Tadao Nagahama

was a Japanese director of anime and puppet shows. He also wrote the lyrics for the anime's theme song under the name . He is also known as the director of several popular anime series that are still well known among Japanese viewers. His most famous work is the national hit, Star of the Giants, which contributed to the popularity of baseball in Japan.

Biography Nagahama began his theatrical career in the drama club of his junior high school, and not only directed but also acted on stage himself.

In 1965, he joined A Production, which was contracted to produce anime for Tokyo Movie, an animation studio founded by Yutaka Fujioka, a colleague at Hitomi-za and producer of the TV puppet show Iga no Kagemaru, where he began directing TV anime.

In 1976, he took on the job of director for Toei (not Toei Animation)'s robot anime, Combattler V and was involved from the planning stage with the Raiden staff. Voltes V, in particular, became so popular in the Philippines that after more than 45 years, a live-action remake of the TV series was produced by the Philippines' largest terrestrial television station in 2023. In Daimos, Toei's Sword Fight Arranger directed the action at the suggestion of Toei's producer, and Nagahama had animators draw action scenes based on a video of his movements. Meanwhile, the same producer brought anime elements from these works to Toei's live-action tokusatsu productions, including giant robots made of multiple mechas combined into one, beautiful enemy characters and anime-style designs.

In 1979, he directed Future Robot Daltanious, which was produced under the same structure as the previous three works, albeit with a different broadcaster. However, he left the show midway through to direct The Rose of Versailles at his old home, Tokyo Movies. However, he dropped out of that show as well due to a conflict with a voice actor over a difference in acting policy.

During the production of the joint anime between Japan and France, Ulysses 31, he contracted fulminant hepatitis and died suddenly from the disease at the age of 43. )/Storyboard Combattler V (1976-1977) General director/Sound director Ore wa Teppei (1977-1978) Episode director Tōshō Daimos (1978-1979) General director/Sound director ) Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha (anime adaptation of Don Quixote) (1980) Ulysses 31 (Japan-France co-production) (1981) Chief director on the Japanese side, his last work

Music Lyrics Voltes V Ending theme Tōshō Daimos Ending theme Future Robot Daltanious Ending theme