Mahiro Maeda

前田真宏

[Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/前田真宏_(アニメ監督%29) A prominent anime creator and one of the founders of studio [Gonzo](https://anilist.co/studio/3/). While still in university, Maeda was part of a manga club together with [Yoshiyuki Sadamoto](https://anilist.co/staff/98158/), during which both of them got invited to participate on [Macross](https://anilist.co/anime/1088/) and [Daicon IV](https://anilist.co/anime/121664/). This brought Maeda enough recognition to get invited on the production of [Nausicaä](https://anilist.co/anime/572/), and the subseqeunt late '80s [Studio Ghibli](https://anilist.co/studio/21/) films. He also worked on [Gainax](https://anilist.co/studio/6/)'s projects during this time. In 1992, after having completely cut ties with Ghibli due to differences in working methods, Maeda founded Gonzo together with [Shinji Higuchi](https://anilist.co/staff/107646/), [Hiroshi Yamaguchi](https://anilist.co/staff/97308/) and [Shouji Murahama](https://anilist.co/staff/119708/), who were Gainax employees he had previously worked with on [The Wings of Honneamise](https://anilist.co/anime/1034/) and [Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water](https://anilist.co/anime/1251/). A

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