Nobuhiro Aihara

Nobuhiro Aihara was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1944, where he studied at the design school. He began his career in television animation in the 1960s and started producing his own independent animation in 1965. His aesthetic is distinctive for his use of flowing lines, highly complex drawings, and his love of psychedelic colours. He was a prolific artist who often produced several animated shorts a year either on his own or in collaboration with his friend and fellow artist the Keiichi Tanaami. Nobuhiro died on April the 30, 2011 and left behind 85 animated works.
Crew

Dusk
Director, Animation

The Extinction of Landscape
Director

Tokyo Loop
Director

Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1
Director
Landscape
Director, Producer, Animation
Hikari
Director

Memory of Red
Director, Producer, Animation
Karma
Director

Stone
Director

Inch-High Samurai
Director

Noise
Director
Dreams
Director, Animation, Producer

Chirico
Director

Shunga
Director, Producer, Animation
10 Nights' Dreams
Director, Producer, Animation
Fetish Doll
Director, Animation, Producer
Scrap Diary
Director, Producer, Animation, Director of Photography
Walking Man
Director, Producer, Animation

The Heart Sutra
Director

Trip
Director
Stop
Director
Cherry Blossom
Director

Yamakagashi
Director

Powdered White Wings
Director
Honeybee Season Has Passed
Director
Fox Colored Early Spring
Director
Red Diamant
Director

Fairy Flower
Director
Lacquer
Director
Short Distance Runner
Director
Reckless Daydream
Director
Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain
Director
Stone No. 1
Director
Cloud Thread
Director

Under the Sun
Director

Water Ring Karma 2
Director
Blue Match
Director
Wind Erosion
Director
Burnin'
Director

SHELTER
Director

MY SHELTER
Director

Image (Shadow)
Director

The Third Eye
Director

Wind
Director

Lotus
Director

Zap Cat
Director

Twilight
Director

Gavora
Director

LINE
Director

Rain – Memory of Cloud.1
Director

S=13
Director

SPIN
Director

Yellow Fish
Director

Dragonfly
Director

The apple and the girl
Director

MOVING
Director

Ringing in the ears
Director

Crow
Director

Black Fish
Director

Fairground in the Stars
Director, Screenplay