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'''Masamitsu Hidaka''' (Japanese: '''日高政光''' ''Masamitsu | {{Incomplete|article}} | ||
'''Masamitsu Hidaka''' (Japanese: '''日高政光''' ''Hidaka Masamitsu'') is a director and storyboard artist for the [[Pokémon anime]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Hidaka was born on October 19, 1960, and went on initially to become an architect. After losing his job at an architecture design office, however, he went into the animation industry and soon became a noted director. In addition to Pokémon, he has also worked on various other series, including {{wp|Mobile Suit Gundam Wing}}. | Hidaka was born on October 19, 1960, and went on initially to become an architect. After losing his job at an architecture design office, however, he went into the animation industry and soon became a noted director. In addition to Pokémon, he has also worked on various other series, including {{wp|Mobile Suit Gundam Wing}}. | ||
He directed the Pokémon anime up to the [[S09|Battle Frontier]] arc, and he continued to be a storyboard artist until the {{series|Best Wishes}}. | |||
==Interviews with PokéBeach== | |||
Most notably, Hidaka has been interviewed by [[PokéBeach]] webmaster Water Pokémon Master twice<ref>[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/0708/interview-with-masamitsu-hidaka-at-anime-expo Interview with Masamitsu Hidaka at Anime Expo (July 3rd, 2008) « Animé News « PokéBeach]</ref><ref name="two">[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/0708/second-pokemon-interview-with-masamitsu-hidaka-many-interesting-points Second Interview with Masamitsu Hidaka – Many Interesting Points! (July 4th, 2008) « Website News « PokéBeach]</ref> in July 2008. | |||
He confirmed that {{p|Celebi}} was related to the [[GS Ball]] before it was relocated to the [[M04|fourth movie]], and that {{an|Brock}} left the show briefly during [[S02|the Orange Islands arc]] due to fears that Americans would find him a racist stereotype. He also confirmed that {{an|Misty}} would not return to the main cast. In another comment made in the second interview<ref name="two"/>, he joked that part of the reason for changing {{Ash}}'s female companion from Misty to {{an|May}}, and then to {{an|Dawn}} is that "boys need a new piece of eye candy to look at every once in a while". | |||
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