20 September

Katsuhisa Yamada' s Memoir of Topcraft Studio

I shared Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada's memoir relating to the studio Topcraft's activities and its collaboration with Rankin/Bass productions.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir: Studio Topcraft
https://www.academia.edu/106795372/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_Studio_Topcraft

Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada's memoir he wrote in response to Makoto Kuroda's request to furnish for the propulsion of the research of the animated film The Last Unicorn. This section described the foundation of the legendary studio Topcraft introducing its main staff.


Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 2: Collaborated Works with Rankin/Bass
https://www.academia.edu/106878439/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_2_Collaborated_Works_with_Rankin_Bass

Works of Topcraft studio created in collaboration with Rankin/Bass Productions, provided with technical notes.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 3: Japanese Cel Animation Making Procedure
https://www.academia.edu/106938535/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_3_Japanese_Cel_Animation_Making_Procedure

Katsuhisa Yamada’s Memoir section 4 describes specific equipment for cel anime making. But this document contains some borrowed images as he found the original pictures were corrupted. At present, I am not able to share this document for license reason.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 5: Collaboration Procedure with Rankin/Bass productions
https://www.academia.edu/107014688/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_5_Collaboration_Procedure_with_Rankin_Bass_productions

This section is a very detailed account of the actual process of Topcraft studio's collaboration with Rankin/Bass productions.