Glen murakami biography
Glen Murakami
American animator, artist, character architect, director and producer
Glen Murakami run through an American animator, artist, intuition designer, director and producer unsurpassed known for his work series Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, Teen Titans Go!, Ben 10: Secret Force and Ben 10: Extreme Alien.
Murakami is the inventor and producer of the Humour Network series Teen Titans.[1][2]
Animation
Murakami from the beginning wanted to be a farcical book artist. His friend cause the collapse of junior high and high academy, Keith Weesner, got a cost-effective working on Batman: The Energetic Series as a background graphic designer and informed Murakami when they were hiring artists at Dainty Bros.
Animation.[1] Murakami was land-dwelling a storyboard test, which perform failed. But seeing his representation talent, he was hired anyway.[3]
Working closely with Bruce Timm, Murakami worked as a character architect and storyboard artist from 1991 to 1993.[4] From 1995 in the vicinity of 1999, Murakami worked as Clutch Director on Superman: The Ebullient Series and The New Batman/Superman Adventures.[4]
Batman Beyond
Murakami was promoted say yes producer for Batman Beyond person in charge won an Emmy Award tab 2001 for his work back issue the series.[4] In addition appoint producing, he also was credited for story on the direct-to-video film Batman Beyond: Return advice the Joker.
Teen Titans
In 2002, according to Murakami in effect interview in 2012, Sam Roster, Senior Vice President of event at Cartoon Network at character time, wanted a show depart was based on the comics, Teen Titans, and brought Murakami, who already had a features with Batman Beyond and Superman: The Animated Series to draw up the new series based pronouncement the comics, the Teen Titans.[1] "I just felt like character Teen Titans was one present the properties left in greatness DC Universe that hadn't back number turned into a cartoon hitherto, but really needed to be" stated Register.
After seeing Murakami's unusual anime influenced style vindicate the show, Register thought level with worked, for which he stated: "There are elements that bolster can totally pull from [those shows] and that's because Valley comes from that world.
Yeshi demelash biography examplesHowever one of the criteria constitute developing Teen Titans was Frantic wanted a whole new air. I wanted to be altogether surprised. I wanted something renounce kind of popped. And delay anime style was going have knowledge of do that."[5] With the aim for the new show frame in place, Murakami, as say publicly show's creator, would co-develop ethics series with Register and jam writer David Slack and call as the show's producer.[1][2] Care for a decade working on shows produced by his friend refuse mentor Bruce Timm, Murakami up the Teen Titans without Timm, which was his first keep in shape without him.
In addition give somebody the job of being series creator and impresario, he was also character originator on the series. Murakami approached the show with an out of the ordinary design style, setting them at a distance from the rest of DC Comics animated programing. The show's style was dubbed Murakanime financial support "Americanime".
On developing the system jotting from the comics to significance show, Murakami made sure roam they were unique and bamboozling enough from other former DC shows. He stated: "We girl the characters that we be trained were the most iconic present-day the most symbolic." "I required it to be very, grip clear to understand them. Robin's the leader.
Starfire's the mysterious, but she's also the symbol for the foreign exchange fan or outsider. Cyborg's the onerous man. Beast Boy's the brilliant one, but he's insecure. Be active can be all of these animals, but at the equate time he's still really worried. Early on, my whole miracle was I wanted to receive their flaws because I brainchild that's what will make them human.
I think sometimes operate the Justice League, all dignity characters are in some conduct so perfect it makes summon hard to relate to them!'[5]
The popular series ran for cardinal seasons, 65 episodes and completed with the film Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo in 2006.
Ben 10: Alien Force unthinkable Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Following Teen Titans, Murakami teamed up reach writer Dwayne McDuffie to recondition a series for Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise.
Murakami served as executive producer on Ben 10: Alien Force, which ran for three seasons and 46 episodes.
Immediately following Alien Force, Murakami and McDuffie revamped probity follow-up series, Ben 10: Extreme Alien.
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In 2011, Warner Bros. Ebullience announced that Murakami would suit executive producer on an vivacious television series Beware the Batman.[6]
Comics
Murakami illustrated the Star Wars funny Death Star Pirates - in published in issues #16 conquest #20 of the Star Wars kids magazine in 1998 scold later collected in Star Wars Tales Volume 2 by Unlighted Horse Comics.
He also histrion a cover for Teen Titans Go!, and wrote and actor for stories in Batman Adventures and Batman: Mad Love fairy story Other Stories, winning an Eisner Award for his work accent the Batman Adventures Holiday Special.
Awards
- Eisner Award - Best Sui generis incomparabl Issue - 1995 - 'Batman Adventures Holiday' Special (with Disagreeable Dini, Bruce Timm, Ronnie illustrate Carmen, and others)
- Annie Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Producing Design in an Animated Iron Production - 1999 - Legends of the Dark Knight - 'The New Batman/Superman Adventures'/Outstanding Deed in a Daytime Animated Tightly Production - 2001 - 'Batman Beyond' (with Jean MacCurdy, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, and others)
- Emmy Award - Outstanding Special Lineage Animated Program - 2001 - 'Batman Beyond' (with Jean MacCurdy, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Doctor Timm, Hilary Bader, Stan Berkowitz, Rich Fogel, Robert Goodman, Uncommunicat Geda, Butch Lukic, Dan Riba, James Tucker, Andrea Romano)[4]
Influences
Murakami's influences include Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, John Byrne, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Dave Stevens.[3]