Nobuhiro Aihara

Nobuhiro Aihara

Known for
Directing
Born
October 17, 1944
Died
April 30, 2011 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

2013
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1 poster

Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1

Movie · Director

2012
DREAMS

DREAMS

Movie · Director

2010
The Heart Sutra poster

The Heart Sutra

Movie · Director

2009
Shunga poster

Shunga

Movie · Director

2008
Chirico poster

Chirico

Movie · Director

2008
Zap Cat poster

Zap Cat

Movie · Director

2007
Inch-High Samurai poster

Inch-High Samurai

Movie · Director

2007
Lotus poster

Lotus

Movie · Director

2006
Tokyo Loop poster

Tokyo Loop

Movie · Director

2006
Noise poster

Noise

Movie · Director

2005
Trip poster

Trip

Movie · Director

2004
Landscape

Landscape

Movie · Director

2004
Memory of Red poster

Memory of Red

Movie · Director

2004
10 Nights' Dreams

10 Nights' Dreams

Movie · Director

2003
Fetish Doll

Fetish Doll

Movie · Director

2002
Scrap Diary

Scrap Diary

Movie · Director

2002
Walking Man

Walking Man

Movie · Director

1999
The Third Eye poster

The Third Eye

Movie · Director

1999
Wind poster

Wind

Movie · Director

1998
Yellow Fish poster

Yellow Fish

Movie · Director

1996
Rain – Memory of Cloud.1 poster

Rain – Memory of Cloud.1

Movie · Director

1995
Ringing in the ears poster

Ringing in the ears

Movie · Director

1994
MOVING poster

MOVING

Movie · Director

1993
SPIN poster

SPIN

Movie · Director

1992
Crow poster

Crow

Movie · Director

1990
LINE poster

LINE

Movie · Director

1989
Gavora poster

Gavora

Movie · Director

1989
Fairground in the Stars poster

Fairground in the Stars

Movie · Director

1988
Dragonfly poster

Dragonfly

Movie · Director

1987
Image (Shadow) poster

Image (Shadow)

Movie · Director

1987
Eizou (Kage)

Eizou (Kage)

Movie · Director

1985
Dusk poster

Dusk

Movie · Director

1985
Twilight poster

Twilight

Movie · Director

1984
S=13 poster

S=13

Movie · Director

1982
The apple and the girl poster

The apple and the girl

Movie · Director

1981
MY SHELTER poster

MY SHELTER

Movie · Director

1980
Water Ring: Karma 2 poster

Water Ring: Karma 2

Movie · Director

1980
Blue Match

Blue Match

Movie · Director

1980
Wind Erosion

Wind Erosion

Movie · Director

1980
Burnin'

Burnin'

Movie · Director

1980
Shelter poster

Shelter

Movie · Director

1979
Under the Sun poster

Under the Sun

Movie · Director

1978
Hikari

Hikari

Movie · Director

1977
Karma

Karma

Movie · Director

1976
Cloud Thread

Cloud Thread

Movie · Director

1975
Stone poster

Stone

Movie · Director

1975
Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain

Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain

Movie · Director

1975
Stone No. 1

Stone No. 1

Movie · Director

1974
Reckless Daydream

Reckless Daydream

Movie · Director

1973
Fairy Flower poster

Fairy Flower

Movie · Director

1973
Short Distance Runner

Short Distance Runner

Movie · Director

1973
Fox Colored Early Spring

Fox Colored Early Spring

Movie · Director

1973
Red Diamant

Red Diamant

Movie · Director

1973
Lacquer

Lacquer

Movie · Director

1972
Powdered White Wings poster

Powdered White Wings

Movie · Director

1972
Honeybee Season Has Passed

Honeybee Season Has Passed

Movie · Director

1972
Yamakagashi poster

Yamakagashi

Movie · Director

1971
The Extinction of Landscape poster

The Extinction of Landscape

Movie · Director

1970
Cherry Blossom poster

Cherry Blossom

Movie · Director

1969
Stop

Stop

Movie · Director