Seiichi Hayashi
林静一
Started his career in 1962 at Toei Animation(opens in a new tab) as an animator. He is cited with bringing pop art into manga.
Hayashi started to draw for the magazine Garo in 1967, and soon made his breakthrough with the manga Red Colored Elegy about the break-up of an unmarried couple. The singer Morio Agata named a popular song of his after the manga. It also received an animated adaptation 37 years after its release.
Hayao Miyazaki names Hayashi as an influence on his work.
- Occupation
- Animator, Mangaka
- Birthday
- Mar 7, 1945
- Age
- 81
- Gender
- Male
- Years active
- 1962 – present
- Hometown
- Yingkou, Manchuria
- Language
- Japanese
Works
Genji Monogatari
1987 · Movie
Original Character Design
Red Colored Elegy
1970 · Manga
Story & Art
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
1963 · Movie
In-Between Animation
Sekishoku Elegy
2007 · OVA
Original Creator · Director · Image
Gold Pollen and Other Stories
1968 · Manga
Story & Art
Fight Da!! Pyuta
1968 · TV
Animation (eps 10, 13, 22)
Flowering Harbour
1969 · One-shot
Story & Art
Ookami Shounen Ken
1963 · TV
Animation Director (ep 85)
Kage
1968 · Movie
Director
Oni Love Song
1971 · Movie
Director
Akai Hana Shiroi Hana
1976 · Music
Animation
Ame no Ten Ten
1985 · Music
Director
Ano Koro no Namida wa
1997 · Music
Illustration
Otanjoubi Omedetou
1988 · Music
Animation
SMILE
1993 · Music
Animation
Omoide Onigiri
1992 · Music
Animation Director
Furusato no Nai Aki
1990 · Music
Animation Director
Sotsugyou Mae: 10-hi de 100 no Dekigoto
1989 · Music
Animation Director
Ichigo no Hanayome-san
1977 · Music
Animation Director
Soushunfu
1979 · Music
Animation