Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru?, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator. Formerly employeed at Toei Animation, he is working for Madhouse since 2005. He first came to public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films in the Digimon Adventure series and the sixth film in the One Piece series. In the later 2000s, he diversified more with other films, including 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2009's Summer Wars, and 2012's Wolf Children.

Hosoda was commissioned by Studio Ghibli to direct Howl's Moving Castle but left the project during the early production stages.

Hosoda studied oil painting at the Kanazawa College of Art.