); with Eiko Toriumi, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Jinzo Toriumi and Katsuhisa Yamada	[3]: 280
1971	Animentary Ketsudan or Animentary: Critical Moments	Tatsunoko Production	Director; with Hideo Makino and Ippei Kuri	[3]: 146
1969-1971	Attack No. 1	TMS Entertainment	Director (34 episodes)	[3]: 219
1968-1969	Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae	Mushi Production, Studio Zero, Toei Animation	Director (3 episodes)	[3]: 2652