Yuichiro Saito

Yuichiro Saito 齋藤優一郎 Saitō Yūichirō born November 5 1976 is a Japanese film producer He is the founder and current president of Studio Chizu Saito studied in the US In 1999 he joined Madhouse Animation Studio where he participated in several animation projects led by Masao Maruyama In 2004 Saito met Mamoru Hosada eight years before they founded Studio Chizu They worked together in the opening of Shinichiro Watanabes Samurai Champloo 2004 Saito produced Hosodas films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 and Summer Wars 2009 In 2011 Saito left Madhouse and joined Mamoru Hosoda to found Studio Chizu Saito has been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film APSA with Summer Wars Wolf Children and Mirai Saito was nominated for the 91st Oscars Award in the Best Animated Film category with Hosadas film Mirai Description above from the Wikipedia article Yuichiro Saito licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia