
Directing
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Born
1973-07-10 (53)
Place of birth
Ishikawa, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
16 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (born 1973 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Borrower Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiromasa Yonebayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
7.714-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Arrietty
2010
7.9Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
When Marnie Was There
2014
7.2Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
6.7Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Modest Heroes
2018
7.8A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
2024
9.0Stepping closer and closer to his retirement, Hayao Miyazaki has no other means, but to choose up a new director. Ghibli's given some creative freedoms in the past, but they hardly lasted. Maro, an animator of 37 years. has done a good deed of works in his prior days. Thus, Miyazaki-san decides to appoint him as a new director for the upcoming feature of 'Arrietty the Borrower'.
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
2010
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
7.8A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
2024
8.4A documentary that focuses on Hayao Miyazaki’s deep connection to nature and the environmental themes expressed through his films.
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
2025
2010s · 3 titles
7.714-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Arrietty
2010
9.0Stepping closer and closer to his retirement, Hayao Miyazaki has no other means, but to choose up a new director. Ghibli's given some creative freedoms in the past, but they hardly lasted. Maro, an animator of 37 years. has done a good deed of works in his prior days. Thus, Miyazaki-san decides to appoint him as a new director for the upcoming feature of 'Arrietty the Borrower'.
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
2010
7.6Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
2013
Behind the camera
7.714-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Arrietty
2010
7.9Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
When Marnie Was There
2014
7.9Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
When Marnie Was There
2014
7.2Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
7.2Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
6.7Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Modest Heroes
2018
6.7Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
Modest Heroes
2018
7.0The story of evolution, from the first aquatic organisms to modern man (and woman).
The Theory of Evolution
2008
7.0The story of evolution, from the first aquatic organisms to modern man (and woman).
The Theory of Evolution
2008
7.0Kanazawa College of Art is scheduled to move to a new campus in 2023. In December 2020, the short animation "With All Our Hearts" was completed with the aim of publicizing the new campus. This work was created by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animation director who studied at the College and also a visiting professor, collaborating with 20 students. It is an original story directed by Yonebayashi based on the images and ideas that the students had in mind.
With All Our Hearts
2021

