Nobuhiro Aihara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 17, 1944, Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- April 30, 2011
- Movies
- 61
Nobuhiro Aihara was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1944, where he studied at the design school. He began his career in television animation in the 1960s and started producing his own independent animation in 1965. His aesthetic is distinctive for his use of flowing lines, highly complex drawings, and his love of psychedelic colours. He was a prolific artist who often produced several animated shorts a year either on his own or in collaboration with his friend and fellow artist the Keiichi Tanaami. Nobuhiro died on April the 30, 2011 and left behind 85 animated works.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2004 | Animactions!! | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2013 | Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1 | Director |
| 2012 | DREAMS | Director, Producer |
| 2010 | The Heart Sutra | Director |
| 2009 | Shunga | Director, Producer |
| 2008 | Chirico | Director |
| 2008 | Zap Cat | Director |
| 2007 | Inch-High Samurai | Director |
| 2007 | Lotus | Director |
| 2006 | Tokyo Loop | Director |
| 2006 | Noise | Director |
| 2005 | Trip | Director |
| 2004 | Landscape | Director, Producer |
| 2004 | Memory of Red | Director, Producer |
| 2004 | 10 Nights' Dreams | Director, Producer |
| 2003 | Fetish Doll | Director, Producer |
| 2002 | Walking Man | Director, Producer |
| 2002 | Scrap Diary | Director, Producer |
| 1999 | The Third Eye | Director |
| 1999 | Wind | Director |
| 1998 | Yellow Fish | Director |
| 1996 | Rain – Memory of Cloud.1 | Director |
| 1995 | Ringing in the ears | Director |
| 1994 | MOVING | Director |
| 1993 | SPIN | Director |
| 1992 | Crow | Director |
| 1990 | LINE | Director |
| 1989 | Fairground in the Stars | Screenplay, Director |
| 1989 | Gavora | Director |
| 1988 | Dragonfly | Director |
| 1987 | Eizou (Kage) | Director |
| 1987 | Image (Shadow) | Director |
| 1985 | Dusk | Director |
| 1985 | Twilight | Director |
| 1984 | S＝13 | Director |
| 1982 | The apple and the girl | Director |
| 1981 | MY SHELTER | Director |
| 1980 | Burnin' | Director |
| 1980 | Shelter | Director |
| 1980 | Water Ring: Karma 2 | Director |
| 1980 | Blue Match | Director |
| 1980 | Wind Erosion | Director |
| 1979 | Under the Sun | Director |
| 1978 | Hikari | Director |
| 1977 | Karma | Director |
| 1976 | Cloud Thread | Director |
| 1975 | Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain | Director |
| 1975 | Stone No. 1 | Director |
| 1975 | Stone | Director |
| 1974 | Reckless Daydream | Director |
| 1973 | Lacquer | Director |
| 1973 | Fairy Flower | Director |
| 1973 | Short Distance Runner | Director |
| 1973 | Red Diamant | Director |
| 1973 | Fox Colored Early Spring | Director |
| 1972 | Honeybee Season Has Passed | Director |
| 1972 | Powdered White Wings | Director |
| 1972 | Yamakagashi | Director |
| 1971 | The Extinction of Landscape | Director |
| 1970 | Cherry Blossom | Director |
| 1969 | Stop | Director |
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