Masami Hata

波多正美

He made his debut as an animator on the show [Big X](https://anilist.co/anime/9613/), and joined Mushi Production working there as a director. Around 1975, he began working at Sanrio, which was just moving into the anime market, and wound up staying there for over a decade, going on to direct several of Sanrio's full-length theatrical features such as [Chirin no Suzu](https://anilist.co/anime/2199/), [Sirius no Densetsu](https://anilist.co/anime/2029/) and [Yousei Florence](https://anilist.co/anime/4943/). He has been working as a freelancer since the breakup of Sanrio's animation department in 1985 following the release of the film Yousei Florence, directing and storyboarding for TV series and movies at various studios.

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