Iwao Takamoto : my life with a thousand characters / Iwao Takamoto ; with Michael Mallory ; foreword by Willie Ito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takamoto, Iwao.

Contributor:

Mallory, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animators--United States--Biography.

Animators.

Animation (Cinematography).

Takamoto, Iwao.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Iwao Takamoto (1925?2007) spent a lifetime in the animation industry and was influential in the creation of some of the most beloved characters in the medium?s history, including Scooby-Doo, Atom Ant, The Jetsons? Astro, The Flintstones? Great Gazoo, and The Wacky Races? Penelope Pittstop and Muttley, all of whom he designed. Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters is the story of this legendary American artist, told in his own words. Takamoto records his experiences growing up in the heart of Los Angeles as a self-described ?street kid? and his wartime ordeal of being sent to a gove

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Note to the Reader; Introduction: I Am Legend?; Chapter 1. A Kid of the City; Chapter 2. A Japanese American in the Time of War; Chapter 3. Manzanar; Chapter 4. Nine Old Men and a Guy Named Walt; Chapter 5. Milt; Chapter 6. Tales from D-Wing, and All That Jazz; Chapter 7. Changes; Chapter 8. Bill and Joe; Chapter 9. Hardworking Artists and "Lazy Lucy"; Chapter 10. Taking on Responsibility by Design . . . or Otherwise; Chapter 11. Reinventing the TV Toon with "Jonny Quest" and "Scooby-Doo"; Chapter 12. International Expansion; Chapter 13. Falling into "Charlotte's Web"

Chapter 14. Hanna-Barbera Branches OutChapter 15. The Busiest Place on Earth; Chapter 16. A Studio in Flux and a New Role as "Ambassador"; Chapter 17. An Era Ends; A Legacy Lives On; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-48536-9

9786612485367

1-60473-477-9

OCLC:

472607663